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- M7.4 - M7.4 Earthquake in San José del Palmar, Colombia

 

Still with preliminary data, several collapsed buildings are reported.

 

M7.4 Earthquake in San José del Palmar, Colombia
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This earthquake was also felt in the area of Venezuela where a little over a month ago two major earthquakes of 7.2 and 7.5 were reported.

Earthquake data:

 

Date and time of origin: 2026-08-10 12:34:27 UTC
Date and time of arrival at the Citizen seismic station: 2026-08-10 12:46:18 UTC
Location where the station is located: Germans Sàbat, Girona, ES (EU)
Time difference from the event to arrival at the station: 11 minutes and 51 seconds
Distance from the epicenter to the station: 8.733,92 Km
Wave speed: 12,28 km/s => 12.284,00 m/s
Wave type (according to speed): PKP
Sensor type: Geophone 4.5Hz - 200 V/m/s
Sampling frequency (sps): 100Hz
Alarms: frequencies activated upon arrival of the wave:
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Place of Origin: 5 km E of San José del Palmar, Colombia
Geodetic coordinates of the epicenter:  📍 4.9030°N -76.1890°E
Depth (hypocenter): 107.0 km
Magnitude Richter Scale: M7.4
Modified Mercalli Scale Magnitude MMI => DYFI (Did You Feel It):
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URL Official Data USGS:  https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/...
URL Official Data EMSC:  https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/e...
Unofficial data URL Volcano Discovery:  https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/23259...
URL Official Data IGN:  https://www.ign.es/web/ign/portal/ultimos-terremot...

 

 

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