A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ubalá in Colombia. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -72.6496° West, 4.8749° North. The temblor was picked up at 06:52:35 / 6:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 06:52:35 / August 20, 2024 @ 6:52 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nday. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ramiriquí, Puerto López, Guateque (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Yopal (c. 61 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Villanueva (c. 20 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Puerto López (c. 16 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Aguazul (c. 15 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Garagoa (c. 11 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Monterrey (c. 7 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Guateque (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km NW of Ubalá, Colombia.
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