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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 9 km SSW of Ansermanuevo, Colombia


Earthquake location 4.7154S, -76.0216WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (mg/mb) was reported Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ansermanuevo in Colombia. The temblor was reported at 17:26:44 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 96.58 km (60 miles). Global time of event 21/02/15 / 2015-02-21 22:26:44 / February 21, 2015 @ 10:26 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -76.0216 West, latitude 4.7154 North, depth 96.58 km, unique identifier, usc000ts6w.

Close countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Pereira (c. 440 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ibagué (c. 421 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Manizales (c. 357 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Armenia (c. 315 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Dos Quebradas (c. 179 600 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Los Andes, Yotoco.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.0216° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.7154° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 96.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km SSW of Ansermanuevo, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-21 22:26:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-21 22:52:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 22 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 425 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.066 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 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 usc000ts6w Id of event.
Event Code c000ts6w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usc000ts6w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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