M 4.2 earthquake – 2 km E of Roncesvalles, Colombia
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Local time: Sep 21, 2026 · 17:58 (UTC-5)
LightShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.2body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 4.009, -75.58434 km from Chaparral
- Energy released
- 30 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 13M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 271USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Sep 21, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 30 tons of TNT, 16 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
13 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.3 20 km SSW of Roncesvalles, Colombia Sep 21, 2026
- 4.1 26 km SW of Roncesvalles, Colombia Sep 22, 2026
- 4.6 25 km WSW of Roncesvalles, Colombia Sep 22, 2026
- 4.2 25 km SSW of Roncesvalles, Colombia Sep 23, 2026
- 4.0 26 km WNW of Chaparral, Colombia Sep 23, 2026
- 4.3 15 km SW of Roncesvalles, Colombia Sep 23, 2026
- 4.6 10 km SSW of San Antonio, Colombia Sep 23, 2026
- 4.2 23 km WNW of Chaparral, Colombia Sep 25, 2026
- 4.4 28 km SW of Roncesvalles, Colombia Sep 25, 2026
- 4.2 23 km SW of Roncesvalles, Colombia Sep 26, 2026
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Colombia.
- 7.4 4 km SSW of San José del Palmar, Colombia Aug 10, 2026
- 7.3 11 km WNW of San Agustín, Colombia Sep 30, 2012
- 7.2 32 km SSW of Pizarro, Colombia Nov 15, 2004
- 7.2 33 km NNW of Santa Genoveva de Docordó, Colombia Nov 19, 1991
- 7.1 5 km SE of Castilla La Nueva, Colombia Aug 31, 1917
- 7.0 41 km SE of Baraya, Colombia Feb 9, 1967
- 6.8 39 km WNW of Timbiquí, Colombia Sep 10, 2007
- 6.8 24 km SW of Roncesvalles, Colombia Sep 2, 1997
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.