Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Piedecuesta in Colombia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Piedecuesta in Colombia. Exact location of earthquake, -73.0855° West, 6.9045° North, depth 155.58 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 155.58 km (97 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000qlh3. Event ids that are associated: us6000qlh3. The temblor was detected at 18:48:43 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 18:48:43 / June 6, 2025 @ 6:48 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yondó, Barrancabermeja, Toledo (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km SSW of Piedecuesta, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.0855° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	6.9045° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	155.58 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km SSW of Piedecuesta, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-06 18:48:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-02 18:32:12	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	259	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	94	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.387	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	90	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	us6000qlh3	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qlh3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qlh3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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