2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
A strong earthquake of 7.3 degrees on the Richter scale was registered on the coast of Venezuela and has reportedly also been felt with intensity in various sectors of the Colombian territory.
According to a report delivered by the CNN en Espanol online site, the United States Geological Survey confirmed that the telluric movement had as its epicenter the vicinity of the Yaguaraparo town, in the state of Sucre. The information also adds that the depth of the earthquake was located around 123 kilometers underground.
After the violent earthquake, the emergency agencies of the two South American countries activated evacuations in various sectors of their territories. So far no fatalities have been reported and similarly tsunami warnings on the Atlantic coast of the two nations have been dismissed.
A report by the newspaper El Nacional reported that the earthworks in Venezuela affected the states of Bolívar, Monagas, Sucre, Nueva Esparta, Mérida, Portuguesa, Caracas, Aragua, Carabobo, Táchira and Lara.
For its part, the newspaper El Tiempo reported that some of the Colombian departments that felt the strong tremor were Norte de Santander, Arauca, Boyacá and Cundinamarca. Reportedly, Bogotá's El Dorado International Airport had to be temporarily closed to carry out an inspection of the runways at the air terminal.
"After a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Venezuela and felt in a large part of the Colombian territory, a sweep is being carried out at this time with the entities of the National System for Disaster Prevention and Attention and Risk Management Councils," the Twitter shared. National Unit for Disaster Risk Management of Colombia.
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