M6.9 earthquake 2 km NNE of Yacuanquer, Colombia
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck 2 km NNE of Yacuanquer, Colombia on Sat, Feb 9, 2013, 9:16 AM GMT-5 (14:16 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.9 (mww), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-02-09 14:16:07 UTC
- Depth
- 145.0 km (90.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.135° N, 77.393° W
- Region
- Colombia
- Felt reports
- 329
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- Yes: a large quake in an oceanic region
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 9964), matched to this event by time and place.
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 100
- Houses damaged
- 1,900
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Tsunami
The USGS flags a quake this large in an oceanic region. The flag does not mean a tsunami happened; the tsunami warning centers decide that, and their messages are below when they issued any.
Current tsunami warnings: tsunami.gov. Warnings in force in the US also appear on our alerts pages.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 8.2% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
329 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 6.9 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 268°, dip 72°, rake 16°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 173°, dip 75°, rake 161°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 24°
- Stations used
- 562
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.9 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000f4ij (also filed as choy20130209141607, at00mhyiat, pt13040002, iscgem602430285, atlas20130209141607). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC.