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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Caracolí in Colombia

Posted by admin on December 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.3233S, -74.841WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Caracolí in Colombia. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 20:33:34 / December 24, 2024 @ 8:33 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pfhr. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfhr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.841 West, latitude 6.3233 North, depth = 71.38 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:33:34 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71.38 km (44 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Medellín (c. 2 000 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bello (c. 392 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Itagüí (c. 281 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Envigado (c. 163 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from La Dorada (c. 82 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Caldas (c. 65 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Rionegro (c. 62 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fredonia, Amagá, La Dorada (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 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: 13 km SW of Caracolí, Colombia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.841° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.3233° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km SW of Caracolí, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-24 20:33:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-24 21:24:24 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 369 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.696 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us6000pfhr Id of event.
Event Code 6000pfhr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pfhr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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