Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Medina in Colombia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Medina in Colombia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qapj. Id of event: us7000qapj. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/25 / 2025-06-23 09:18:51 / June 23, 2025 @ 9:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -73.2901° West, latitude 4.62° North, depth = 55.35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.35 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:18:51 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cota, Zipaquirá, Chía. Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Bogotá (c. 7 674 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Villavicencio (c. 321 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Zipaquirá (c. 91 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chía (c. 64 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Acacías (c. 40 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Cajicá (c. 25 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NNE of Medina, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.2901° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	4.62° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	55.35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km NNE of Medina, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-23 09:18:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-17 13:33:49	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	284	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.051	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	55	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	us7000qapj	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qapj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qapj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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