2023-05-25 07:49:02
On the night of this Wednesday May 24 An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale was recorded. (according to the final report of the Geological Service of Colombia) with a shallow depth of less than 10 km.
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The movement was so strong that the National Unit for Disaster Risk Managementciting Dimar Colombia, reported that there is no tsunami threat for the country, despite the fact that a preliminary report noted that the magnitude of the earthquake had been 6.9.
However, the updated report from the Colombian Geological Service indicated that The magnitude of the tremor, registered on the border between Colombia and Panama, was 6.6.
The movement, which it was followed by three other tremors, measuring 4.6, 3.6 and 3.1 Also in the Caribbean Sea, it was felt more strongly in the municipalities of Acandí, in Chocóy in Necoclí and Arboletes, in Urabá Antioquia, which are the closest towns to the place of the epicenter.
However, users on social networks reported that they felt the earthquake in other departments such as Córdoba, Santander, Norte de Santander, Cundinamarca, Risaralda, as well as Antioquia and Chocó.
The Geological Survey It has registered 110 earthquakes of a magnitude equal to or greater than 2.0 in the last five days.
From the Administrative Department of Disaster Risk Management, Dagrd, and the Official Fire Department of Medellín, reported that so far There are no reports of episodes related to the earthquake.
In Necoclí, according to information from Risk Management, there were no damages or affectations to any building in the municipality. César Zúñiga, from Necoclí Risk Management, said that “in the three follow-up reports we carried out we did not record any damage, but the earthquake was felt a lot and long.”
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