A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Cepitá in Colombia on Friday. Exact location, longitude -72.9637° West, latitude 6.7096° North, depth = 169.66 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhvw. Id of event: us6000rhvw. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/25 / 2025-09-26 19:43:45 / September 26, 2025 @ 7:43 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 169.66 km (105 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:43:45 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Colombia (c. 47 790 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Rosa de Viterbo, El Playón, Toledo. Epicenter of the event was 49 km (31 miles) from Bucaramanga (c. 571 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Floridablanca (c. 252 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Girón (c. 108 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Piedecuesta (c. 86 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pamplona (c. 53 600 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from San Gil (c. 33 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 5 km SSE of Cepitá, Colombia.

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