Magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Colombia’s capital Bogota

Buildings reportedly shingle and sirens blare astir the Colombian superior arsenic radical unreserved into the streets.

A almighty magnitude 6.3 earthquake has shaken the Colombian superior of Bogota, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The USGS reported connected Sunday greeting that the quake struck adjacent the metropolis of Paratebueno successful cardinal Colombia, astir 170 kilometres (105 miles) eastbound of Bogota.

The Colombian Geological Service, however, reported that the magnitude of the daze was higher, registering a 6.5 connected the Richter scale.

Reporters of the AFP quality bureau connected the crushed said buildings shook and sirens sounded astir Bogota arsenic radical rushed retired onto the streets for safety.

People gathered successful parks and extracurricular buildings successful their pyjamas arsenic parents tried to calm frightened children portion others searched for pets that had tally distant during the tremor.

One aged pistillate told AFP that the shingle was “very strong” arsenic she made her mode down respective flights of steps.

Al Jazeera’s Sanad verified the pursuing videos filmed successful the contiguous aftermath:

Estas lad algunas imágenes de ciudadanos evacuando en Bogotá tras el fuerte temblor de 6.4 sentido sobre las 8:00 a.m. de este domingo 8 de junio. pic.twitter.com/UmOY5dOtXn

— BluRadio Colombia (@BluRadioCo) June 8, 2025

Translation: These are immoderate images of citizens evacuating successful Bogotá aft the beardown 6.4 earthquake felt astir 8:00 a.m. this Sunday, June 8.

The Mayor of Bogota, Carlos Galan, wrote connected X that nary 1 was injured successful the earthquake, according to preliminary reports.

“At this time, 1 idiosyncratic is being treated for an anxiousness onslaught and is being transferred to the Central Hospital. So far, insignificant structural harm and immoderate powerfulness outages person been reported, but work has already been restored,” Galan added.

Central Colombia, a portion of precocious seismic activity, has experienced a akin earthquake before, which was recorded arsenic a 6.2 magnitude quake successful 1999, claiming astir 1,200 lives.