A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Francisco Pizarro in Colombia. Exact location, longitude -79.02° West, latitude 2.5353° North, depth = 13.99 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:35:49 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.99 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 06:35:49 / January 1, 2017 @ 6:35 am. Id of earthquake: us10007p1x. Event ids that are associated: us10007p1x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Tumaco (c. 86 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Francisco Pizarro (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tumaco, Francisco Pizarro. Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km NW of Francisco Pizarro, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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