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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Acandi in Colombia


Earthquake location 8.831S, -77.2936WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Acandi in Colombia. Exact location, longitude -77.2936° West, latitude 8.831° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/18 / 2018-08-18 19:39:07 / August 18, 2018 @ 7:39 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:39:07 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000gcek. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gcek.

Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from Turbo (c. 50 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Necoclí (c. 10 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Juan de Urabá (c. 10 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Unión Chocó (c. 9 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Arboletes (c. 8 400 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from La Palma (c. 1 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Palma, Turbo, Arboletes (min 5000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 35 km N of Acandi, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.2936° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.831° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km N of Acandi, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-18 19:39:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-18 19:59:07 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 482 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 2.534 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us1000gcek Id of event.
Event Code 1000gcek An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gcek, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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