A new earthquake was reported on Wednesday morning, September 13. Earthquake The epicenter was in AraucaClose to the Venezuelan border.
According to the preliminary report of the Colombian Geological Service, the earthquake occurred at 06.03 in the morning and was of magnitude. 4.1.
Most precise location details Appeared 12 km from TameAracuca and there were 70 km depth.
According to the first information received from SGC, the earthquake Also felt in Bogotá, Boyacá and Valle del Caucaand the maximum perceived intensity was 4, meaning it was “widely felt.”
According to Arauca residents, this morning’s earthquake was “super strong but brief.”
Users on social networks announced The earthquake was also felt in the municipalities of Fortul and Saravena in the district in question.
“A very strong movement was felt in Saravena, it looked like an explosion,” wrote an Internet user on X, formerly Twitter.
This would be the second tremor of the day and was followed by one recorded in Santander, Zapatoca at around 02:11.
However, this motion was slight, only measuring 2.4 and having a distance of 134 km.
It is worth noting that such events occur frequently in the country, and especially in Santander, which has the Bucaramanga seismic hotspot, where the Geological Department records an average of 5 earthquakes a day.
Activity at this location “has not generally been associated with destructive earthquakes.”
According to SGC’s data, 528 earthquakes were recorded between 12:00 am on September 1 and 23:59 on September 7, while the earthquake of the magnitude that occurred in Los Santos, Santander on September 7 draws attention. 4.3 at 03:53
“Another earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 occurred at 7:43 a.m. on Friday, September 1, in Villavicencio, Meta, and was reported in 12 municipalities in Meta, Cundinamarca and Bogota,” the organization said.
Google’s seismic fin is a free service for Android users; It is already enabled on some devices. But, Others need to be inserted manually.
“Android Earthquake Warning System is a free service that detects earthquakes around the world and can warn Android users before shaking begins,” the company’s website stated.
One of the purposes of this alarm is to prevent fatal accidents in these natural events. If you want to enable it, you can follow the steps below:
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