Colombia earthquake update! Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes near Santander

#earthquake #colombia #santander On Sunday, May 28, 2023, a earthquake struck near Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia. The tremor was recorded in the morning at 10:45 am local time, at an intermediate depth of 147 km below the surface. The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences, the first seismological agency to report it. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations. A second report was later issued by European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, which listed it as a magnitude 5.3 earthquake. Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Some residents said that the lights and wall decorations in the house shook for about 20 seconds. Weak shaking might have been felt in Aratoca located 4 km from the epicenter, San Gil 21 km away, Socorro 37 km away and Floridablanca.