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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Cubará in Colombia


Earthquake location 7.1192S, -72.0935WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Cubará in Colombia. Exact location of event, depth 20.96 km, -72.0935° West, 7.1192° North. The temblor was detected at 19:23:38 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/21 / 2021-01-29 19:23:38 / January 29, 2021 @ 7:23 pm. Event id: us6000dd2a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dd2a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.96 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop), Venezuela (c. 27 223 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 97 km (61 miles) from Cúcuta (c. 721 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from San Cristóbal (c. 246 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Villa del Rosario (c. 65 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Los Patios (c. 58 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rubio (c. 51 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Antonio del Táchira (c. 32 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cúcuta, Los Patios, Villa del Rosario.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km N of Cubará, Colombia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.0935° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.1192° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km N of Cubará, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-29 19:23:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-29 19:54:35 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 340 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 1.565 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us6000dd2a Id of event.
Event Code 6000dd2a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dd2a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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