Overview

• The quake struck at 8:08 a.m. local time near Medina at a depth of 10 km, sending Bogota residents into the streets and setting off citywide evacuations
• Emergency assessments report no immediate casualties or large-scale damage, and authorities remain on standby for possible aftershocks
• The United States Geological Survey issued a Yellow alert for potential fatalities and economic losses as Colombia’s position on the Pacific Ring of Fire raises concerns about damaging tremors
• Senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot at a campaign event in Bogota and one person has been detained in connection with the attack
• President Gustavo Petro and Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia condemned the violence and called for a swift, thorough investigation