Colombia It is located within the Pacific Ring of Fire, being one of the countries with high seismic risk. Likewise, other neighboring countries in South America and the world, which border the Pacific Ocean, are also affected. This is because the Nazca tectonic plate meets the South American plate.
The Geological Service of Colombia is in charge of registering the latest seismic movements in the country. Through its different social networks, it publishes the events that arise. Here we will tell you all the details of the telluric reports that occurred.
LAST EARTHQUAKES IN COLOMBIA TODAY APRIL 21, 2022
Thanks to the report of the National Geological Service of Colombia, an annual seismic trend has been established. In this way, around seven earthquakes are prescribed per year with an average magnitude of 5.0 to 5.9 degrees, one between 6.0 and 6.9 degrees, one every five years between 7.0 and 7.9 degrees and one with a magnitude greater than 8.0 degrees every thirty years. years.
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE
The earthquake, which is considered the deadliest and most destructive recorded in Colombia, is the one that shook the municipality of Armenia in 1999. Around 2,000 people were the number of fatalities left by the strong telluric movement. The other high-impact seismic events occurred in the years 1906, 1958 and 1979, reaching magnitudes of 8.8, 8.1 and 8.4 degrees, respectively.
WHAT WAS THE LAST REGISTERED EARTHQUAKE IN COLOMBIA?
The most recent earthquake recorded in Colombia had a magnitude of 6.1 Mw and had as its epicenter the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, on November 24, 2018.