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Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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1967 |
Colombia
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6.8 |
Ninety-eight people were killed and
widespread property damage was sustained
in Huila, Tolima, and
Caqueta Provinces, south of Bogota.
Although no tectonic scarps were reported,
hundreds of landslides occurred on ths lopes
of the two Cordilleras facing the Magdalena Valley.
Sand blows, ejection of sand water, water
fountains, oscillations of the Magdalena
River, and increase and decrease of spring
waters were reported on the alluvial plain
of the valley. Extensive damage to property
was sustained at Neiva, Campoalegre, and
Pitalito, small villages in the upper
Magdalena Valley.
From United States Earthquakes, 1967.
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1971 |
San Fernando, California
|
6.6 |
This earthquake lasted about 60 seconds, took 65 lives, injured
more than 2,000, and caused property damage estimated at $505 million.
Severe ground fracturing and landslides were
responsible for extensive damage.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1979.
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