At 10:05 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24, the Colombian Geological Service (SGC) reported a magnitude earthquake. Magnitude 6.6 and less than 30 km deep in the border area of Colombia and Panamain the waters of the Caribbean Sea, an area of frequent seismic activity.
(In context: Four earthquakes in less than an hour in Colombia: strongest tremor was magnitude 6.6)
Although the event was felt in different parts of the national territory (mainly in the departments of Antioquia, Chocó and Córdoba), the General Directorate of Maritime and Ports of Colombia (Dimar) It determined there was no potential tsunami threat to the Caribbean Coast. No injuries reported.
“From the occurrence of the main earthquake to 12:00 today, from the Colombian Geological Service (SGC), We recorded 82 aftershocks, all located in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, ranging in magnitude from 2.1 to 4.6 and with a depth of not more than 30 km.. They are still occurring due to the energy released by the main shock. However, the magnitude and frequency of these events are expected to decrease as the day progresses,” explains SGC.
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The organization details that more than 2,000 people reported feeling the earthquake through the “Feel Earthquake” form available on its website and social networks.
He also explains that reports have been received of the entire series of aftershocks, three of magnitude 4.6, 4.3, and 4.2.
“We have received reports of minor damage regarding the effects caused by the main earthquake. from areas closest to the epicenter (in the municipality of Acandí, Chocó reported cracking and even a wall collapsed)‘, says SGC.
Communication from the organization explains that the maximum density reported in the municipalities of Necoclí, San Juan de Urabá and Turbo in the Antioquia region is 6, corresponding to light damage; and in Acandí and Unguia, in the Chocó department.
Aftershocks are smaller magnitude seismic movements that occur after an earthquake in the same area. usually occurring in superficial tremors (depths of less than 30 km).
These can last for days, weeks or even months because when a large and shallow earthquake occurs, energy continues to be released until the tectonic plates that produced the earthquake adapt.
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Colombia is a seismically very active country located in what is called the Pacific Ring of Fire or the Pacific Ring of Fire. This is an area where the interaction between the Nazca, Cocos, South American and Caribbean tectonic plates has caused earthquakes to occur in most of the national territory.
On average, there are 2,500 earthquakes a month in the country, but most of them are not of significant magnitude. Many are not even noticed by humans, they are only detected by seismographs.
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