A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Jordán in Colombia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 158.806 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:54:53 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -73.1109° West, latitude 6.8012° North, depth = 158.806 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/24 / 2024-07-26 18:54:53 / July 26, 2024 @ 6:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ng7y. Id of event: us6000ng7y.
The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Belén, Yondó, Toledo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km NNW of Jordán, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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