Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake strikes near Cajibio in Colombia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (mg/mb) has striked on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Cajibio in Colombia. The temblor was reported at 07:56:24 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 151.43 km (94 miles). Global time of event 22/02/15 / 2015-02-22 12:56:24 / February 22, 2015 @ 12:56 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -76.4939 West, latitude 2.6679 North, depth 151.43 km, unique identifier, usc000tsa5.

Close countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Cali (c. 2 392 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Popayán (c. 258 700 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Palmira (c. 248 000 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Yumbo (c. 71 400 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Pitalito (c. 53 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dagua, Planadas, Gigante.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.4939° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	2.6679° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	151.43 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km ENE of Cajibio, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-02-22 12:56:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-02-22 13:19:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	7	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.03	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	485	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	3.062	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	47	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	usc000tsa5	Id of event.
Event Code	c000tsa5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,usc000tsa5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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