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Subscribe to RSSUpdated at 2:08 p.m. ET: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Colombia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The large earthquake rattled residents in the southwest of the Andean nation, but there were no reports of deaths or major damage, authorities said.
"The USGS has received lots of reports that the quake was felt, but no reports of damage or injuries," USGS geophysicist Paul Caruso told NBC News.
The quake was centered 28 miles (45 km) south of Popayan, Colombia, close to the Ecuador border, with a depth of about 103 miles, Colombian officials said.
Its preliminary magnitude of 7.4 was later updated to 7.2, and then 7.1.
"So far there are no reports that there has been damage to any part of the country, only reports that it was felt," Jaime Raigosa, coordinator of the National Seismological Network, said. "Fortunately, the quake was deep."
The quake struck at 11:31 a.m. local time. It was centered at a depth of about 103 miles, Colombian officials said.
The quake was felt in neighboring Ecuador but authorities reported no damage there.
NBC News staff, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this story.
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No comments from Hugo Chavez about the US' 'earthquake ray' yet? Hugo must be trying to get reelected and is keeping his comments to stuff he can sort of prove.
that POS is dying from cancer...hopefully!
Hugo just endorsed Obama, says he's a good guy! O better run from that statement.
Ok, a quake in Dallas,and one in Colombia. The Cartels invest on a tunnel boreing machine. Got Tired of the Mexico cartels makeing all the money, Plus it alot easier to ship semi loads full of coke up here.
I like Pepsi better.
And it was only yesterday NBC had an article that said the Mayan prophecy isn't true. Don't make the gods angry NBC. They will smite thee.
Anyone keep track of how many earthquakes in the US and then moving south into S. America we have had in the last 60 days? (At least those that made the news)
The Pacific Rim has been a little restless in the past couple months. Hopefully, it's nothing more than the planet making its perfunctory adjustments.
Hopefully, Earth, or the Universe, will bring something about that is so cataclysmic, that it completely upgrades the consciousness of man, and wipes away all religious indoctrination/inhumanity. Wipe away all the false fables and fantasy, all the justification of killing other people, all the religious beasts. The Universe could wipe them all away.....left only with Universal Sentient Beings of unconditional love and compassion.
Something cataclysmic is approaching fast but it won't be by the Earth or the Universe doing. That you can be sure of. Matthew 24:7
Johnny the only thing any of these earthquakes and other natural disasters are going to do is fuel the religious nuts. Astrophysics101 and his/her comment is a perfect example of what I am referring to. Wipe out religious indoctrination? No, this is fueling their fire unfortunately.
Jaime - religious nuts like astrophysics101 can't comprehend that the universe is a violent and indifferent place. Earth is a part of a solar system that is a part of the universe. These religious nuts cling to their beliefs because of an overwhelming fear of death. They are incapable of looking at life as an astonishing experience. They should ask themselves whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for them in their graves, or whether it should be theirs here and now and on this earth. People like astrophysics101 will wait for the grave. They are poor, sorry, ignorant bastards.
Leaping Lizards Johnny Kush!!!! That is exactly what the Bible is all about!!!!!
Geez, now this will bring out all the bible haters and non-believer nuts who think that the bible is a fairytale.
The paragraph above doesn't sit to well with you non-believers huh? Believe what you will but respect the right that the rest of us believe what we want to.
Personally, I think things are going to happen at a swift pace from here on out and the world will be a different place in 2013 and by 2015 major things will be taking place. It will start with Israel at war with Iran which will be backed by Russia. (in the bible). The anti-christ is alive and will soon be made known. The church will be raptured first and then all hell will break loose. Literally. If you think we are ignorant bastards for believing, talk to me after you have a dust up with satan. He is loose and moving fast.
Stay true to your faith. Keep looking up and hold your head high. The bible says these things must take place before Jesus returns. And when he does, nobody will miss it. Nobody.
Annie, I do not, as a rule, address people like you BUT... There is so much more to religion! Your limited knowledge displays itself in your comments. Perhaps reading any religious text would assist you in how to interact in a more dignified and meaningful manner. And by the way how is that "heaven on Earth" working out for you as you sound like a very hateful and bitter person.
There shall also come in the last days, scoffers, walking after their own lusts saying: When is the promise of Christ coming? Since our fathers fell asleep, all thing continue as they are. With this they are willingly ignorant. 2 Peter 3:3-5,8
After misery for mankind an even greater approaches, the great cycle of the centuries renewed. (January 2013). A new rain of blood, pestilence, famine, war and murders. In the sky will be seen a star dragging a tail of sparks. Nostradamus Century II Quatrain 46
Annie- That's where most of you none-believer nuts are wrong at. Death is nothing but a state of unconscious--what is there to fear? I do not wait for the grave. I want to live just as much as the next Atheist nut. Life an astonishing experience? Perhaps for you maybe but what about for some billion of others who wake up and go to bed starving? Do they see life as an astonishing experience? This life you and I are experiencing is nothing compared to the REAL life that is soon to come for obedient mankind.
Don't give me some lecture about the universe. I study the universe hence my name Astrophysics101. lol
Dont worry soon the Lord will come back and the whole world will be a much better place in which to live in! When the prince of Peace comes back and sets things right!
Yeah I would not hold my breath. Those that cannot do anything to make the World a better place kick the can down the road by claiming some other higher power will do it eventually. Newsflash, it will never happen.
Uh oh, here come the religious nuts. Oy. The only beings that have the power to make this world a better place is us, and unfortunately, it doesn't look like that's going to happen. I wouldn't count on your invisible man in the sky for a miracle.
