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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 28 km NW of Guapi, Colombia


Earthquake location 2.7435S, -78.0793WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Guapi in Colombia on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/19 / 2019-08-25 20:30:20 / August 25, 2019 @ 8:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000582j. Unique identifier: us7000582j. Exact location of earthquake, -78.0793° West, 2.7435° North, depth 69.49 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.49 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:30:20 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Francisco Pizarro, Timbiquí, El Charco (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from El Charco (c. 28 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Guapi (c. 13 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Timbiquí (c. 6 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Francisco Pizarro (c. 6 100 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 have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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: 28 km NW of Guapi, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -78.0793° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 2.7435° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km NW of Guapi, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-25 20:30:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-25 20:43:25 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 432 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 2.516 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 152 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 us7000582j Id of event.
Event Code 7000582j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000582j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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