A 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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