Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 1.2 km northwest of Campohermoso, Departamento de Boyaca, Colombia, on Thursday, 13 December 2018 at 09:28 (GMT)

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 1.2 km northwest of Campohermoso, Departamento de Boyaca, Colombia, on Thursday, 13 December 2018 at 09:28 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

13 Dec 09:41 UTC: Premier à signaler: GFZ après 13 minutes.
Date & time: 13 Dec 2018 09:28:17 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Profondeur: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 5.04°N / 73.11°W (Campohermoso, Departamento de Boyaca, Colombie)
Volcan le plus près: San Diego (214 km / 133 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
1 km NO de Campohermoso (Boyacá) (pop: 695) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
18 km SSE de Miraflores (Boyacá) (pop: 2,770) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
28 km E de Garagoa (Boyacá) (pop: 11,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
30 km NO de Monterrey (Casanare) (pop: 7,760) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
62 km SSE de Tunja (pop: 117,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
77 km SSO de Sogamoso (Boyacá) (pop: 126,600) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
86 km OSO de Yopal (Departamento de Casanare) (pop: 61,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
88 km S de Duitama (Boyacá) (pop: 92,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
115 km NNE de Villavicencio (Departamento del Meta) (pop: 321,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
118 km ENE de Bogota (Bogota D.C.) (pop: 7,674,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.010 kmColombiaGFZ
M 4.820 km COLOMBIAEMSC
M 4.810 km- 8km SSE of Paez, ColombiaUSGS
M 5.044 kmColombiaGeoAu

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Medellín, Colombia / not felt
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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake 1.2 km northwest of Campohermoso, Departamento de Boyaca, Colombia, 13 December 2018 09:28 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (0 quakes):
So far, no aftershocks have been registered.
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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 1.2 km northwest of Campohermoso, Departamento de Boyaca, Colombia, on Thursday, 13 December 2018 at 09:28 (GMT)
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