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Historic Earthquake
1904 Colombia Earthquake
20 January 1904 · Colombia
On 20 January 1904 at 14:52 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Colombia, at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Nazca Plate, 28 km from its boundary with the North Andes Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 20 January 1904
- Time
- 14:52 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 60 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Nazca Plate
- Country
- Colombia
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth