Earthquake — Colombia: Meta, Quetame

When

24 May 2008

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

5.6

Where

Colombia

Coordinates

4.33° N, 73.76° W

Deaths

6

Depth km

9

Earthquake in Colombia

The 2008 El Calvario earthquake occurred in central Colombia on 24 May and measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The earthquake occurred at 2:20:43 p.m. at the epicenter. The depth was 35 km; it was superficial according to an Ingeominas report. The epicenter was located 35 km from Villavicencio and 50 km from Bogotá.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A 5.9 earthquake with its epicentre in the Department of Meta strikes the Central and West areas of Colombia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el municipio colombiano de El Calvario se registra un terremoto de 5,9 que deja 11 fallecidos y más de 4000 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page