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

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Dibulla in Colombia on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.096 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000pgmd. Event ids that are associated: us6000pgmd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 08:59:24 / December 31, 2024 @ 8:59 am. The temblor was reported at 08:59:24 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -73.4098° West, latitude 11.4863° North, depth = 34.096 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Albania, San Juan del Cesar, Fonseca (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Marta (c. 431 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ríohacha (c. 92 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Juan del Cesar (c. 26 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Fonseca (c. 23 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Barrancas (c. 17 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Albania (c. 6 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km NNW of Dibulla, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.4098° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.4863° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.096 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 km NNW of Dibulla, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-31 08:59:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-23 07:08:33	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.861	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.33 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	38	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	us6000pgmd	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pgmd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pgmd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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