Very Strong but luckily deep earthquake below Northern Colombia

Last update: March 10, 2015 at 10:48 pm

Earthquake-report

Update 22:18 UTC :

Update 22:06 UTC : 12 houses in Betulia have been reported with damage as well as the hospital in Bucaramanga

Update 22:02 UTC : A number of older buildings have sustained damage similar to this one

Update 21:49 UTC : We are getting more reports from damage in Bucaramanga and Bogota, luckily all of it slight damage

Update 21:41 UTC : More reports are coming in from cracked walls and now also from a partially collapsed church in .

Update 21:37 UTC : Cracks are being reported in the Justice building of Cucuta. The earthquake was based on the incoming crack reports stronger than mentioned on the shaking map below. We recognize a strong shaking in some places instead of a light shaking shown on the USGS map and the list below.

Update 21:34 UTC : We are seeing reports now from cracks in apartment buildings in Tachira, Venezuela

Update 21:23 UTC : People are reporting already hairline cracks in walls. Some people are also reporting strong shaking. The local Colombian seismological agency is reporting a Magnitude of 6.6.

Update 21:20 UTC : The earthquake was felt as far as Panama and Venezuela (typical for deep earthquakes). The parliament in Bogota as well as many office buildings were evacuated after the earthquake. 50 years ago a similar also deep earthquake left 10 people dead in the same region. Luckily we are now 2015 and the houses have much more resistance than in earlier times.

14km (9mi) N of Aratoca, Colombia
18km (11mi) SSE of Piedecuesta, Colombia
27km (17mi) SSE of Floridablanca, Colombia
31km (19mi) SSE of Giron, Colombia
272km (169mi) NNE of Bogota, Colombia