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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 10 km NNE of Jordán, Colombia

Posted by admin on April 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 6.8226S, -73.0666WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Jordán in Colombia on Friday. Id of earthquake: us6000q6zz. Event ids that are associated: us6000q6zz. The temblor was picked up at 10:31:41 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.0666 West, latitude 6.8226 North, depth = 150.549 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150.549 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/04/25 / 2025-04-18 10:31:41 / April 18, 2025 @ 10:31 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Chinácota, Yondó (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km NNE of Jordán, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.0666° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 6.8226° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 150.549 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NNE of Jordán, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-18 10:31:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-18 10:50:24 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 416 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 83 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.327 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us6000q6zz Id of event.
Event Code 6000q6zz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q6zz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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