Colombia

M5.6 earthquake strikes below Colombia

An unusual earthquake in a tectonically unusual area

Jan 20 •

Judith A Hubbard

M5.7 earthquake in western Colombia, above the subduction zone

Curious coincidence with the South American Continental Divide!

Aug 28, 2023 •

Judith A Hubbard

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M6.3 earthquake shakes central Colombia, seismometer records severe shaking

Earthquakes line the eastern Colombian Andes

Aug 18, 2023 •

Judith A Hubbard

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M6.6 earthquake strikes offshore Colombia and Panama

Quake occurred in the North Panama Deformed Belt, a developing subduction zone between the Caribbean and Panama Plates.

May 25, 2023 •

Judith A Hubbard

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Alert level orange at Nevado del Ruiz volcano, Colombia

In 1985, an eruption at Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia triggered deadly mudflows - lahars - that killed more than 20,000 people.

Apr 9, 2023 •

Judith Hubbard & Kyle Bradley

March 18 2023 M6.8 earthquake in Ecuador occurred on a deep slab boundary

Citation: Hubbard, J.

Mar 20, 2023 •

Judith A Hubbard

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