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1922 Colombia Earthquake
16 January 1922 · Caqueta, Putumayo · Colombia
On 16 January 1922 at 22:50 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Colombia (Caqueta, Putumayo), at a depth of 600 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 318 km from its boundary with the North Andes Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 16 January 1922
- Time
- 22:50 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 600 km
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Colombia
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth