A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Jordán in Colombia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 155.125 km (96 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nwur. Event ids that are associated: us6000nwur. The temblor was detected at 08:07:10 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 08:07:10 / October 6, 2024 @ 8:07 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -73.0436° West, 6.7644° North, depth 155.125 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Belén, Toledo, Sabana de Torres (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km ENE of Jordán, Colombia.
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