A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Lerida in Colombia on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/17 / 2017-07-30 05:40:41 / July 30, 2017 @ 5:40 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000a2mh. Unique identifier: us2000a2mh. The temblor was detected at 00:40:41 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -74.9846° West, 4.8573° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Tebaida, La Virginia, Supía (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Pereira (c. 440 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Ibagué (c. 421 700 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Manizales (c. 357 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Armenia (c. 315 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Soacha (c. 313 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Dos Quebradas (c. 179 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Girardot City (c. 130 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km W of Lerida, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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