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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near El Bagre in Colombia


Earthquake location 7.5324S, -74.7993WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from El Bagre in Colombia. Exact location of event, longitude -74.7993 West, latitude 7.5324 North, depth = 74.575 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:28:33 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pl25. Event ids that are associated: us6000pl25. The epicenter was at a depth of 74.575 km (46 miles). Global time and date of event 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 06:28:33 / January 19, 2025 @ 6:28 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Montelíbano (c. 85 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Caucasia (c. 58 000 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from El Bagre (c. 40 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Segovia (c. 39 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Carlos (c. 22 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ayapel (c. 22 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yarumal (c. 22 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Rosa del Sur, Ayapel, Yarumal (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km S of El Bagre, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.7993° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.5324° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.575 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km S of El Bagre, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-19 06:28:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-19 08:03:40 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.517 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us6000pl25 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pl25 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pl25, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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