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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 14 km E of Zapatoca, Colombia


Earthquake location 6.828S, -73.141WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Zapatoca in Colombia on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150 km (93 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:53:45 / 12:53 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003paz. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003paz. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/15 / 2015-10-17 05:53:45 / October 17, 2015 @ 5:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 150 km, -73.141° West, 6.828° North.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toledo, Yondó, Barrancabermeja (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 14 km E of Zapatoca, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.141° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.828° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 150 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km E of Zapatoca, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-10-17 05:53:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-12 10:26:44 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 259 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 us10003paz Id of event.
Event Code 10003paz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003paz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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