The magnitude of the 6.4 magnitude earthly hit Columbia on Sunday. The shocks were felt, among others, in Bogota, the capital of the country, where alarms ranged in buildings. Several people were slightly injured in other regions, there were damage to buildings.
According to the Colombian Geological Service (SGC), an earthquake, whose epicenter was in the city of Paratebueno in the Cundinamarca department, had a magnitude 6.4. The shocks were also felt in other cities, such as Medellin, Villavicencio and Pereira. It was similar in Bogota, the capital of the country – warning alarms were in the buildings.
Colombia. Earthquake
The earthquake hit this region after 8 o'clock (in Poland after 3pm) and was felt for about a minute – said El Tiempo portal.
Later, SGC announced that a secondary shock with a magnitude 4.0 appeared in the same place.
Several people slightly injured
Cundinamarca Governor, Jorge Emilio Rey, has published on his account on the portal X a recording from the Paratebueno commune, which shows several damaged buildings, adding that so far four people from this region have suffered slight injuries. Local medical services helped them.
Another recording in another post also shows a crack of one of the local roads.
Location of the earthquake in ColombiaUSGS
El Tiempo, CNN, tvnmeteo.pl
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