A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/11/25 / 2025-11-14 10:30:30 / November 14, 2025 @ 10:30 am. Exact location, longitude -73.0275° West, latitude 6.7329° North, depth = 175.46 km. The temblor was detected at 10:30:30 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 175.46 km (109 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000rs6i. Event ids that are associated: us6000rs6i.
Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de Torres, Toledo, El Playón (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km NNW of Aratoca, Colombia.
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