A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Mountain in Colombia. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:37:04 / 1:37 pm (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, longitude -81.6779 West, latitude 13.2167 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 13:37:04 / January 28, 2025 @ 1:37 pm. Event id: us6000pmsg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmsg.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Andrés. The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from San Andrés (c. 58 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km WSW of Mountain, Colombia.
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