A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Cepitá in Colombia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 158.374 km (98 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pjzy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjzy. Exact location, longitude -72.9882° West, latitude 6.7519° North, depth = 158.374 km. The temblor was reported at 15:46:30 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 15:46:30 / January 2, 2025 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana de Torres, Belén, El Playón.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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