Powerful 6.3 magnitude quake shakes Bogota

People stay connected the thoroughfare aft an earthquake successful Bogota connected June 8, 2025. A powerful, shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook the Colombian superior of Bogota aboriginal Saturday, according to AFP reporters connected the crushed and the United States Geological Survey. Buildings shook, sirens blared astir the superior and radical rushed retired onto the streets. | Photo Credit: AFP

A powerful, shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook the Colombian superior of Bogota aboriginal Saturday, according to AFP reporters connected the crushed and the United States Geological Survey.

The shallow quake struck astatine 9:08 section clip adjacent the metropolis of Paratebueno successful cardinal Colombia, immoderate 170 kilometers (105 miles) eastbound of Bogota, the USGS said.

Buildings shook, sirens blared astir the superior and radical rushed retired into the streets, portion societal media users posted videos of swinging lights and furniture, though the images could not beryllium instantly verified by AFP.

Scores of radical gathered successful parks and extracurricular buildings successful their pajamas, with parents trying to calm frightened kids and others looking for pets that had tally away.

"This was precise strong," said an aged woman successful Bogota trying to marque her mode down respective flights of steps.

Central Colombia is successful a portion of precocious seismic activity. A 6.2 magnitude quake determination successful 1999, not acold from Ansermanuevo, claimed astir 1,200 lives.

Published - June 08, 2025 07:39 p.m. IST