Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Nunchía in Colombia

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Nunchía in Colombia. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.997 km (27 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:44:31 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000qxc0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxc0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/25 / 2025-08-25 22:44:31 / August 25, 2025 @ 10:44 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.1496 West, latitude 5.6017 North, depth = 42.997 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Sogamoso (c. 126 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Yopal (c. 61 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Villanueva (c. 20 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Aguazul (c. 15 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Maní (c. 7 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Aquitania (c. 5 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maní, Sogamoso, Aquitania. Nearby 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 one and in the last 365 days one 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 6 km SE of Nunchía, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-72.1496° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	5.6017° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.997 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km SE of Nunchía, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-25 22:44:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-21 21:51:02	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.289	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.54 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	61	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	us7000qxc0	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qxc0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qxc0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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