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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Cubará in Colombia

Posted by admin on October 29, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 7.2319S, -72.234WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Cubará in Colombia on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.234 West, latitude 7.2319 North, depth = 81.529 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:49:24 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81.529 km (51 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 21:49:24 / October 29, 2024 @ 9:49 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000nnx8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nnx8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Cúcuta (c. 721 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 246 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Villa del Rosario (c. 65 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Los Patios (c. 58 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bucaramanga, Floridablanca, Piedecuesta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NNW of Cubará, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.234° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.2319° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 81.529 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km NNW of Cubará, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-29 21:49:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-29 22:09:44 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 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.576 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us7000nnx8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnx8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnx8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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