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Minor mag. 1.6 earthquake - 28 km north of Barbosa, Santander, Colombia, on Saturday, Sep 24, 2022 at 3:31 am (GMT -5) -

Minor magnitude 1.6 earthquake at 116 km depth

24 Sep 08:36 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 5 minutes.
24 Sep 12:44: Magnitude recalculated from 1.5 to 1.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 112.7 to 116.0 km (from 70 to 72 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 3.3 km (2.1 mi) towards SE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 24, 2022 08:31:08 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Sep 24, 2022 at 3:31 am (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	1.6
Depth	116.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	6.17°N / 73.694°W (Vélez, Santander, Colombia)
Antipode	6.17°S / 106.306°E
Shaking intensity	Not felt
Felt
Primary data source	RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
Nearest volcano	San Diego (149 km / 93 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	12 km (7 mi) W of La Paz (pop: 1,140) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 18 km (11 mi) N of Velez (Vélez) (pop: 10,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 28 km (17 mi) NNW of Barbosa (pop: 20,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) NNE of Chiquinquira (Boyacá) (pop: 45,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 75 km (47 mi) SW of San Gil (pop: 33,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 82 km (51 mi) WNW of Duitama (Boyacá) (pop: 92,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 124 km (77 mi) SSW of Bucaramanga (pop: 571,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 179 km (111 mi) NNE of Bogota (Bogotá D.C.) (pop: 7,674,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 16.5°C (62 F), humidity: 98%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from SSE
Estimated seismic energy released	1.6 x 10⁷ joules (4.4 kilowatt hours) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
1.6	116 km	Northern Colombia	RaspberryShake

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Seismograms

Seismic station: La Rusia, Boyaca, Colombia (RUS/CM network) | Distance from quake: 74 km / 46 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station La Rusia, Boyaca, Colombia: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake

At magnitude 1.6, such a quake wouldn't normally be felt by people, but could be recorded instrumentally.

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