A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Paratebueno in Colombia on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -73.262° West, latitude 4.3646° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 13:37:19 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/06/25 / 2025-06-08 13:37:19 / June 8, 2025 @ 1:37 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000qiy2. Event ids that are associated: us6000qiy2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chocontá, Tocancipá, Sopó. Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Bogotá (c. 7 674 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Villavicencio (c. 321 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Acacías (c. 40 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Puerto López (c. 16 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from San Martín (c. 16 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Cumaral (c. 11 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Garagoa (c. 11 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 5 km WSW of Paratebueno, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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