Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Lenguazaque in Colombia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Lenguazaque in Colombia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:58:34 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000ngk9. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngk9. Exact location of earthquake, -73.6778° West, 5.3148° North, depth 163.486 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 163.486 km (102 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 00:58:34 / September 22, 2024 @ 12:58 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madrid, Mosquera, Duitama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Bogotá (c. 7 674 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tunja (c. 117 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Zipaquirá (c. 91 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Chía (c. 64 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Funza (c. 54 400 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km ENE of Lenguazaque, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.6778° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.3148° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	163.486 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km ENE of Lenguazaque, 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 00:58:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-13 02:59:46	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	38	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.824	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	104	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	us7000ngk9	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ngk9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ngk9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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