Terremoto moderato mag. 4.6 - North Pacific Ocean, 21 km a sud da Bahia Solano, Colombia, sabato, 23 gennaio 2021 -
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Terremoto moderato magnitudine 4.6 at 24 km depth
23 Jan 08:44 UTC: Primo a segnalare: USGS dopo 20 minuti.
Update Sat, 23 Jan 2021, 08:48
Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake 21 km southwest of Bahia Solano, Colombia4.6 quake 23 Jan 3:24 am (GMT -5)
Just 24 minutes ago, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Bahia Solano, Departamento del Choco, Colombia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Saturday 23 January 2021 at 3:24 am local time, at a shallow depth of 23.5 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Bahia Solano (pop. 3,100) located 21 km from the epicenter, and Nuqui (pop. 2,700) 44 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Pie de Pato (pop. 3,200) located 81 km from the epicenter, Bellavista (pop. 1,400) 86 km away, Vigia del Fuerte (pop. 4,600) 88 km away, and Quibdo (pop. 75,100) 99 km away.
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The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Bahia Solano (pop. 3,100) located 21 km from the epicenter, and Nuqui (pop. 2,700) 44 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Pie de Pato (pop. 3,200) located 81 km from the epicenter, Bellavista (pop. 1,400) 86 km away, Vigia del Fuerte (pop. 4,600) 88 km away, and Quibdo (pop. 75,100) 99 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.
Earthquake data:
Data & ora: 23 Jan 2021 08:24:16 UTC -
Ora locale a epicentro: sabato, 23 gen 2021 03:24 (GMT -5)
Magnitudine: 4.6
Profondità: 23.5 km
Epicentro latitudine / longitudine: 6.0519°N / 77.4763°W
(North Pacific Ocean, Colombia)Nearby towns and cities:
21 km SSO da Bahia Solano (pop: 3,080) --> Vedi sismi vicini
44 km NNO da Nuqui (pop: 2,740) --> Vedi sismi vicini
81 km NO da Pie de Pato (pop: 3,240) --> Vedi sismi vicini
88 km SO da Vigia del Fuerte (Vigía del Fuerte) (pop: 4,640) --> Vedi sismi vicini
99 km ONO da Quibdo (pop: 75,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
213 km O da Medellín (pop: 2,000,000) --> Vedi sismi vicini
240 km NO da Pereira (pop: 440,100) --> Vedi sismi vicini
243 km ONO da Manizales (pop: 357,800) --> Vedi sismi vicini
309 km NNO da Cali (pop: 2,392,900) --> Vedi sismi vicini
409 km ONO da Bogotá (pop: 7,674,400) --> Vedi sismi vicini
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Overcast Clouds
25.5°C (78 F), humidity: 81%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from E
Fonte dati primaria: USGS (United States Geological Survey)Overcast Clouds
25.5°C (78 F), humidity: 81%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from EStima dell'energia sismica liberata: 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) More info
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.
| Magnitudine | Profondità | Ubicazione | Fonte |
| 4.6 | 24 km | 20 Km SSW of Bahía Solano, Colombia | USGS |
| 4.6 | 67 km | NEAR WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA | EMSC |
| 4.8 | 19 km | 223 Km Al Oeste De Medellin, Colombia | INETER |
User reports for this quake (1)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
396.2 km ESE of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 5-10 s
Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900
- Date / time UTC| Mag |Profondità|Age|Distanza| Details
- 13 Jul 1974 01:18| 7.3 |12km / 7.5mi|47 anni fa|190km / 118mi| Provincia del Darién, 41 km SW of Union Choco, Panama
- 15 Nov 2004 09:06| 7.2 |15km / 9.3mi|16 anni fa|151km / 94mi| North Pacific Ocean, 105 km NW of Buenaventura, Colombia
- 18 Oct 1992 15:11| 7.2 |10km / 6.2mi|28 anni fa|133km / 82mi| Carmen del Darien, Departamento del Choco, 69 km S of Chigorodo, Colombia
- 19 Nov 1991 22:28| 7.2 |21km / 13mi|29 anni fa|167km / 104mi| North Pacific Ocean, 88 km NW of Buenaventura, Colombia
- 11 Jul 1976 20:41| 7.0 |3km / 1.9mi|45 anni fa|167km / 104mi| North Pacific Ocean, 13 km S of Jaqué, Provincia del Darién, Panama
- 17 Oct 1992 08:32| 6.7 |14.3km / 8.9mi|28 anni fa|115km / 72mi| Carmen del Darien, Departamento del Choco, 92 km S of Chigorodo, Colombia
- 13 Aug 2013 15:43| 6.6 |10km / 6.2mi|8 anni fa|87km / 54mi| North Pacific Ocean, 474 km W of Santafe de Bogota, Colombia
- 26 Sep 1970 12:02| 6.6 |15km / 9.3mi|51 anni fa|18km / 11mi| North Pacific Ocean, 109 km NW of Quibdo, Departamento del Choco, Colombia
- 08 Nov 2000 06:59| 6.5 |17km / 10.6mi|20 anni fa|117km / 73mi| North Pacific Ocean, 144 km SW of Chigorodo, Antioquia, Colombia
- 25 Jan 1975 02:08| 6.5 |36km / 22mi|46 anni fa|134km / 83mi| Jurado, Departamento del Choco, 147 km SW of Apartado, Antioquia, Colombia
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