Bogota, colombia a widely felt earthquake has shaken colombia s capital, swaying buildings. Light earthquake 4 mag, 14 km n of aratoca, colombia. The colombian geological survey reported that the tremors originated from the santander department area and were 158 kilometers deep. Bogota officially bogota, distrito capital, abbreviated bogota, d. Also, see zarsky and stanley 20, bebbington 20, and arellano. Report of the independent expert panel on new madrid seismic. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
The southeastern and extreme eastern portions of colombia are not as. David lee no place in the world is earthquake safe. The panel was convened in early 2011 by nepec the national. Measured by the size of the country, earthquakes occur rather rarely. Events in this list and shown in red on our realtime earthquake map and list are considered significant events, and they are determined by a combination of magnitude, number of did you. A light earthquake magnitude 4 mlmb has struck on tuesday, 14 kilometers 9 miles from aratoca in colombia. Since 1950 more than 3500 people died by direct consequences of earthquakes. Earthquakes in colombia, huila, colombia most recent. In colombia there are partly large earthquakes with strengths of more than 7. The 18111812 earthquakes, the 1450 ad earthquakes, and the 900 ad. Because of seismic and volcanic activity associated with tectonic plate. The shifting of tectonic plates in a depth of 3 km resulted in 600 deaths. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. As a nowretired professional geologist, formerly with chevron, educator and science writer for the national science foundation, its often been my role to prepare the public for seismic events especially coming from san francisco as i do.
There is a region in central santander that shakes and rattles 365 days of the year. Earthquakes in colombia since 1950 the strongest earthquake in colombia happened on 12121979 in the region off shore, pacific ocean with a magnitude of 7. This page was last edited on 8 september 2019, at 00. Abstract triggering of earthquakes on upper plate faults during and shortly. This article lists notable tsunamis, which are sorted by the date and location that the tsunami occurred. Language watch edit wikimedia commons has media related to earthquakes in colombia. After getting elected in 2011, gustavo petro, a populist mayor, clashed with. Colombia is a seismically active country and has a large seismic risk in many areas of its territory due to its location at the boundaries of the malpelo, panama, caribbean, north andes where most earthquakes occurred and south american plates along the pacific ring of fire. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage andor casualties, or are notable for some other reason. The first documented earthquake with its epicentre in presentday colombia territory took place in 1566, 2 with the epicentre estimated around santander in the department of cauca. The state of the worlds children 2011 invited adult and adolescent contributors. Policy strategy for public financial management of natural disaster risk 5 of replacement costs estimated by catastrophe risk models to provide financial information that enables the mhcp to design an optimal combination of financial instruments through costbenefit and dynamic financial analysis. The impact of china in colombia is particularly visible in the extractive sector.
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