Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Aratoca in Colombia

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 152.38 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 152.38 km, -72.9575° West, 6.7588° North. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:02:10 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/18 / 2018-05-31 03:02:10 / May 31, 2018 @ 3:02 am. Id of earthquake: us1000efau. Event ids that are associated: us1000efau. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barrancabermeja, Duitama, Chinácota. Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop).

Each 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km NE of Aratoca, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.9575° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.7588° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	152.38 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km NE of Aratoca, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-05-31 03:02:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-05-31 03:27:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	21	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	424	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	2.335	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	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	us1000efau	Id of event.
Event Code	1000efau	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000efau,	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

-72.9575° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

6.7588° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

152.38 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

10km NE of Aratoca, Colombia

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

Time

2018-05-31 03:02:10

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-05-31 03:27:52

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

424

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

2.335

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

Root Mean Square

0.96 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

us1000efau

Id of event.

Event Code

1000efau

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

Event IDS

,us1000efau,

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

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