A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Colombia kilometers (0 miles) from Colombia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/07/18 / 2018-07-07 00:19:51 / July 7, 2018 @ 12:19 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.55 km (30 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:19:51 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000fyt3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fyt3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -75.6234 West, latitude 2.9587 North, depth = 47.55 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santander de Quilichao, Candelaria, Natagaima. Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Neiva (c. 352 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Puerto Tejada (c. 53 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Florida (c. 47 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Pradera (c. 44 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Santander de Quilichao (c. 40 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Belalcazar (c. 31 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Garzón (c. 29 500 pop).
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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: Colombia.
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