I was approached yesterday, at a non-religous business Conference, by another attendee. He asked if I believed in God, I'd accepted Christ as my Savior, on and on. He had this gleam and smile like he was really into it, and it was making me uneasy. A little while later, I just happened to glance out a window and noticed him sitting in his car talking to (what I know as a fact) a hooker. She get's in with him, they drive, literally, across the street to a Motel. She stays in the car, he goes into the office. He comes out, she get's out, they go into a room together.
It's so selfless that he's willing to pay for a room so that he can share, with her, what God has done for him. He's willing to "convert" his income into her assets, which she'll most certainly "convert" into crack cocaine or heroin.
Yeah, you just keep on spreading the Word, along with those lovely little STD's.
Which God or Gods are we waiting for again?
How many civilizations and their respective deity or deities have come and gone over the course of human history... each one somehow absolutely the correct one for it's time and flock of followers.
Does make for some fun reading though, like Grimm's fairy tales on steroids.
@Baby Roses
I have unfortunate news for you if you are waiting! The "lord" is not coming back, that is religious dogma. There is no cavalry. I would prepare if I were you that the quakes ARE getting bigger and I sincerely hope you have put aside some provisions. If nothing happens, look at all of the food stuffs you can either donate or have for yourself. Be sovereign. Think for yourself for once. And I say that in all sincerity.
If the world is destroyed down to a handful of people...they would still band together, make up a new god and start a religion. It is all out of fear just as said above.
I look to the grand experience of today and believe the experience shall be repeated over and over through time. Forever is a long time and we get bored so quickly. Just think of all we have seen and done over the history of this planet. Our souls remember all the lives and experiences....our new born meat sickles start new every time.
I am looking forward to the end of this life and the time I get to spend thinking it all over and comparing notes with those I share eternity with. After a time I shall again look forward to another life somewhere as something to have even more adventures!
There is nothing to fear. I just hope I was smart enough to figure that out in my past lives as well.
Wow! An earthquake in Colombia. I bet the price of cocaine just shot way up! Druggies must be nervous.
Colombian Cartels are probably happy there was a shaker. Compacts the processed Coca (Oops, I mean, product) tighter, increases net content and speeds up the packaging saving costly delays in shipping times which can sour their customers and affect the overall bottom line. Customers hate "fluff" and it increases customer loyalty when a seller delivers "ahead of the promised dealine".
Reminds me of the lyrics - "Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. Shake you booty, shake your booty yeah!" (KC & The Sunshine Band?)
The region from central Colombia to Southern Peru is a very active earthquake zone. What is surprising is that there was no major structural damage or deaths reported. Must have been pretty deep. Probably gave the FARC a fright. This is near the location where Colombia went into Ecuador and attacked the FARC.
I bet the CARTEL is having withdrawals followed by separation anxiety right now
hundreds of earth quakes everyday for millions of years...just the big ones get headlines!
God of Matt or Mark and Luke had forcast 2000+ years ago about second Advent of Jesus. The Earth Quake is one of the sign mentioned in Matt 24:7. as a sign of his Second comming, but the thing is that people did not recognise him. there is another sign mentioned in Matt 24:7 about sun & moon becoming dark means not giving lights. You will surpriseed to Know that the prophecey Second comming of Jesus was fulfilled in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed of Qadian India who claimed Propised Messiha as fortold by Jesus and recoeded in Matt 24:7. These Earth Quakes are the waring from God Almighty to tell people that the person whome you are waiting has already come. Please visit www.alislam.org for more details.
God Bless all of us
When you shop, pick up the thicker tin foil, it may help.
Some time ago there was a 5.6 earthquake 33 miles from Bogota that killed 11 people. This quake at 7.1 would have been approximately 70 times stronger and about the same as the great San Francisco quake. Good that it was located in remote region. Still as earthquakes go... they come a lot bigger.
....and of course, this also must be Obama's fault.
I believe in God [but not religion].Earth quakes are just the earth getting settled.Just like up people as we get older,we start to settle in.
Religion is anything you do with conviction and consistency. Why would you not believe in that?
Maybe it will wipe out some of their poppy plants. I'm still waiting for some a**hole to blame this on a politician.
Um they grow coca in columbia, not poppy, that's afg.
And..... I feel the earth move under my feet................
The cocaine must have been all over the place. Instead of invading Iran why dont we do something actually good for the American people, Invade Columbia and Mexico. That would save more American lives than what we are doing now.
As the globe warms,it expands causing earthquakes. We never had any earthquakes up until about 30 years ago.
I hope you're kidding with that statement.
PREVENT CONTINENTAL DRIFT!!!
BEFORE ITS TOO LATE, it will destroy us all unless we tax the people to find a way to prevent the earths plates from shifting. Scientists have proven it is the single main cause of earthquakes, flooding, volcanoes and coastal erosion on this planet... its already taking its toll and may be past the tipping point... react before its too late... make a stand... call your leaders...
It wasn't an earthquake, it was just a stash of weapons from Fast and Furious getting blown up...
Obama will win and Israel will attack soon after. Dec. 22, 2012 will be the doom day for Iran as a nation!!!
thus SAITH the lord you know not the day nor the hour you will be wiped off the earth by the exploding lava of my vengeance, when the rip-roaring wisdom from my eyeballs covers the earth and the trailer parks tremble FOR I am coming back to KILL and SLASH and BURN, yeah, slash, slash, slash, thus saith the voice that is LOVE and I will KNOW the laughing nuns of the Colosseum, THEM shall be cast into the flames and into the tonsils of the solar system.
Lol!
PREVENT CONTINENTAL DRIFT!!!
BEFORE ITS TOO LATE, it will destroy us all unless we tax the people to find a way to prevent the earths plates from shifting. Scientists have proven it is the single main cause of earthquakes, flooding, volcanoes and coastal erosion on this planet... its already taking its toll and may be past the tipping point... react before its too late... make a stand... call your leaders...