Quetame

Quetame
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
Quetame Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 4°19′49″N 73°51′46″W / 4.33028°N 73.86278°W / 4.33028; -73.86278Coordinates: 4°19′49″N 73°51′46″W / 4.33028°N 73.86278°W / 4.33028; -73.86278
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Elevation	1,496 m (4,908 ft)
Time zone	Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)

Quetame is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. On May 24, 2008, there was a magnitude 5.5 earthquake centered in Quetame that caused at least 8 deaths and destroyed 40% of the buildings in that village. The tremor was also felt in Bogotá and Villavicencio.

External links

• USGS data
• El Tiempo Article (Spanish)

Provinces and Municipalities in Cundinamarca Department Almeidas Province Chocontá Machetá Manta Sesquilé Suesca Tibiritá Villapinzón Upper Magdalena Province Agua de Dios Girardot Guataquí Jerusalén Nariño Nilo Ricaurte Tocaima Lower Magdalena Province Caparrapí Guaduas Puerto Salgar Gualivá Province Albán La Peña La Vega Nimaima Nocaima Quebradanegra San Francisco Sasaima Supatá Útica Vergara Villeta Guavio Province Gachalá Gachetá Gama Guasca Guatavita Junín La Calera Ubalá Central Magdalena Province Beltrán Bituima Chaguaní Guayabal de Síquima Puli San Juan de Rioseco Vianí Medina Province Medina Paratebueno Eastern Province Cáqueza Chipaque Choachí Fómeque Fosca Guayabetal Gutiérrez Quetame Ubaque Une Rionegro Province El Peñón La Palma Pacho Paime San Cayetano Topaipí Villagómez Yacopí Central Savanna Province Cajicá Chía Cogua Cota Gachancipá Nemocón Sopó Tabio Tenjo Tocancipá Zipaquirá Western Savanna Province Bojacá El Rosal Facatativá Funza Madrid Mosquera Subachoque Zipacón Soacha Province Sibaté Soacha Sumapaz Province Arbeláez Cabrera Fusagasugá Granada Pandi Pasca San Bernardo Silvania Tibacuy Venecia Tequendama Province Anapoima Anolaima Apulo Cachipay El Colegio La Mesa Quipile San Antonio del Tequendama Tena Viotá Ubaté Province Carmen de Carupa Cucunubá Fúquene Guachetá Lenguazaque Simijacá Susa Sutatausa Tausa Ubaté Metropolitan Area of Bogotá Bogotá, Capital District See also: List of municipalities in Cundinamarca