One person died as residents panicked and rushed onto the streets.
A strong earthquake followed quickly by a strong aftershock shook Colombia’s capital and other major cities, sending panicked residents out onto the streets and damaging Colombia’s congressional chamber.The midday quakes were both centered about 100 miles southeast of Bogota, with the first one registering a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 and the aftershock registering a preliminary magnitude of 5.7, the US Geological Survey said.
The magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook Colombia’s capital and other major cities on Thursday sending residents fleeing from their homes People in the capital city, which has a population of 11 million, felt buildings and floors rumble and alarms blared as throngs of residents left their homes and gathered outside.
“Everything was moving, and people came out screaming, ‘It’s shaking, it’s shaking!’,” Bogota resident Gonzalo Martin said. “A lot of people started to rush out onto the street because of the tremor.” Paula Henao, the Bogota fire department’s deputy director of operations, said one person died when they panicked and jumped from the seventh floor of a building.El Salón Elíptico del Congreso de la República, sufrió algunos pequeños daños a causa del movimiento telúrico, sin lesionados.
Se cancela el evento de las 2 pm invitamos a la ciudadanía a mantener la calma y seguir las indicaciones de las autoridades
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