Second Colombia earthquake in recent months People remain on the streets after an eartquake in Bogota, on August 17, 2023. A strong earthquake shook Bogota midday on Thursday, causing a brief wind of ...

Colombia has Earth's highest coastal mountain range, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Email Becky Oskin or follow her @beckyoskin. Follow us @OAPlanet, Facebook & Google+.

Central Colombia is in a zone of high seismic activity. A 6.2 magnitude quake there in 1999 claimed nearly 1,200 lives.

Colombia earthquake: Buildings creaked, furniture shook - ‘It was a big scare’ While no casualty has been reported, multiple buildings suffered damages in Bogota earthquake.

Residents in the capital of Colombia, Bogota, felt tremors shortly after 8am local time (2pm GMT). The quake was reportedly shallow, at a depth of 10km (6.21 miles), which intensified its impact.

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Colombia on Tuesday, shaking buildings in several cities including the capital, Bogota, where residents poured into the streets in panic, but there were no reports of ...

June 8 (UPI) -- A 6.5-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Colombia on Sunday about 56 miles east of Bogota, according to the Servicio Geológico Colombiano. The SGC's database for tracking such ...

A strong earthquake struck the Colombian capital Bogota on Thursday, reaching a 6.3 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey, prompting frightened residents to flee homes, offices and ...

66 million years ago, a 10-kilometer asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs. New evidence suggests that the Chicxulub impact also triggered an earthquake so massive that it ...

Image Gallery: This Millennium's Destructive Earthquakes The 10 Biggest Earthquakes in History Infographic: Tallest Mountain to Deepest Ocean Trench Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer ...