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One person dead after earthquake in Colombia

  • Writer: Kyle Sooley-Brookings
    Kyle Sooley-Brookings
  • Aug 18, 2023
  • 1 min read

On Thursday a 6.3 magnitude earthquake occurred 16 km north of Cumaral, Colombia.


The earthquake occurred at 1:04 pm local time and was at a depth of 10 km.


Officials said one woman had died as a result of the earthquake. There was damage to buildings in the capital of Bogota.


When the earthquake began, residents fled from buildings into the streets.

 
 
 

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