A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Moniquira in Colombia. Exact location of event, longitude -73.5391 West, latitude 5.9215 North, depth = 135.52 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 135.52 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008gya. Id of event: us70008gya. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:52:38 / 7:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/03/20 / 2020-03-17 12:52:38 / March 17, 2020 @ 12:52 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Sogamoso (c. 126 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tunja (c. 117 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Chiquinquirá (c. 45 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Mesa (c. 26 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chocontá, Aquitania, La Mesa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 6 km NE of Moniquira, Colombia.
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