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Waste / landfill · 28 Feb 2024

Methane plume detected in Colombia

On 28 Feb 2024, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 1,688 kg/h from a waste site or landfill.

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1,688 kg/h
± 404 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 40.5 tonnes of methane.

Detected
28 Feb 2024 · 15:33 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Waste / landfill
Wind
Plume drifting towards the SE · 1.6 m/s
Coordinates
3.96408, -76.24912
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UNEP plume ID
641ad09a-9283-4c52-8f3b-10578a84b4b2

Likely operator

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Emitting site

COL_S_003 · Landfill
4 plumes detected at this site

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 641ad09a-9283-4c52-8f3b-10578a84b4b2, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/641ad09a-9283-4c52-8f3b-10578a84b4b2), accessed 4 Oct 2026.