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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Ubalá in Colombia


Earthquake location 4.8749S, -72.6496WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.6496° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.8749° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km NW of Ubalá, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-20 06:52:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-14 13:01:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 312 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.099 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us7000nday Id of event.
Event Code 7000nday An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nday, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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