THIS is the second a courageous presenter stays calm and troopers on as an earthquake shakes the studio mid-broadcast.

France 24’s Spanish-language TV information was airing reside from Bogota, Colombia, when a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck on Sunday morning.

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Presenter Helena Lozano was within the studio, wrapping up a report from a correspondent in Beirut, when the constructing started shaking.

The display behind the desk wavered round and the digicam footage wobbled unsteadily.

Lozano places her fingers on the desk to regular herself, however would not miss a beat.

At first, she described the disruption as a “slight tremor” – earlier than shortly realising the quake was extra intense.

She mentioned: “We’re at the moment witnessing a slight tremor within the France 24 studios.”

Then, moments later, she admitted: “It’s not slight, it’s fairly robust.

“The studio lights and cameras are shaking. We urge everybody to stay calm. We’ll return shortly.”

Regardless of the plain hazard, Lozano carried on talking clearly and professionally – even having the composure to advise folks to evacuate if needed.

The clip went viral on social media, with many praising her guts for preserving a cool head.

One impressed viewer wrote on X: “How calm {and professional} the presenter is – I nearly died of fright at residence.”

One other wrote: “My respects to her professionalism.”

The quake’s epicentre was positioned about 150km from Bogota, and simply 10km beneath the floor, which made its results extra violent.

Tremors have been felt broadly throughout central Colombia and reportedly left 4 folks injured after hanging simply after 8am native time.

The capital was spun into panic by the tectonic shudders, with sirens blaring across the metropolis and locals fleeing their properties out onto the road.

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It was one of many strongest quakes the nation has seen in years – and was adopted up by a 4.0 magnitude aftershock 12 minutes later.

Giant areas of shanty neighbourhoods have been razed to the bottom, with ramshackle properties left crumpled in piles.

Footage emerged of big paving slabs which had break up and buckled underneath the large pressure in Bogota.

The final time Colombia was rocked by an earthquake stronger than this was 2016, when a 7.8 magnitude killed nearly 700 folks.

And in 1999, nearly 2,000 have been worn out by a 6.1 magnitude quake.