The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) reported that an earthquake of 6.5 was shocked by Colombia. In the morning this Sunday without prejudice from victims or material damage. Tremor occurred at 08.08 local time (13.08 according to Greenwich) and had as an epicenter a district between the departments of Kundinmarki and Meta, in the center of the country, said SGC.
At first, the agency reported that the earthquake was 6.4, but in the second information ballot it grew to 6.5 points. The epicenter was located in the municipality of Pararatbueno (Cundinamarca), 211 kilometers south -west of Bogota, with “superficial depth (less than 30 km).”
The tremor was very felt in most of Colombia, mainly in the departments of the center of the country, where construction suffered strongly shaking for several seconds that seemed eternity. The earthquake caused millions of Colombians who went out in Pajama and even barefoot on the streets against the backdrop of the noise of sirens, which warned of an emergency.
There is still no information or damage, and the national unit on the risk management of natural disasters (UNGRD) said that “it covers with municipal and departments” to find out the consequences of Tremor.
The Colombian Geological Service also noted that twelve minutes after Tremor at 08.20 local time (13.20 according to Greenwich) was the first copy of 4.0, also at a depth of a surface of less than 30 kilometers.