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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Sipí in Colombia


Earthquake location 4.5698S, -76.5259WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Sipí in Colombia on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.5259 West, latitude 4.5698 North, depth = 123.933 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123.933 km (77 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxx4. Unique identifier: us6000pxx4. The temblor was detected at 07:57:09 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/03/25 / 2025-03-10 07:57:09 / March 10, 2025 @ 7:57 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Pereira (c. 440 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Armenia (c. 315 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Buenaventura (c. 240 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Tuluá (c. 165 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cartago (c. 134 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Buga (c. 118 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sevilla (c. 41 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marsella, Pereira, Buenaventura.

Each 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 16 km SE of Sipí, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.5259° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.5698° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.933 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km SE of Sipí, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-10 07:57:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-17 07:43:04 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.892 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us6000pxx4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pxx4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pxx4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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