Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 367 km west of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on Monday, 4 May 2020 at 20:52 (GMT) -

Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 367 km west of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on Monday, 4 May 2020 at 20:52 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 2 km depth

4 May 21:28 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 35 minutes.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 2.0 km.
Date & time: 4 May 2020 20:52:41 UTC -
Magnitude: 4.6
Depth: 2.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 2.7°N / 79.74°W (North Pacific Ocean, Colombia)
Nearby towns and cities:
131 km (82 mi) WNW of Francisco Pizarro (pop: 6,110) --> See nearby quakes!
146 km (91 mi) NW of Tumaco (pop: 86,700) --> See nearby quakes!
183 km (114 mi) W of El Charco (pop: 28,700) --> See nearby quakes!
319 km (198 mi) WNW of Pasto (pop: 382,200) --> See nearby quakes!
328 km (204 mi) WSW of Buenaventura (pop: 240,400) --> See nearby quakes!
349 km (217 mi) W of Popayan (pop: 258,700) --> See nearby quakes!
353 km (219 mi) NNW of San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador) (pop: 1,399,800) --> See nearby quakes!
367 km (228 mi) WSW of Santiago de Cali (pop: 2,392,900) --> See nearby quakes!
393 km (244 mi) WSW of Palmira (pop: 248,000) --> See nearby quakes!
663 km (412 mi) WSW of Santafe de Bogota (pop: 7,674,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.62 kmSouth Of Panama (Colombia)EMSC
M 4.610 km136km WNW of Francisco Pizarro, ColombiaUSGS
M 4.710 kmSouth of Panama (Colombia)GFZ

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422.7 km SSW of epicenter [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
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