Major magnitude 6.9 earthquake - 67 km southwest of Tumaco, Departamento de Nariño, Colombia, on Saturday, February 1, 1958 at 16:10 GMT
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Major magnitude 6.9 earthquake at 15 km depth
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Feb 1, 1958 16:10:16 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.9 |
| Depth | 15.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 1.541°N / 79.338°W  (North Pacific Ocean, Colombia) |
| Antipode | 1.541°S / 100.662°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very strong shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Pilavo (156 km / 97 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 51 km (32 mi) NW of Valdez (Eloy Alfaro, Ecuador) (pop: 11,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) WNW of San Lorenzo de Esmeraldas (San Lorenzo, Ecuador) (pop: 20,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 67 km (41 mi) WSW of Tumaco (pop: 86,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) SW of Francisco Pizarro (pop: 6,110) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 172 km (107 mi) SW of El Charco (pop: 28,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 198 km (123 mi) WNW of Tuquerres (Túquerres) (pop: 20,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 217 km (135 mi) NNW of Quito (Ecuador) (pop: 1,399,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 232 km (144 mi) W of Pasto (pop: 382,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 377 km (234 mi) SW of Santiago de Cali (pop: 2,392,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 676 km (420 mi) WSW of Bogota (pop: 7,674,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 1015 joules (392 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3.4 x 105 tons of TNT or 21.1 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.9 | 15 km | near the coast of Ecuador (Colombia) | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (5 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Apr 15, 1958 01:30 64 years ago | 6.1 25 km | 10 km SE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | More |
| Apr 14, 1958 21:32 64 years ago | 6.8 25 km | Rio Verde, 31 km SE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | More |
| Apr 3, 1958 08:25 64 years ago | 5.7 25 km | 51 km N of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | More |
| Feb 1, 1958 20:45 65 years ago | 6.3 25 km | 55 km SW of Tumaco, Departamento de Nariño, Colombia | More |
| Feb 1, 1958 18:02 65 years ago | 6.3 25 km | 63 km SW of Tumaco, Departamento de Nariño, Colombia | More |
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