A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Nuqui in Colombia on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -77.5904° West, 5.6352° North, depth 36.32 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:33:18 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20004gnc. Unique identifier: us20004gnc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.32 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/15 / 2015-12-12 01:33:18 / December 12, 2015 @ 1:33 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pizarro. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Pizarro (c. 6 200 pop).
Every 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km WSW of Nuqui, Colombia.
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