M 7.0 earthquake – 41 km SE of Baraya, Colombia
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Local time: Feb 9, 1967 · 10:24 (UTC-5)
MajorShallow · 35 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.0moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 35 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 2.906, -74.77256 km from Rivera
- Energy released
- 477 kilotons of TNTabout 32 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 8.9max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 73 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 754USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1917
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Aug 31, 1917.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 477 kilotons of TNT, 1,000 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 73 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Colombia.
- 7.4 4 km SSW of San José del Palmar, Colombia Aug 10, 2026
- 7.3 11 km WNW of San Agustín, Colombia Sep 30, 2012
- 7.1 5 km SE of Castilla La Nueva, Colombia Aug 31, 1917
- 6.8 24 km SW of Roncesvalles, Colombia Sep 2, 1997
- 6.8 23 km E of Toribío, Colombia Jun 6, 1994
- 6.6 7 km WSW of Neira, Colombia Aug 19, 1995
- 6.4 8 km SSW of Cubarral, Colombia Aug 30, 1917
- 6.4 22 km WSW of Roncesvalles, Colombia Dec 11, 1997