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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 6 km SSW of Molagavita, Colombia


Earthquake location 6.6213S, -72.8412WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (mg/mb) was reported Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Molagavita in Colombia. The temblor was reported at 17:20:35 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 170.25 km (106 miles). Global time of event 06/04/15 / 2015-04-06 22:20:35 / April 6, 2015 @ 10:20 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -72.8412 West, latitude 6.6213 North, depth 170.25 km, unique identifier, us200026fv.

Close countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Duitama, Pamplona, Toledo.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.8412° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.6213° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 170.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km SSW of Molagavita, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-04-06 22:20:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-04-22 04:20:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 2.298 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176 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 us200026fv Id of event.
Event Code 200026fv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200026fv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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