What the records say
- When
- 8 Feb 1995
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.4
- Where
- Colombia
- Coordinates
- 4.10° N, 76.62° W
- Deaths
- 45
- Injuries
- 400
- Missing
- 1
- Damage musd
- 50
- Houses destroyed
- 2000
- Depth km
- 74
1995 Choco earthquake
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Colombia
A moment magnitude 6.4 earthquake affected the Valle del Cauca, Choco, and Risaralda departments of Colombia on February 8, 1995, at 18:40 UTC. Its epicenter was located 42.5 kilometres (26.4 mi) west-northwest of Buga. The earthquake was felt in much of Colombia and there was major damage.
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3 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1995 Choco earthquake”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un terremoto de 6,4 sacude el departamento de Chocó, en Colombia, dejando un saldo de 42 muertos y 400 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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