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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 12 km SW of Silos, Colombia


Earthquake location 7.1396S, -72.8524WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Silos in Colombia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 182.37 km, -72.8524° West, 7.1396° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 182.37 km (113 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:33:41 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pisv. Event ids that are associated: us6000pisv. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 03:33:41 / January 9, 2025 @ 3:33 am.

Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Zulia, Cúcuta, Soatá (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Cúcuta (c. 721 400 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Villa del Rosario (c. 65 000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SW of Silos, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.8524° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.1396° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 182.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km SW of Silos, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-09 03:33:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-09 04:30:27 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 284 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.26 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us6000pisv Id of event.
Event Code 6000pisv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pisv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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