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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Argelia in Colombia

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Argelia in Colombia on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 97.805 km (61 miles). Exact location of event, depth 97.805 km, -76.0763° West, 4.6915° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pp5r. Id of event: us7000pp5r. The temblor was picked up at 02:04:05 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/04/25 / 2025-04-01 02:04:05 / April 1, 2025 @ 2:04 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Pereira (c. 440 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ibagué (c. 421 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Manizales (c. 357 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Armenia (c. 315 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Dos Quebradas (c. 179 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tuluá (c. 165 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Cartago (c. 134 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ibagué, Supía, Aranzazu.

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 two and in the last 365 days five 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 5 km SE of Argelia, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.0763° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	4.6915° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	97.805 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km SE of Argelia, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-01 02:04:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-01 02:19:06	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.9	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	326	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	52	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.148	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.03 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	99	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	us7000pp5r	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pp5r	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pp5r,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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