A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Jordán in Colombia. The temblor was picked up at 09:16:48 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 151.702 km (94 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000n957. Event ids that are associated: us6000n957. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/24 / 2024-06-29 09:16:48 / June 29, 2024 @ 9:16 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -73.1202° West, latitude 6.7715° North, depth = 151.702 km.
Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toledo, Yondó, Belén (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km NNW of Jordán, Colombia.
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