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1994 Paez river earthquake

1994 CE · Colombia, South America · Disaster

The 1994 Páez River earthquake occurred on June 6 with a moment magnitude of 6. 8 at a depth of 12 km (7. 5 mi). The event, which is also known as the Páez River disaster, included subsequent landslides and mudslides that destroyed much of the Páez municipality, located on the foothills of the Central Ranges of the Andes in Cauca in south-western Colombia.

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