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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Aratoca in Colombia


Earthquake location 6.7359S, -73.0129WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. The temblor was picked up at 03:22:06 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -73.0129° West, latitude 6.7359° North, depth = 161.791 km. Global time and date of event 20/09/24 / 2024-09-20 03:22:06 / September 20, 2024 @ 3:22 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000nu30. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nu30. The epicenter was at a depth of 161.791 km (101 miles).

Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de Torres, Toledo, El Playón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen 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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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 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: 4 km N of Aratoca, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.0129° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.7359° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 161.791 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km N of Aratoca, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-20 03:22:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-24 23:33:16 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 259 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 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.841 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us6000nu30 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nu30 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nu30, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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