An earthquake in Colombia was reported at 6:52 am this holiday Monday, June 3. The report from the Colombian Geological Service (SGC) indicated that its magnitude was 3.9 and its epicenter was a municipality in Meta.
The earthquake was located 11 kilometers from the municipality of San Juanito, Meta. Furthermore, its depth was shallow, less than 30 kilometers.
Epicenter of the earthquake this Monday, June 3 in Colombia.
Photo:Colombian Geological Service.
Citizens, through social networks, claimed to have felt it strongly in the surrounding municipalities of Meta, Cundinamarca and Boyacá.
The SGC has invited the community to fill out the Sismo Sentido form, available on the page sismosentido.sgc.gov.co, when they perceive an earthquake. The above to help the authorities have more monitoring information on these phenomena.
At the moment, no eventuality is reported after the tremor in Meta.
How to activate the Google earthquake alert in Colombia? This is the step by step
Google tremor alert.
Photo:Google
The option operates free of charge and its main objective is to support authorities and people to prevent fatalities in these natural events.. “Those who are further away from the epicenter will be able to receive the alert several seconds earlier and thus be safe if necessary,” Google said.
- Open phone settings.
- Look for ‘Safety and Emergency’ and then ‘Earthquake Alerts’.
- If you don’t find ‘Safety & Emergency’, press ‘Location’, then ‘Advanced’, then select ‘Earthquake Alerts’ to activate the option.
Keep in mind that you must always keep your cell phone’s location or GPS active so that the alert can arrive if an earthquake occurs.
These have been the tremors in Colombia in recent weeks
Based on the analyzes of the Colombian Geological Service, In the country, around 80 tremors can occur in one day alone, “but most are imperceptible to people.”
As Colombia is “a seismically very active country”, the entity has emphasized the need for the community to have knowledge “about the seismic threat” to contribute to risk management.
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