Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Ayapel in Colombia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ayapel in Colombia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -75.2195° West, 8.2334° North, depth 59.292 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nrzm. Unique identifier: us7000nrzm. The temblor was picked up at 07:45:11 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 59.292 km (37 miles). Global time and date of event 28/10/24 / 2024-10-28 07:45:11 / October 28, 2024 @ 7:45 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tierralta, Montería, Moñitos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Montería (c. 272 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Montelíbano (c. 85 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sahagún (c. 59 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Caucasia (c. 58 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from El Bagre (c. 40 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Planeta Rica (c. 37 300 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km SW of Ayapel, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-75.2195° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.2334° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.292 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km SW of Ayapel, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-28 07:45:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-26 06:46:45	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	298	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	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.294	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	87	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	us7000nrzm	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nrzm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nrzm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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