Just 16 minutes ago, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Bucaramanga, Departamento de Santander, Colombia. The tremor was recorded around noon on Thursday, July 23rd, 2026, at 12:50 pm local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 154. km below the surface.The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.6 earthquake as well.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Cepita (pop. 380) located 5 km from the epicenter, San Gil (pop. 46,200) 25 km away, Malaga (pop. 19,900) 26 km away, Piedecuesta (pop. 163,400) 32 km away, Floridablanca (pop. 267,600) 41 km away, Socorro (pop. 30,000) 42 km away, Giron (pop. 108,500) 46 km away, and Bucaramanga (pop. 581,100) 49 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jul 23, 2026 12:50 pm (Bogota time) local time (23 Jul 2026 17:50 GMT)Magnitude: 4.6Depth: 154.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 6.71°N / 72.97°W (Zapatoca, Departamento de Santander, Colombia)Primary data source: GFZ