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M7.0 earthquake - 5km NE of Yacuanquer, Colombia, Saturday, 9 February 2013 at 14:16 (GMT)

Strong mag. 6.9 earthquake - 5km NNE of Yacuanquer, Colombia on Saturday, 9 February 2013

Strong mag. 6.9 earthquake - 5km NNE of Yacuanquer, Colombia on Saturday, 9 February 2013
Date & time: Sat, 9 Feb 14:16:09 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 09:16 (America/Bogota)
Magnitude: 6.9
Depth: 153.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 1.1665°N / 77.3837°W
Nearest volcano: Galeras (15 km)
Primary data source: USGS
If you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), please share your experience with us and submit a short "I felt it" report.
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Sat, 9 Feb
Sat, 9 Feb 14:16 UTCM 7.0 / 136 km COLOMBIA[Map]EMSC
Sat, 9 Feb 14:16 UTCM 6.9 / 124 km Colombia[Map]GFZ
Sat, 9 Feb 14:16 UTCM 6.9 / 154 km Colombia[Map]GeoAu

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shake map
(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
Atakames, Ecuador / MMI IV (Light shaking): Sat eating breakfast. Ground shaking gently for about a minute. Vehicles rocking back & forth. Caused some panic among locals. No harm done
quito / MMI IV (Light shaking): on 7th floor - rocking sensation, like movement of a boat. several minutes long - long enough to take cover for a while, then look for shoes and keys and walk down several flights of stairs.
PATÍA, CAUCA, COLOMBIA. / MMI V (Moderate shaking): PEOPLE WAS SCARED... ALL THE THINGS WAS MOVING.
Cali / MMI V (Moderate shaking)
Quito, Ecuador / MMI IV (Light shaking)
Cali Colombia / MMI V (Moderate shaking)
quito ecuador / MMI V (Moderate shaking): building swayed.on 6th floor. chandliers moved back and forth.computer screen almost fell over. felt like being in aship in rough weather.
El Chaco (Ecuador) (171 km S from epicenter)(no details): Nuestra cama y ropa colgada movía por como cinco segundos. El gato se levantó asustado. (via EMSC)
Bogota (Colombia) (530 km NE from epicenter)(no details): No se sintió nada... (via EMSC)
Medellin (Colombia) (597 km N from epicenter)(no details): temblor leve en mi ciudad, cerca del epicentro mucho panico. (via EMSC)
Guayaquil (Ecuador) (464 km SW from epicenter)(no details): The duration was around 10 seconds. The water in the road gutters continued to sway some time after the tremor (via EMSC)
Samborondon (Ecuador) (444 km SW from epicenter)(no details): Se pudo observar que la casa se movía- como era la más alarmante y lo más crítico era a lo que me percataba y lo que más observaba. Además, la piscina demostraba el efecto de la onda pues se veía aún con lluvia el fuerte efecto del temblor. Los animales continuaron nerviosos después del terromoto ya que estaban enjaulados. Una persona que vive conmigo, sintió el efecto tempranamente, pues cocinaba y sintió el movimiento de los vinos y más aún de las ollas. (via EMSC)
Bahia de Caraquez (Ecuador) (390 km SW from epicenter)(no details): it was about 20 sec long with an after shake of 10 sec. but mild compare to the first one (via EMSC)
Quito Canton (Ecuador) (196 km SW from epicenter)(no details): I was waken up due to the earthquake. The electricity cable moved a lot (via EMSC)
Quito Canton (Ecuador) (196 km SW from epicenter)(no details): fue bastante prolongado (via EMSC)
Cumbayá (Ecuador) (189 km SW from epicenter)(no details): The effect was like being on a boat with gentle wave action. It went on for about 60 seconds (via EMSC)
Cotacachi (Ecuador) (135 km SW from epicenter)(no details): It was fairly long maybe 45 seconds. I was in an old Spanish building and it had considerable movement. (via EMSC)
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Sun, 24 Feb
Sun, 24 Feb 08:59 UTCM 3.7 / 14 km - [info] (100 km)LA FRONTERA CON ECUADOR[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sun, 24 Feb 09:00 UTCM 4.4 / 9 km - [info] (61 km)50km SE of San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas, Ecuador[Map]USGS
Thu, 28 Feb
Thu, 28 Feb 03:02 UTCM 3.0 - [info]Cumbal (11 km)LA FRONTERA CON ECUADOR[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sun, 3 Mar
Sun, 3 Mar 19:34 UTCM 2.6 / 4.2 km - [info] (63 km)TIMANA-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Thu, 14 Mar
Thu, 14 Mar 23:12 UTCM 3.1 / 7.8 km - [info]Galeras (5 km)VOLCAN GALERAS[Map]INGEOMINAS
