M5.0 earthquake near San Andrés, San Andres y Providencia

What happened

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 38 km SSE of Mountain, Colombia on 25 Nov 2018, 22:09 UTC at a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is San Andrés, about 75 km away in San Andres y Providencia, Colombia.