As the shaking from a 6.0 quake ended, sirens sounded in the city of Bogota in Colombia.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Colombia today, December 24, 2019, at 19:03:52 UTC shaking buildings in the capital, Bogota. This makes 2 quakes taking place in South America in the same day, as a same-magnitude earthquake also struck Argentina a few hours earlier.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered around 100 miles south of Bogota near the town of Lejanias. A 5.8 aftershock was measured nearby 16 minutes later.
There have been no reports of damages or injuries.
The quake was located at a depth of 10 kilometers in the proximity of these locations:
- 4.8 km (2.9 mi) SSE of Lejanias
- 33.4 km (20.7 mi) W of Granada
- 40.6 km (25.2 mi) SW of San Martin
- 61.3 km (38.0 mi) SSW of Acacias
- 83.3 km (51.6 mi) SSW of Villavicencio
