A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Mosquera in Colombia. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/03/25 / 2025-03-25 22:08:06 / March 25, 2025 @ 10:08 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000q3rc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q3rc. The temblor was detected at 22:08:06 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -78.8646 West, latitude 2.5577 North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Tumaco (c. 86 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from El Charco (c. 28 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Francisco Pizarro (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tumaco, El Charco, Francisco Pizarro.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km W of Mosquera, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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