M 4.8 in Colombia on 06 May 2024 15:01 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1427607
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 40.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.0715 , -75.3559
Event Date: 06 May 2024 15:01 UTC
06 May 2024 10:01 Local
Exposed Population:
270 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 06 May 2024 17:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mwpt Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 7 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Significant Volcanic Eruptions 4360 BC to AD 2023 Poster2024-05-07T15:10+0200.

90 °N 60 °N 30 °N 0° 30 °S 60 °S 90 °S 90 °N 60 °N 30 °N 0° 30 °S 60 °S 90 °S 150°E120°E90°E60°E30°E0° 60°W90°W120°W150°W180° 150°E120°E90°E60°E30°E0° 60°W90°W120°W150°W180° Very Many Deaths (~1001 or more deaths) Many Deaths (~101 to
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Earthquake today: a tremor was recorded in the municipality of Buenavi ... 2024-05-07T13:17+0200.

The Colombian Geological Service registered a new earthquake in the country. (Infobae/Jovani Pérez) An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred on May 6 in the municipality of Buenavista, which is located in the department of Córdoba, according
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Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.4 reported 13 km northeast of Monte ... 2024-05-06T17:47+0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred in the morning on Monday, May 6th, 2024, at 10:01 am local time near Montelibano, Montelíbano, Cordoba, Colombia, as reported by The Colombian Geological Service (SGC). According to preliminary data,
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Strong mag. 5.1 earthquake - 41 km southeast of Tulcan, Carchi, Ecuado ... 2024-05-06T17:47+0200.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Pasto , a city with more than 380,000 inhabitants in Colombia , in 87 km (54 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Ma
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),