February 9, 2013 Earthquake: Cauca, Narino, Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Colombia

2013, February 09, 14:16:07.8 UTC, 1.135 N, 77.393 W, 145 km depth, 6.7 mb, 7.0 Mw. Colombia. Fifteen people injured, 100 houses destroyed and 1,900 damaged in Cauca and Narino. Felt (V) at Pasto; (IV) at Cali, Jamundi, Manizales, Palmira, Pasca, Pereira and Popayan; (III) at Bogota and Medellin. Felt (V) at Bahia de Caraquez and Portoviejo; (IV) at Guayaquil, Manta, Quito and Tumbaco; (III) at Ibarra and Sangolqui, Ecuador. Felt (III) at Rio Hato, Panama. Felt in much of Colombia, Ecuador and Panama. Also felt in the Caracas-Valencia area, Venezuela. (reference #1053)

Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas, Ecuador - CDI: 5; Iquira, Huila, Colombia - CDI: 5; Jipijapa, Manabí, Ecuador - CDI: 5; Pupiales, Nariño, Colombia - CDI: 5; Neiva, Huila, Colombia - CDI: 5; Armenia, Quindió, Colombia - CDI: 5 (reference #13456)

Colombian authorities on Sunday raised the number of victims of Saturday's earthquake in the southwest to 15, while affirming that nearly 1,900 homes have been damaged in the magnitude 7 quake. The government of the Cauca department, the strongest hit by the earthquake, declared an emergency to release funds necessary to repair infrastructure and more than 300 homes that were damaged in the earthquake that was felt not only in Colombia, but also in neighboring countries like Ecuador and Venezuela. According to Colombia's disaster management unit, there have been reports of damage in 46 municipalities spread out over six departments... The earthquake victims were injured in the departments of Nariño, Cauca, Valle del Cauca and Risaralda. "I would like to confirm that nobody died, or is missing, and there are no reports of serious injuries," the director of the disaster management unit told press. (reference #10445)