These days the country is on alert for an eventual eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano given that an orange alert was decreed a few days ago due to the considerable increase in seismic activity.
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Although everyone is alert for the earthquakes that occur in places surrounding the Volcano, such as those presented in the municipality of Villamaría (Caldas) in recent days, On the night of Holy Thursday, and early on Good Friday, an earthquake of greater magnitude occurred in another region of the country.
Around 11:15 p.m. on Holy Thursday, The Colombian Geological Service reported an earthquake of 4.2 to 42 kilometers in the Colombian Caribbean.
According to the report, which you can find below, the earthquake in the Caribbean Sea, 10 kilometers from the municipality of Puerto Escondido in the department of Córdoba.
Several citizens of the department of Córdoba and of municipalities such as Tierralta, and even the capital Montería, they reported feeling the movement quite strongly.
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