A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Paratebueno in Colombia. Unique identifier: us7000qdgb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qdgb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:08:31 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/25 / 2025-07-07 23:08:31 / July 7, 2025 @ 11:08 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -73.1745 West, latitude 4.4793 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Villavicencio (c. 321 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Acacías (c. 40 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Puerto López (c. 16 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Cumaral (c. 11 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Garagoa (c. 11 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Calera (c. 10 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chocontá, La Calera, Cáqueza (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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: 12 km NNE of Paratebueno, Colombia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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