A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Paratebueno in Colombia on Sunday. Event id: us7000q87v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q87v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/06/25 / 2025-06-08 17:26:50 / June 8, 2025 @ 5:26 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.2733 West, latitude 4.4094 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 17:26:50 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Bogotá (c. 7 674 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Villavicencio (c. 321 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Acacías (c. 40 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Puerto López (c. 16 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Martín (c. 16 300 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Cumaral (c. 11 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bogotá, San Martín, Sopó (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 7 km WNW of Paratebueno, Colombia.

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