Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near El Playon in Colombia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from El Playon in Colombia. Exact location, longitude -73.1491° West, latitude 7.5135° North, depth = 142.73 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/17 / 2017-10-01 01:35:26 / October 1, 2017 @ 1:35 am. Unique identifier: us2000axct. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000axct. The temblor was detected at 20:35:26 / 8:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 142.73 km (89 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Cristóbal, Aguachica, Málaga. Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Cúcuta (c. 721 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 246 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km NE of El Playon, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.1491° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.5135° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	142.73 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km NE of El Playon, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-10-01 01:35:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-10-01 01:54:27	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	23	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.7	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	409	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	2.837	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.01 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	30	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	us2000axct	Id of event.
Event Code	2000axct	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000axct,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-73.1491° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

7.5135° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

142.73 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

7km NE of El Playon, Colombia

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-10-01 01:35:26

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-10-01 01:54:27

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-300

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.7

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

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

409

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

2.837

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.01 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

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000axct

Id of event.

Event Code

2000axct

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000axct,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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