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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Piedecuesta in Colombia


Earthquake location 6.8966S, -73.1332WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Piedecuesta in Colombia. Id of earthquake: us7000c7m3. Event ids that are associated: us7000c7m3. 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: 29/10/20 / 2020-10-29 17:39:48 / October 29, 2020 @ 5:39 pm. Exact location of event, depth 140.79 km, -73.1332° West, 6.8966° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 140.79 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:39:48 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yondó, Toledo, Barrancabermeja (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 13 km SW of Piedecuesta, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.1332° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.8966° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 140.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km SW of Piedecuesta, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-29 17:39:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-29 21:13:54 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 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 284 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 0.998 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us7000c7m3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000c7m3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000c7m3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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