A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Cepitá in Colombia. 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: us6000njzx. Id of event: us6000njzx. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 04:14:47 / August 14, 2024 @ 4:14 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 159.389 km (99 miles). Exact location of event, depth 159.389 km, -73.0261° West, 6.7612° North. The temblor was detected at 04:14:47 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de Torres, Belén, Toledo (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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