Colombia identifies seismic swarm activity following Chocó earthquake

Colombia's Geological Service identifies a seismic swarm in Chocó following the August 10 earthquake.

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The magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Colombia on August 10 had its epicenter in San José del Palmar, Chocó, leaving more than 300 dead. ^[1] The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) reported that the August 10 earthquake caused the death of 331 people and the collapse of 709 homes, in addition to 36,336 other destroyed structures. ^[2] The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) identified two distinct seismic behaviors following the earthquake: aftershocks in San José del Palmar and a new seismic swarm in other municipalities. ^[3] The National Seismic Network of Colombia (RSNC) reported that more than 1,340 earthquakes have occurred since the main event, with over 200 sharing the same epicenter. ^[4] The seismic swarm has registered more than 900 earthquakes concentrated in Sipí, Istmina, Medio San Juan, and the Litoral del San Juan. ^[5] The earthquake's epicenter was located in San José del Palmar, Chocó, and it generated a complex seismic dynamic in the subsurface. ^[6] The SGC stated that preliminary analyses by the National Seismological Network suggest the August 10 earthquake produced a rupture within the Nazca plate at a depth of 103 km. ^[7] The SGC stated that the magnitude 7.4 earthquake, with a depth of 103 kilometers, released energy equivalent to 125 or 130 bombs like the one dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. ^[8]

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The magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Colombia on August 10 had its epicenter in San José del Palmar, Chocó, leaving more than 300 dead. ·

ELHERALDO.COColombia

The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) reported that the August 10 earthquake caused the death of 331 people and the collapse of 709 homes, in addition to 36,336 other destroyed structures. · El Espectador

The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) identified two distinct seismic behaviors following the earthquake: aftershocks in San José del Palmar and a new seismic swarm in other municipalities. ·

ELHERALDO.COColombia

The National Seismic Network of Colombia (RSNC) reported that more than 1,340 earthquakes have occurred since the main event, with over 200 sharing the same epicenter. ·

ELHERALDO.COColombia

The seismic swarm has registered more than 900 earthquakes concentrated in Sipí, Istmina, Medio San Juan, and the Litoral del San Juan. ·

ELHERALDO.COColombia

The earthquake's epicenter was located in San José del Palmar, Chocó, and it generated a complex seismic dynamic in the subsurface. · El Espectador

The SGC stated that preliminary analyses by the National Seismological Network suggest the August 10 earthquake produced a rupture within the Nazca plate at a depth of 103 km. · El Espectador

The SGC stated that the magnitude 7.4 earthquake, with a depth of 103 kilometers, released energy equivalent to 125 or 130 bombs like the one dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. · El Espectador

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