Small earthquake of magnitude 3.0 just reported 7 km northwest of Armenia, Colombia

Just 15 minutes ago, a 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Armenia, Quindio Department, Colombia. The tremor was recorded early morning on Thursday, April 9th, 2026, at 6:44 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 1. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, the first seismological agency to report it.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Circasia (pop. 27,100) located 7 km from the epicenter, Montenegro (pop. 42,000) 7 km away, Armenia (pop. 304,300) 7 km away, and Quimbaya (pop. 35,400) 8 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Calarca (pop. 79,600) located 10 km from the epicenter, La Tebaida (pop. 27,100) 19 km away, Pereira (pop. 467,300) 24 km away, and Dosquebradas (pop. 206,700) 27 km away. In Ibague (pop. 529,600, 58 km away), the quake was probably not felt.


Earthquake data:
Date & time: Apr 9, 2026 06:44 am (GMT -5) local time (9 Apr 2026 11:44 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.0
Depth: 1.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 4.6°N / 75.7°W (Armenia, Quindio Department, Colombia)
Primary data source: RaspberryShake
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