A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Cepitá in Colombia. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rj7x. Id of event: us6000rj7x. Exact location of event, depth 168.406 km, -72.9942° West, 6.7319° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 168.406 km (105 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 03:38:21 / October 5, 2025 @ 3:38 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 03:38:21 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de Torres, Toledo, El Playón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 3 km SW of Cepitá, Colombia.
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