A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Dibulla in Colombia on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -73.4917° West, latitude 11.7919° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 19:13:34 / September 28, 2024 @ 7:13 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000p020. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p020. The temblor was reported at 19:13:34 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ríohacha (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Ríohacha (c. 92 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 60 km NNW of Dibulla, Colombia.
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