A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Cepitá in Colombia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:38:26 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.9652 West, latitude 6.7302 North, depth = 161.406 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/25 / 2025-12-25 02:38:26 / December 25, 2025 @ 2:38 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkng. Unique identifier: us7000rkng. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 161.406 km (100 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Playón, Toledo, Belén.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 2 km SSE of Cepitá, Colombia.
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