TV Live Show Disrupted As Earthquake Hits Colombia

An earthquake with a 6.1 magnitude has interrupted a live TV broadcast in Bogota, Colombia.

The tremor was followed by a series of aftershocks, estimated at 5.6 and 4.8 magnitudes.

There were no immediate reports of major damage from Thursday’s quake, which Colombia’s national geological service reported as a magnitude 6.1.

The Colombian agency said it struck at 12:04pm (17:04 GMT), with its epicentre in the town of El Calvario, 40km (25 miles) southeast of Bogota.

It hit at a depth of less than 30km (19 miles).

Central Colombia is seismically active and features one of the country’s main geological faults.

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