A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Piedecuesta in Colombia. The temblor was picked up at 18:43:26 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us200061r3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200061r3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 156.58 km (97 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -73.1317° West, latitude 6.935° North, depth = 156.58 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/05/16 / 2016-05-30 23:43:26 / May 30, 2016 @ 11:43 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chinácota, Yondó, Soatá. Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 six and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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