Fri, 15 Mar
Fri, 15 Mar 14:26 UTCM 3.0 / 4 km - [info] (58 km)ELIAS-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sat, 30 Mar
Sat, 30 Mar 13:55 UTCM 2.7 / 2.6 km - [info]Cumbal (5 km)CUMBAL-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Tue, 2 Apr
Tue, 2 Apr 10:32 UTCM 2.7 / 7.8 km - [info]Galeras (14 km)PASTO-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Wed, 3 Apr
Wed, 3 Apr 01:44 UTCM 2.9 / 4 km - [info] (62 km)TIMANA-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Thu, 4 Apr
Thu, 4 Apr 12:26 UTCM 3.3 / 2.5 km - [info] (88 km)SUAZA-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Thu, 18 Apr
Thu, 18 Apr 05:10 UTCM 2.9 - [info] (44 km)LA FRONTERA CON ECUADOR[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sun, 5 May
Sun, 5 May 09:53 UTCM 2.7 / 4 km - [info] (64 km)TIMANA-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sun, 5 May 12:03 UTCM 2.7 / 17.4 km - [info]Cumbal (173 km)TUMACO-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Mon, 6 May
Mon, 6 May 11:44 UTCM 3.2 / 2 km - [info]Cerro Negro de Mayasquer (7 km)LA FRONTERA CON ECUADOR[Map]INGEOMINAS
Fri, 17 May (6 earthquakes)
Fri, 17 May 11:47 UTCM 4.0 / 0.1 km - [info]Galeras (42 km)PUERRES-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Fri, 17 May 11:53 UTCM 3.3 / 1.4 km - [info]Galeras (39 km)FUNES-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Fri, 17 May 12:12 UTCM 3.3 / 2.8 km - [info]Galeras (42 km)PUERRES-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Fri, 17 May 13:36 UTCM 2.9 / 0.8 km - [info]Cerro Negro de Mayasquer (8 km)LA FRONTERA CON ECUADOR[Map]INGEOMINAS
Fri, 17 May 14:51 UTCM 2.9 / 4.4 km - [info]Galeras (40 km)FUNES-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Fri, 17 May 18:55 UTCM 2.7 / 2.6 km - [info]Galeras (45 km)PUERRES-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Mon, 20 May
Mon, 20 May 20:24 UTCM 3.0 / 2.1 km - [info]Galeras (39 km)FUNES-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Wed, 22 May
Wed, 22 May 23:55 UTCM 2.7 / 4 km - [info] (59 km)TIMANA-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Wed, 29 May
Wed, 29 May 05:46 UTCM 3.0 / 12 km - [info] (94 km)LA FRONTERA CON ECUADOR[Map]INGEOMINAS
Mon, 10 Jun
Mon, 10 Jun 17:19 UTCM 2.8 / 112.8 km - [info] (94 km)LEIVA-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Fri, 21 Jun
Fri, 21 Jun 21:55 UTCM 3.0 - [info] (60 km)TIMANA-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Wed, 24 Jul
Wed, 24 Jul 12:50 UTCM 3.2 / 4.6 km - [info]Galeras (7 km)VOLCAN_GALERAS[Map]INGEOMINAS
Mon, 26 Aug
Mon, 26 Aug 14:37 UTCM 2.7 / 1.7 km - [info]Cerro Negro de Mayasquer (1 km)CUMBAL-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Fri, 13 Sep
Fri, 13 Sep 00:25 UTCM 2.6 / 1.2 km - [info] (65 km)TIMANA-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sun, 15 Sep
Sun, 15 Sep 02:16 UTCM 2.6 / 4 km - [info]Cerro Negro de Mayasquer (8 km)LA FRONTERA CON ECUADOR[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sun, 29 Sep
Sun, 29 Sep 06:01 UTCM 2.9 / 2.5 km - [info] (67 km)TIMANA-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Tue, 15 Oct
Tue, 15 Oct 22:13 UTCM 3.8 - [info]Galeras (7 km)7
[Map]		INGEOMINAS
Wed, 16 Oct
Wed, 16 Oct 10:24 UTCM 4.5 / 8.7 km - [info]Cerro Negro de Mayasquer (27 km)26km WNW of El Angel, Ecuador[Map]USGS
Tue, 22 Oct
Tue, 22 Oct 18:30 UTCM 2.6 / 1.6 km - [info] (63 km)PITALITO-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sun, 10 Nov
Sun, 10 Nov 05:36 UTCM 3.8 / 8.7 km - [info]Galeras (20 km)PASTO-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sun, 10 Nov 09:29 UTCM 3.1 / 4.6 km - [info] (99 km)LA FRONTERA CON ECUADOR[Map]INGEOMINAS
Mon, 11 Nov
Mon, 11 Nov 01:32 UTCM 3.1 / 2.8 km - [info] (62 km)TIMANA-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Tue, 12 Nov
Tue, 12 Nov 12:53 UTCM 2.7 / 17.1 km - [info] (62 km)TIMANA-HUILA[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sat, 16 Nov
Sat, 16 Nov 09:38 UTCM 2.7 / 4.1 km - [info]Cumbal (171 km)FRANCISCO PIZARRO-NARINO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Sun, 15 Dec
Sun, 15 Dec 08:38 UTCM 2.9 / 6.6 km - [info] (78 km)VILLAGARZON-PUTUMAYO[Map]INGEOMINAS
Tue, 17 Dec
Tue, 17 Dec 10:20 UTCM 2.6 - [info]Soche (5 km)LA FRONTERA CON ECUADOR[Map]INGEOMINAS
Tue, 17 Dec 10:29 UTCM 2.7 / 4 km - [info]Soche (5 km)LA FRONTERA CON ECUADOR[Map]INGEOMINAS

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