USGS Real time earthquake monitor
NOTE: USGS now shows the quake to be a 7.3 mag
# 6598
A 7.1 magnitude quake struck the southeastern region of Columbia around 12:31 pm EST (16:31 UTC) today - roughly 61km (38mi) SSE of Popayan, Colombia – the capital of of the Columbian department of Cauca, with a population of roughly 250,000 people.
The USGS shakemap indicates moderate shaking could have been expected in Popayan and surrounding communities. This was a deep quake (162 km), and so that may have substantially lessened its impact.
We’ve no word on damage, or injuries as yet.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a statement saying:
TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 639 AM HST SUN SEP 30 2012
EVALUATION BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED
