M5.4 Earthquake Strikes Southern Colombia, Damaging Homes

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck south-central Colombia at 4:13 a.m. local time (09:13 UTC) Nov. 3, 2026, the U.S. Geological Survey said. As of 16:05 UTC on Nov. 3, 2026, the agency located the epicenter 24 kilometers north-northwest of Rioblanco, in Tolima department, at a depth of 10 kilometers.

Colombia's national disaster-risk agency, UNGRD, said one person was injured in Chaparral, in Tolima department, when a wall fell on a home, TalCual reported. El Colombiano identified the injured person as a woman from the Libertador neighborhood and cited Chaparral Mayor Elver González as saying she was taken to a medical center for evaluation. The quake also caused damage in Quindío department, where part of a church structure came loose; nobody was hurt there, El Colombiano said.