An earthquake was reported in Colombia on Monday night, February 19.. According to the Geological Service of Colombia (SGC), its magnitude was 4.6.
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The earthquake occurred at 20.38. The epicenter of the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 4.6, was 6 kilometers away from the municipality of Los Santos., Santander is one of the places where Colombia shakes the most. This time the depth was 150 kilometers.
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Citizens claimed that they felt this situation through social networks. shaking In nearby places like San Gil, Cúcuta, Piedecuesta, and even in the Cundinamarca and Boyacá regions.
At this time, officials are not reporting any possibilities.
SGC invited citizens to report whether they felt the earthquake by filling out the Detected Earthquake form at sismosentido.sgc.gov.co. The above is intended to help authorized organizations keep a close eye on events.
“These reports allow us to quickly predict the effects of the earthquake, which is crucial so emergency response agencies can act more effectively.” they elaborated.
Google uses ‘ShakeAlert’ system, a network of 1,675 seismic sensors to detect tremors. The app analyzes sensor data to determine the location and magnitude of the earthquake.
“Android Earthquake Alert System is a free service that detects earthquakes around the world and can warn Android users before shaking begins,” the tech giant explains.
This option works for free and its main function is to support authorities and people in preventing deaths in these natural events..
Step by step walkthrough to enable shake alerts on your mobile phone:
1. Open phone settings.
2. Press ‘Security & Emergency’ and then ‘Earthquake Alerts’.
If you can’t find ‘Safety & Emergency’, press ‘Location’, then ‘Advanced’ and then select ‘Earthquake Alerts’.
Note that GPS or your mobile phone location must be enabled to receive alerts..
The SGC reiterated that the Santander region has a seismic hotbed and that tremors occur more frequently: “This type of seismic activity is observed with two centers located at intermediate depths, approximately 150 kilometers below the surface area”.
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According to the official, The slot resulted from fragments of ancient tectonic plates that constantly interact in a small area, thereby causing large earthquakes in the municipality of Los Santos..
“The intensity there is low and the risk associated with it is low. Because these are earthquakes with deep origins, the seismic waves have already lost most of their energy when they reach the surface. However, there are records. Earthquakes with an intensity above 6.0 have harmed the people of the region,” he said.
In addition to the above, it is added that Colombia is a very seismically active country, as it is located “in an area where the Nazca, South American and Caribbean tectonic plates meet.”
Based on SGC monitoring, Approximately 2,500 earthquakes can be recorded in the country every month, and most of them cannot be detected by citizens..
It’s not true that he’s shaking more. “As we have better tools to know and communicate when an earthquake is happening, it feels like it’s shaking more,” the official said.
– It has been 118 years since the strongest earthquake recorded in Colombia: it had a magnitude of 8.4.
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