Danger live on air: Israeli interview interrupted by a major earthquake
An unusual and alarming incident occurred during a current affairs interview on the corporation's station, when Israel's economic attaché began experiencing a particularly powerful earthquake that led to heavy damage and casualties.
A rare and dramatic incident was recorded on Monday during a current affairs broadcast on Reshet Bet, the leading news and current affairs station of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 'Kan'. Host Eran Sikorel intended to speak with Yamit Itiel-Lazar, Israel's economic attaché to Colombia, about the improvement in diplomatic relations between the countries, but during the interview, a strong earthquake began.
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The powerful earthquake that surprised the interviewee live on air reached a magnitude of 7.4 on the Richter scale. According to testimonies, the tremor lasted almost two minutes and was felt well in the capital Bogota and even in remote areas up to the border with Venezuela.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 115 kilometers, with the local geological service noting that the epicenter was in the Choco department on the Pacific coast. The governor of the department, Nubia Carolina Cordoba Curi, updated on her X account that there are casualties at the site and significant damage was caused to buildings.
As recalled, the South American region has been suffering from severe natural disasters recently. Less than two months ago, a deadly 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Venezuela, seconds after a 7.2 magnitude tremor was recorded in the same area. According to preliminary estimates by the United States Geological Survey, the number of deaths in that disaster is estimated in a range between 10,000 and 100,000 people.
At the same time, Israel also recently felt the power of a shaking earth; just last week, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake was felt in the Dead Sea area and in large parts of the country in the early morning hours, when the epicenter was in the Gulf of Suez area in Egypt.
