A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Jordán in Colombia. Unique identifier: us6000q6zq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6zq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/04/25 / 2025-04-18 08:48:42 / April 18, 2025 @ 8:48 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:48:42 / 8:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -73.1099° West, latitude 6.6854° North, depth = 172.076 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 172.076 km (107 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barbosa, Paipa, Toledo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Duitama (c. 92 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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