Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Ituango in Colombia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ituango in Colombia. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfet. Unique identifier: us6000pfet. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.738 km (34 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:39:58 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -75.7236° West, 7.1502° North, depth 54.738 km. Global time and date of event 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 06:39:58 / December 24, 2024 @ 6:39 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Bello (c. 392 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Municipio de Copacabana (c. 49 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Yarumal (c. 22 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Barbosa (c. 16 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Antioquia (c. 11 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Dabeiba (c. 11 500 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Ituango (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Municipio de Copacabana, Bello, Barbosa (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 5 km ESE of Ituango, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-75.7236° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.1502° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	54.738 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km ESE of Ituango, 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 06:39:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-31 06:37:54	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	312	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	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.973	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	119	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	us6000pfet	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pfet	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pfet,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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