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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 5 km NW of Jordán, Colombia


Earthquake location 6.7676S, -73.1358WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Jordán in Colombia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 154.383 km (96 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000ntmm. Event ids that are associated: us6000ntmm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.1358 West, latitude 6.7676 North, depth = 154.383 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:21:35 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 07:21:35 / September 22, 2024 @ 7:21 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Belén, Yondó, Pamplona (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. 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: 5 km NW of Jordán, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.1358° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.7676° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 154.383 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km NW of Jordán, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-22 07:21:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-22 08:09:56 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 284 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.871 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us6000ntmm Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntmm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntmm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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