A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Aratoca in Colombia. The temblor was reported at 17:15:21 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 164.935 km (102 miles). Unique identifier: us7000pmup. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pmup. Exact location of event, depth 164.935 km, -73.0502° West, 6.6852° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/03/25 / 2025-03-26 17:15:21 / March 26, 2025 @ 5:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana de Torres, Santa Rosa de Viterbo, El Playón (min 5000 pop). 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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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