A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. The temblor was detected at 03:10:05 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 159.96 km, -73.0451° West, 6.6899° North. Unique identifier: us6000nnti. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nnti. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 159.96 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 03:10:05 / August 31, 2024 @ 3:10 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toledo, Sabana de Torres, Santa Rosa de Viterbo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km W of Aratoca, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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