Earthquake — Colombia: Cauca, Huila

When

6 Jun 1994

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.8

Where

Colombia

Coordinates

2.92° N, 76.06° W

Deaths

650

Damage musd

2.4

Houses destroyed

200

Depth km

12

Earthquake in Colombia

The 1994 Páez River earthquake occurred on June 6 with a moment magnitude of 6.8 at a depth of 12 km (7.5 mi). The event, which is also known as the Páez River disaster, included subsequent landslides and mudslides that destroyed much of the Páez municipality, located on the foothills of the Central Ranges of the Andes in Cauca in south-western Colombia.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1994 Páez River earthquake: Over 1,000 indigenous Páez people die as a result of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake at the Páez River and ensuing mudslides and…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Colombia, un terremoto de 6.8 y una avalancha en el río Páez causa la muerte de 1100 indígenas paeces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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