Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Albania in Colombia

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Albania in Colombia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/20 / 2020-07-22 03:16:35 / July 22, 2020 @ 3:16 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -72.3972 West, latitude 11.046 North, depth = 89.3 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 89.3 km (55 miles). Unique identifier: us7000assn. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000assn. The temblor was reported at 03:16:35 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manaure Balcón del Cesar, Maracaibo, Urumita. Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Maracaibo (c. 2 225 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Maicao (c. 130 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ríohacha (c. 92 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from La Villa del Rosario (c. 65 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Juan del Cesar (c. 26 800 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Fonseca (c. 23 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Villanueva (c. 18 700 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.3972° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.046° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	89.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km ESE of Albania, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-07-22 03:16:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-22 03:37:11	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	400	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	2.762	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 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	us7000assn	Id of event.
Event Code	7000assn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000assn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-72.3972° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

11.046° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

89.3 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

24 km ESE of Albania, Colombia

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-07-22 03:16:35

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-07-22 03:37:11

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.4

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

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

400

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

2.762

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.06 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

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

us7000assn

Id of event.

Event Code

7000assn

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000assn,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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