Mag. 4.3 earthquake - 12 km northwest of Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on Monday, 13 April 2020 at 20:44 (GMT) -
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Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 140 km depth
13 Apr 20:52 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 8 minutes.
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 140.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 4.13°N / 76.29°W

Nearest volcano: Machin (107 km / 66 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
3 km (2 mi) S of Riofrio (Valle del Cauca) (pop: 9,240) --> See nearby quakes!
12 km (7 mi) WNW of Tulua (Valle del Cauca) (pop: 165,500) --> See nearby quakes!
14 km (9 mi) WSW of Andalucia (Andalucía, Valle del Cauca) (pop: 17,400) --> See nearby quakes!
25 km (16 mi) N of Guadalajara de Buga (Valle del Cauca) (pop: 118,000) --> See nearby quakes!
31 km (19 mi) NE of Darien (Calima, Valle del Cauca) (pop: 15,800) --> See nearby quakes!
35 km (22 mi) SSW of Roldanillo (Valle del Cauca) (pop: 27,600) --> See nearby quakes!
38 km (24 mi) SW of Zarzal (Valle del Cauca) (pop: 28,800) --> See nearby quakes!
43 km (26 mi) WSW of Sevilla (Valle del Cauca) (pop: 41,600) --> See nearby quakes!
81 km (50 mi) NNE of Santiago de Cali (Valle del Cauca) (pop: 2,392,900) --> See nearby quakes!
251 km (156 mi) WSW of Bogota (Bogota D.C.) (pop: 7,674,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
M 4.3 | 140 km | Colombia | EMSC |
M 4.4 | 143 km | 523 Km al sureste de La Palma, Panamá (Colombia) | INETER |
M 4.6 | 157 km | 2km NW of San Pedro, Colombia | USGS |
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Bogotá estaba en la localidad de puente aranda ba (0 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Estaba en la calle y los cables de la luz se movieron y note un ligero hondulamiento en el suelo
88.7 km SSW of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) (reported through our app)
244.8 km ENE of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
77.6 km SSW of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
250.6 km ENE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Manizales / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Our bulding shook the oposite way , front to back, the the normal side to side motion we usally experience. We live in Manizales, Caldas.
Cali (Colombia, 81 km S of epicenter) : Se sintió leve al sur de Cali (reported through EMSC)
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