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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Lenguazaque in Colombia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Lenguazaque in Colombia on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -73.6733° West, latitude 5.2791° North, depth = 163.178 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 163.178 km (101 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nvyp. Unique identifier: us7000nvyp. The temblor was reported at 18:02:39 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/24 / 2024-12-04 18:02:39 / December 4, 2024 @ 6:02 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Bogotá (c. 7 674 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Tunja (c. 117 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Facatativá (c. 94 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Zipaquirá (c. 91 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Chía (c. 64 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Duitama, Facatativá, Fómeque.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two 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.

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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. 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: 5 km SE of Lenguazaque, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.6733° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.2791° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	163.178 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km SE 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	2024-12-04 18:02:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-04 20:40:15	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	271	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	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.846	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	84	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	us7000nvyp	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nvyp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nvyp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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