Colombian Geological Service around midnight on Tuesday, January 9 He gave information about the superficial earthquake that occurred in Santa Marta.
(Also: Tremor in Colombia Tuesday afternoon: magnitude and epicenter).
According to the report, the seismic event occurred at around 23.12. magnitude 2.0.
Also, fwith a surface depth of less than 30 km and an epicenter in Santa Marta, Magdalene.
(Also: New earthquake in Japan today: Major earthquake shakes the center of the Asian country).
However, although SGC always invited users to report the situation via its web portal, users on the networks stated that they did not feel the earthquake.
Meanwhile, there was no material damage or injury.
The Geological Service of Colombia (SGC) usually reports at least one earthquake every day on its communication channels. Actually on the official portal, Earthquakes between 1 and 80 occur in various parts of the country.
However, these reports do not necessarily mean that all earthquakes are significant or can cause damage.
In a recent post on the organization’s official X account, Colombian geologist and actor Diego Vásquez Camayo explains that up to 2,500 earthquakes can occur per month; Again, most of these lack significant size and densitybecomes undetectable by the population.
“The closer you are to the epicenter, the more intense the movement will be felt and the greater the effects will be,” commented Vásquez. But to this is added magnitude, which is a quantitative measure of the energy released during the event. “This is a way of expressing, on a scale from 0 to 10, the total amount of energy released by an earthquake regardless of a particular location,” explains the geologist in the image in question.
Those with Android devices in Colombia can benefit from seismic warning service, a free service from Google.
Google uses the ‘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.
This step by step to enable notifications Earthquake according to Google support:
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’.
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