6.9 Earthquake Reported in Colombia

Yep another big one. Luckily there are no reported injuries as of yet...

Event Time

2013-02-09 14:16:06 UTC
2013-02-09 09:16:06 UTC-05:00 at epicenter
2013-02-09 09:16:06 UTC-05:00 system time

Location

1.143°N 77.362°W depth=129.3km (80.3mi)
Nearby Cities

5km (3mi) NE of Yacuanquer, Colombia
11km (7mi) SW of Pasto, Colombia
20km (12mi) SE of Sandona, Colombia
29km (18mi) E of Tuquerres, Colombia
199km (124mi) NE of Quito, Ecuador

earthquake.usgs.gov...

rt.com...

worldnews.nbcnews.com...

I found another reported quake near same area in September 2012: www.abovetopsecret.com...

Very deep quake. Shouldn't do much of anything.

It's quake season!

The quakes are increasing in magnitude the past year or so.
This one was downgraded from 7.0


7.0 - COLOMBIA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time
9 Feb 2013 14:16:06 UTC
9 Feb 2013 09:16:06 near epicenter
9 Feb 2013 06:16:06 standard time in your timezone
Location 1.143N 77.362W
Depth 129 km
Distances
11 km (7 miles) SW (235 degrees) of Pasto, Colombia
168 km (104 miles) SSW (210 degrees) of Popayan, Colombia
173 km (108 miles) ESE (116 degrees) of Tumaco, Colombia
199 km (123 miles) NE (40 degrees) of QUITO, Ecuador
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 14.6 km; Vertical 8.6 km
Parameters Nph = 499; Dmin = 157.1 km; Rmss = 0.90 seconds; Gp = 50°
Version = 8
Event ID us c000f4ij
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