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Fri, 26 Sep 2025, 00:28 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 6 minutes ago, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Piedecuesta, Departamento de Santander, Colombia. The tremor was recorded early evening on Thursday, September 25th, 2025, at 7:21 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 147.90 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Jordan (pop. 110) located 13 km from the epicenter, Piedecuesta (pop. 163,400) 16 km away, Floridablanca (pop. 267,600) 24 km away, Giron (pop. 108,500) 26 km away, Bucaramanga (pop. 581,100) 31 km away, San Gil (pop. 46,200) 32 km away, Malaga (pop. 19,900) 42 km away, and Socorro (pop. 30,000) 46 km away.
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Fri, 26 Sep 2025, 00:24 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 26 Sep 2025

Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 14 quakes 5.0+, 47 quakes 4.0+, 146 quakes 3.0+, 309 quakes 2.0+ (517 total)
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 14 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 47 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 146 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 309 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 2.9 x 1014 joules (81.1 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 69810 tons of TNT or 4.4 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.4 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (25 Sep 2025)#1: Mag 6.3 Lara, 68 km north of Valera, Estado Trujillo, VenezuelaWednesday, Sep 24, 2025, at 11:51 pm (Caracas time) – #2: Mag 5.8 29 km east of Mene Grande, Zulia, VenezuelaThursday, Sep 25, 2025, at 02:55 am (Caracas time) – #3: Mag 5.7 North Pacific Ocean, 200 km southwest of Manzanillo, Estado de Colima, MexicoThursday, Sep 25, 2025, at 03:16 am (GMT -7) – #4: Mag 5.4 15 km north of Wongsorejo, Kabupaten Banyuwangi, Jawa Timur, IndonesiaThursday, Sep 25, 2025, at 04:04 pm (Jakarta time) – #5: Mag 5.3 Coral Sea, 77 km south of Isangel, Tafea Province, VanuatuFriday, Sep 26, 2025, at 10:16 am (GMT +11) – #6: Mag 5.3 118 km northeast of Iquique, Provincia de Iquique, Tarapacá, ChileThursday, Sep 25, 2025, at

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2 km (1 mi)

SE of epicenter

Piedecuesta

(pop: 163,400)

III: Weak

Departamento de Santander 7 km (4 mi)

N of epicenter

Floridablanca

(pop: 267,600)

III: Weak

Departamento de Santander 14 km (9 mi)

NW of epicenter

Giron

(pop: 108,500)

II: Very weak

Giron, Departamento de Santander 15 km (9 mi)

NW of epicenter

Bucaramanga

(pop: 581,100)

II: Very weak

Departamento de Santander 17 km (11 mi)

E of epicenter

Santa Barbara

(pop: 291)

II: Very weak

Santa Barbara, Departamento de Santander 25 km (15 mi)

NE of epicenter

Tona

(pop: 627)

II: Very weak

Departamento de Santander 31 km (19 mi)

SW of epicenter

Zapatoca

(pop: 6,050)

II: Very weak

Departamento de Santander 32 km (20 mi)

SE of epicenter

San Andres

(pop: 3,030)

II: Very weak

San Andres, Departamento de Santander 35 km (22 mi)

S of epicenter

Aratoca

(pop: 2,100)

II: Very weak

Departamento de Santander 36 km (22 mi)

N of epicenter

Matanza

(pop: 1,670)

II: Very weak

Departamento de Santander 39 km (24 mi)

S of epicenter

Villanueva

(pop: 3,710)

II: Very weak

Departamento de Santander 40 km (25 mi)

NE of epicenter

Vetas

(pop: 1,210)

II: Very weak

Departamento de Santander 41 km (25 mi)

W of epicenter

San Vicente de Chucuri

(pop: 11,300)

II: Very

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