Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Neira in Colombia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Neira in Colombia. Exact location of event, depth 117.15 km, -75.5437° West, 5.1749° North. The temblor was detected at 10:42:10 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117.15 km (73 miles). Unique identifier: us1000dqpz. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dqpz. Global time and date of event 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 15:42:10 / April 23, 2018 @ 3:42 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Pereira (c. 440 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ibagué (c. 421 700 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Manizales (c. 357 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Armenia (c. 315 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Dos Quebradas (c. 179 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cartago (c. 134 800 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from La Dorada (c. 82 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Dovio, Cocorná, Guaduas. Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-75.5437° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.1749° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	117.15 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2km WNW of Neira, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-23 15:42:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-23 16:00:29	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		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	416	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	1.261	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	44	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000dqpz	Id of event.
Event Code	1000dqpz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000dqpz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-75.5437° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

5.1749° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

117.15 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

2km WNW of Neira, Colombia

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

Time

2018-04-23 15:42:10

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-04-23 16:00:29

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

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

416

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

1.261

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

Root Mean Square

0.86 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

mww

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000dqpz

Id of event.

Event Code

1000dqpz

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

Event IDS

,us1000dqpz,

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

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