Colombia and Venezuela Quakes Are Unconnected Despite Similar Magnitude, Experts Say
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The president of the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology of Italy (INGV), Fabio Florindo, explains the peculiarities of this phenomenon that has already left about 240 dead: "Since 1950 there have been only two similar phenomena in that area. There is no evidence to establish a relationship between this earthquake and those that affected Venezuela." Read
The depth of the earthquake, the time it happened and the type of soil are some of the great differences between what happened in the earthquake of La Guaira last June and this Monday in the Chocó of Colombia
Have strong earthquakes accumulated lately? The data tell a different story.
According to the specialist, a tectonic earthquake related to the geographical position of the country occurred in Colombia.
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The latest earthquake in Colombia has caused enormous devastation. At the end of June, two earthquakes occurred in neighboring Venezuela. Seismologist Björn Lund at Uppsala University answers three questions about recent natural disasters in the area.
The Colombian Geological Survey (SGC) explains that there is no relationship between the two earthquakes as follows: “While the earthquake in Venezuela was shallower and is associated with the shear interaction of the Caribbean and South American plates, which involves a lateral (transcurrent) movement of one plate relative to the other; today’s earthquake in Colombia is the result of the subduction (or sinking) of the Nazca plate beneath the So…
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