A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Morales in Colombia. Exact location, longitude -76.7013° West, latitude 2.7153° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/25 / 2025-08-27 09:31:35 / August 27, 2025 @ 9:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:31:35 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000qr9r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qr9r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Cali (c. 2 392 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Popayán (c. 258 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Puerto Tejada (c. 53 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Florida (c. 47 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Jamundí (c. 44 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Pradera (c. 44 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balboa, Pradera, Candelaria (min 5000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 9 km WSW of Morales, Colombia.

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