to date no reports of casualties, according to Colombia on Tuesday has been hit by two earthquakes.
central Colombia is Tuesday, been hit by two earthquakes.
this was stated by The UNITED states Geological Survey (USGS).
one of The quakes had a calculated strengthening of 6.0, while the other had a calculated strength of 5.8.
According to Colombia’s own geological institute had the quakes themselves, a calculated strength of respectively 6.2 and the 5.7.
they hit The 150 kilometers to the south of the country’s capital, Bogotá.
the Depth of the earthquake was, according to the Reuters low, which may have enhanced the effects of it.
however, There is preliminary no reports of casualties or material damage.
the tremors were felt in several places in the central and southwestern part of the country, including Bogotá.
Skælvenes the epicenters lay in the areas of both agriculture and oil drilling, but the country’s disaster response reporting on Twitter that there has been no damage.
a spokesperson for the state-owned oil company Ecopetrol said that all its plants operate in the normal way.
Earthquake takes relatively frequently take place in Colombia.
/ritzau/Reuters
