Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 26 km N of Cantagallo, Colombia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Cantagallo in Colombia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 102.374 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rtez. Unique identifier: us6000rtez. Exact location of earthquake, -73.956° West, 7.6113° North, depth 102.374 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 02:38:54 / November 20, 2025 @ 2:38 am. The temblor was detected at 02:38:54 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Barrancabermeja (c. 191 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Aguachica (c. 73 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Carlos (c. 22 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Morales (c. 20 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Puerto Wilches (c. 13 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sabana de Torres (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Carlos, Remedios, Aguachica (min 5000 pop). 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 five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 26 km N of Cantagallo, Colombia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.956° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	7.6113° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	102.374 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 km N of Cantagallo, Colombia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-20 02:38:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-12 00:43:40	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	37	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.772	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	88	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	us6000rtez	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rtez	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rtez,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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