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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Aratoca in Colombia

Posted by admin on October 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.7061S, -73.0217WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:31:52 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 21:31:52 / September 21, 2024 @ 9:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -73.0217° West, latitude 6.7061° North, depth = 157.575 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 157.575 km (98 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ng6u. Id of event: us7000ng6u.

Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Duitama, Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Sabana de Torres (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km NNW of Aratoca, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.0217° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.7061° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 157.575 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km NNW 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 2024-09-21 21:31:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-12 21:37:52 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 340 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.811 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000ng6u Id of event.
Event Code 7000ng6u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ng6u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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