A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Santa Genoveva de Docordó in Colombia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:44:31 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 22:44:31 / April 23, 2025 @ 10:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -77.7299° West, 4.5858° North, depth 24.792 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.792 km (15 miles). Unique identifier: us7000pum1. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pum1.
Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Pizarro (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pizarro (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km NW of Santa Genoveva de Docordó, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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