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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Yalí in Colombia


Earthquake location 6.6775S, -74.8235WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Yalí in Colombia on Thursday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:34:33 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/24 / 2024-09-12 08:34:33 / September 12, 2024 @ 8:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.8235 West, latitude 6.6775 North, depth = 77.017 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nd8m. Id of event: us7000nd8m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 77.017 km (48 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ceja, La Unión, Medellín. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (59 miles) from Medellín (c. 2 000 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Bello (c. 392 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Rionegro (c. 62 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Municipio de Copacabana (c. 49 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Segovia (c. 39 900 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from La Ceja (c. 36 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Puerto Berrío (c. 34 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 1 km ENE of Yalí, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.8235° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.6775° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.017 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km ENE of Yalí, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-12 08:34:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-12 08:54:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 355 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.852 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nd8m Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd8m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd8m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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