2024-01-21 17:54:00
During the first days of 2024, the heat has hit the inhabitants of Santander. With the strong 5.4 earthquake that occurred this Sunday, January 21, several users on social networks have pointed out a direct relationship between high temperatures and the earthquake that occurred.
However, experts are emphatic in pointing out that these events are not associated.
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At the time, Vanguardia spoke with Carlos Fernando Lozano Lozano, who was director of the Northeast Colombian Seismological Observatory of the Udes and the Cdmb, to learn more details regarding a possible association between the tremors and the high temperatures that occur in Santander.
When asked if the dry climate that plagues Bucaramanga, specifically the season of intense heat, influences earthquakes, the expert was emphatic in saying no.
“Earthquakes cannot be predicted and are not associated with high temperatures. It is a completely false myth, the temperature on the Earth’s surface does not affect the internal processes of the planet. There is also no technology that predicts earthquakes. Only with records can we interpret and analyze events to determine their impacts,” he said.
“Most of them are of a low magnitude, which are not perceived by the population,” he commented.
It is worth remembering that Santander is located as the department with the most active seismicity in Colombia, since almost 60% of the country’s earthquakes occur here.
Why is Santander shaking so much?
“It is one of the most active seismic zones in the country, where between 12 and 20 seismic events occur per day at an average depth of 150 kilometers,” explained Lozano, referring to the Bucaramanga Seismic Nest.
These earthquakes, being so deep, do not generate levels of movement strong enough to generate a disaster.
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