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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Paratebueno in Colombia


Earthquake location 4.4519S, -73.1153WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Paratebueno in Colombia on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -73.1153 West, latitude 4.4519 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q8gi. Id of event: us7000q8gi. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/06/25 / 2025-06-09 12:03:48 / June 9, 2025 @ 12:03 pm. The temblor was detected at 12:03:48 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Villavicencio (c. 321 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Acacías (c. 40 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Puerto López (c. 16 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Cumaral (c. 11 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Garagoa (c. 11 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cáqueza (c. 8 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Monterrey (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guamal, Cáqueza, Acacías (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km NE of Paratebueno, Colombia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.1153° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.4519° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km NE of Paratebueno, Colombia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-09 12:03:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-30 10:44:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.264 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000q8gi Id of event.
Event Code 7000q8gi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q8gi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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