Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 4.5 NORTHERN COLOMBIA
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 03:56:46 UTC

Magnitude 4.5
Date-Time Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 03:56:46 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:56:46 PM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 6.72N 72.98W
Depth 164.6 kilometers
Region NORTHERN COLOMBIA
Distances 50 km (30 miles) SSE of Bucaramanga, Colombia
105 km (65 miles) ESE of Barrancabermeja, Colombia
140 km (85 miles) NNE of Tunja, Colombia
265 km (165 miles) NNE of BOGOTA, Colombia
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 26.2 km; depth +/- 17.0 km
Parameters Nst=56, Nph=56, Dmin=254.5 km, Rmss=1.08 sec, Erho=26.2 km, Erzz=17.0 km, Gp=121.0 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2009peah

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