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Weak mag. 3.6 earthquake - 25 km south of Riosucio, Departamento del Choco, Colombia, on Thursday, Dec 1, 2022 at 8:50 pm (GMT -5) -

Weak magnitude 3.6 earthquake at 37 km depth

2 Dec 02:00 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 10 minutes.
2 Dec 02:04: Magnitude recalculated from 3.7 to 3.1.
2 Dec 02:08: Magnitude recalculated from 3.1 to 3.4. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 4.6 km (from 3.1 to 2.9 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4.3 km (2.7 mi) towards NE.
2 Dec 04:40: Magnitude recalculated from 3.4 to 3.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 4.6 to 37.0 km (from 2.9 to 23 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 11 km (7 mi) towards ENE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 2, 2022 01:50:30 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Dec 1, 2022 at 8:50 pm (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.6
Depth	37.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	7.228°N / 77.047°W (Riosucio, Departamento del Choco, Colombia)
Antipode	7.228°S / 102.953°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	25 km (16 mi) SSE of Riosucio (Chocó) (pop: 7,160) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 37 km (23 mi) NW of Murindo (Antioquia) (pop: 2,370) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) SW of Chigorodo (Antioquia) (pop: 48,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 73 km (46 mi) SW of Carepa (Antioquia) (pop: 20,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 86 km (54 mi) SSW of Apartado (Departamento de Antioquia) (pop: 86,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 90 km (56 mi) WNW of Dabeiba (Antioquia) (pop: 11,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 102 km (64 mi) SSW of Turbo (Departamento de Antioquia) (pop: 50,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 439 km (273 mi) NW of Bogota (Bogotá D.C.) (pop: 7,674,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 22.3°C (72 F), humidity: 97%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from WSW
Estimated seismic energy released	1.6 x 10¹⁰ joules (4.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 3.79 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.6	37 km	Panama-Colombia Border Region	RaspberryShake

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Seismic station: Los Cordobas, Cordoba, Colombia (LCBC/CM network) | Distance from quake: 196 km / 122 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Los Cordobas, Cordoba, 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

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