A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Piedecuesta in Colombia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 07:40:08 / July 3, 2019 @ 7:40 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150.8 km (94 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -73.1081 West, latitude 6.8479 North, depth = 150.8 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:40:08 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000494j. Event ids that are associated: us7000494j.
Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yondó, Toledo, Barrancabermeja (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km SSW of Piedecuesta, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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