The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported this Monday that An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 on the Richter scale has been recorded with its epicenter five kilometers from the town of San José del Palmar, in the Colombian department of Chocó.

The epicenter of the earthquake, recorded at around 7:34 a.m. (local time), was located five kilometers east of San José del Palmar and had a depth of 107 kilometers, as reported by the USGS in a preliminary report.

The next interactive map visualizes the intensity of an earthquake in Colombia according to USGS data, using the Mercalli scale with a color gradient from yellow (weak) to red (very strong) to show the strength of the shaking, and includes the location of the epicenter, navigation controls and key data such as the magnitude and depth of the earthquake.

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