EARTHQUAKE!

Diez Y Siete says on Sep 25, 2005, 19:42:

my bf is in bogota and he felt it like 10-15 mins ago, he said it came from the border of ecuador and peru though, he said it was pretty hard hit in ecuador and peru

adrimm says on Sep 25, 2005, 20:24:

7.5 centred in Ecuador and felt in Peru as well

adrimm says on Sep 25, 2005, 20:24:

http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/naci/2005-09-26/ARTICULO-WEB-_NOTA_INTERIOR-2545903.html

adrimm says on Sep 25, 2005, 20:56:

I'm not sure what the plate structure is like in the central pacific, but there was a 5.6 undersea quake in Indonesia earlier today, it was about 27 km deep. Most recent reports are that the Ecuador/Peru quake was about 100 km deep (makes sense that it was felt so far away). Interestingly, both quakes were at similar latitudes.

adrimm says on Sep 25, 2005, 22:28:

Northern Peru (wow). Details:
Magnitude 7.5 - NORTHERN PERU
2005 September 26 01:55:34 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A major earthquake occurred at 01:55:34 (UTC) on Monday, September 26, 2005. The magnitude 7.5 event has been located in NORTHERN PERU. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 85 km (53 miles). (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)





Magnitude 7.5
Date-Time Monday, September 26, 2005 at 01:55:34 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, September 25, 2005 at 8:55:34 PM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 5.657°S, 76.366°W
Depth 85.4 km (53.1 miles)
Region NORTHERN PERU
Distances
75 km (50 miles) NE of Moyobamba, Peru
175 km (110 miles) ENE of Chachapoyas, Peru
645 km (400 miles) SSE of QUITO, Ecuador
715 km (445 miles) N of LIMA, Peru

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles); depth +/- 14.2 km (8.8 miles)
Parameters Nst=186, Nph=186, Dmin=701.4 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 40°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

adrimm says on Sep 25, 2005, 22:29:

Correct GdL .

michelle8621 says on Sep 26, 2005, 00:36:

OMG! does anyone know if it hit as far as Medellin.??.??

Gator says on Sep 26, 2005, 07:02:

Not Unusual... to feel quakes in certain areas of Colombia. Several months ago, on the way back on the Sunday train to Nemacon, felt one strong enough to make the train sway a little. Several eyebrows went up but that was about it. No damage or injuries in Colombia. In Bogotá the wife said, as her ears went forward like a cat's, movimiento telurico.

"Brevior Sltare Cum Deformibus Mulieribus Est Vita!" .

Hunter says on Sep 26, 2005, 09:40:

michelle8621 I never felt anything in Medellin, every few months I feel tremors here.

Hunter

carolain11 says on Sep 26, 2005, 15:50:

yeah i felt it last night, imagine, i live in the 18th floor, i was feeling pretty anxious last night, first i heard the story about the three soldiers killed by lightning, then i felt the earthquake for a reaaaally long time, then i saw these weird flashes of lightning outside my window ( from which by the way you get a spectacular view of the west and el campin), i kinda thought the end was near.

adrimm says on Sep 26, 2005, 16:07:

Earthquakes Yep, I've also felt one while in Colombia. Oddly enough the swaying/shaking worked its way into my dream (it was nightime), and by the time I awoke it was just subsiding. Quite the start tho to realise that it wasn't a dream!

~ Adriana

Mrblablazo says on Sep 26, 2005, 19:12:

Last night too . . . I was talking to my wife last night (in Bogota) at about 9pm and she said they were having one right then. Was this a second one?

DeltaDawg says on Sep 27, 2005, 08:34:

Cartagena My GF in Cartagena didn't mention any earthquakes when I talked to her yesterday. I will ask her today and see if it was felt that far north.

Hunter says on Sep 27, 2005, 12:15:

DeltaDawg I am yet to feel one in Ctg, they do happen, that last was about 7 years ago if I remember correctly, but Ctg is not on the fault lines as are the Cities in the mountains.

Hunter