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Witness location : Villavicencio (Colombia) (63 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 479 min

Si fue fuerte

Witness location : Villavicencio (Colombia) (64 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Temblor a las 8:8 villavicencio

Witness location : Barrio San Luis (Colombia) (93 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Frente al embalse de san Rafael. En la calera. Se sintió

Witness location : Tocancipá (Colombia) (98 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Muy fuerte y corto gracias a Dios

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (98 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Se movió la cosa

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (98 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

En Bogotá muy fuerte. Aun se sacude el edificio y las alarmas no dejan de sonar

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (99 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

It woke me up. Everything was shaking: doors, window curtains.  A few things fell, but nothing broke. My cats started running around the house.

Witness location : La Calera (Colombia) (99 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Very very hard..

Witness location : Tocancipá (Colombia) (99 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Muy fuente en piso 8 Tocancipa Cundí se cayeron objetos

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (99 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

It was long one

Witness location : Barrio San Luis (Colombia) (99 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Terremoto

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (99 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Long shaking, hight intensive in the first moments. Not catastrophic intensity, but large damage could be expected afar a Bogota. National broadcasters report it had a 6.4 Mw

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (99 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Very longMuy largo

Witness location : Barrio San Luis (Colombia) (99 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Strong and long lasting

Witness location : Barrio San Luis (Colombia) (100 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Strong

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (100 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Long and strong even at ground level

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (101 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

felt quite strong

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (101 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

En Bogotá se sintió como por 10 segundos aproximadamente, movimientos largos

Witness location : Barrio San Luis (Colombia) (102 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Se sintió fuerte, unos 20s, Bogotá, barrios unidos

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (102 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

En Bogotá se sintió muy fuerte ??!

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (102 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Muy fuerte oscilatorio y de mucha duración

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (102 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Duro pero cortó

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (103 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Duro y laargo

Witness location : Cota (Colombia) (103 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

it was swinging quite chaotically the 11'th floor, not weakly

Witness location : Barrio San Luis (Colombia) (103 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Se sintió muy fuerte

Witness location : Chipaque (Colombia) (103 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Really quick shake, a little strong

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (104 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 93 min

Se sintió muy fuerte. Algunas cosas caían

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (104 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Movimiento fuerte

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (104 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Solo se sintió y movió cables

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (106 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Fuerte, se movían objetos, larga duración

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (106 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Fue leve

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (106 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Movimiento fuerte bogota

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (107 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Fuerte y prolongado

Witness location : Cota (Colombia) (107 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Sentido muy fuerte

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (107 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

SE SINTIO FUERTE COMO EL 2010 en BOGOTA  -MAS DE 30 SEGUNDOS DURISIMO AHORA EL AFTERSHOCK

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (107 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Felt very strong and for a long time

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (109 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 818 min

The intense shaking lasted about 30 seconds as we disembarked from a 737 plane. There was no noticeable damage to the plane but it may have contributed to cancelling our flight from Bogota.

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (109 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

Sin plabras

Witness location : Funza (Colombia) (109 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 69 min

Fuerte

Witness location : Soacha (Colombia) (110 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Muy fuerte sentido en Bogotá

Witness location : Funza (Colombia) (111 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 156 min

Estaba dormida con mi ama y me levanto y me dijo q estaba temblando a 5.2

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (112 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Duro unos 3 minutos

Witness location : Soacha (Colombia) (114 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Muy fuerte en bosa bogota

Witness location : Tunja (Colombia) (117 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

The bed was shaking

Witness location : Mosquera (Colombia) (121 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Se sintió muy fuerte

Witness location : San Antonio del Tequendama (Colombia) (130 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Se tambaleaban las camas

Witness location : Sogamoso (Colombia) (140 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Se sintió medio/fuerte por alrededor de 5 segundos.

Witness location : Ricaurte (Colombia) (178 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 221 min

Movimiento  leve apartamento 6 piso  ricaurte cundinamarca colombia  hace un promedio  de 15 minutos

Witness location : Girardot (Colombia) (182 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 70 min

Se sintió feo en Girardot alas 8:10 am

Witness location : Ibagué (Colombia) (218 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

I felt everything move around me (I live on the second story of a house) and had to brace myself on a counter for a few seconds.  It didn’t last long and there was no visible damage but the movement was very noticeable

Witness location : San Gil (Colombia) (227 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 76 min

Crónica de un terremoto anunciada.

Witness location : San Gil (Colombia) (228 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

En Bogotá está próximo un terremoto se persovio intenso.

Witness location : San Gil (Colombia) (229 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

se sintieron movimientos horizontales, se sintieron movimientos al menos durante 15 segundos en el edificio de 7 pisos.

Witness location : Calarcá (Colombia) (271 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Desde armenia, fuerte y largo

Witness location : Armenia (Colombia) (280 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Desde Armenia Quindío Colombia se sintió fuerte el movimiento

Witness location : Dosquebradas (Colombia) (280 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

Se sintió acá en Dosquebradas.

Witness location : Pereira (Colombia) (281 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

movimiento de larga duración, aun se siente

Witness location : Armenia (Colombia) (282 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Se sintió dos veces o fue muy largo de

Witness location : Bucaramanga (Colombia) (291 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Bucaramanga a Piso 15 muy duro

Witness location : La Ceja (Colombia) (300 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Muy leve y Corre.

Witness location : La Ceja (Colombia) (303 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

En La Ceja Antioquia se sintió fuerte

Witness location : Retiro (Colombia) (308 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 116 min

Se sintió fuerte en El Retiro, Antioquia, pero fue corto

Witness location : Envigado (Colombia) (324 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Fuerte en Envigado. Movimiento de objetos y ruido de animales

Witness location : Envigado (Colombia) (326 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Fuerte y prolongado

Witness location : Medellín (Colombia) (328 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Slight shaking in El Poblado, Medellin. Glass Shower doors gave it away.

Witness location : Sabaneta (Colombia) (329 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Fuerte y largo

Witness location : La Estrella (Colombia) (330 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Fuerte y largo, strong and long shake

Witness location : Medellín (Colombia) (330 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Minor shake pets more aware then us.

Witness location : Medellín (Colombia) (331 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

I was talking to my girlfriend in Bucaramanga Colombia and I am in Medellin. She said she started feeling the earthquake and the hangers in the closet were swinging very big and then I started feeling it here and I could feel my bad move and the door to my bedroom moving.

Witness location : Medellín (Colombia) (332 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Felt like it was about 30 seconds. I'm on the 12th floor. It was gentle shaking but went on for a while.

Witness location : Medellín (Colombia) (334 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

No damage just slight shaking

Witness location : Cali (Colombia) (386 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Lasted long but soft

Witness location : Cali (Colombia) (391 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

L'immeuble et les lampes ont bougé.

Witness location : Cali (Colombia) (392 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Was strong en cali

Witness location : Popayán (Colombia) (439 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Muy wife

Witness location : San Agustín (Colombia) (449 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Felt minor motion

Witness location : Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) (706 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Mild building sway in Cartagena

Witness location : Santa Marta (Colombia) (755 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 65 min

Felt it at 08.11am the door was moving

Witness location : Valencia (Venezuela) (851 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Muy leve, pero sentido. Sabía que el epicentro estaba muy lejano, por experiencias anteriores. Duración: unos 15/20 segundos aproximadamente.

Witness location : Petare (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) (965 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Los vecinos de nuestro edificio, mi familia hemos registrado una larga vibración de nuestro edificio

Witness location : Petare (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)) (966 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Estando en Caracas se sintió el movimiento