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Mora-Páez, H.; Kellogg, J.N.; Freymueller, J.T.; Mencin, D.; Fernandes, R.M.S.; Diederix, H.; LaFemina, P.; Cardona-Piedrahita, L.; LIzarazo, S.; Peláez-Gaviria, J.-R.; Díaz-Mila, F.; Bohórquez-Orozco, O.; Giraldo-Londoño, L.; Corchuelo-Cuervo, Y. (2019). "Crustal deformation in the northern Andes –
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service estimates included an orange-alert level, reporting there was a 93% chance that the earthquake could cause damage between US$ 1 million and US$ 10 billion. It also said the earthquake had a 76% of causing between one and 1,000 fatalities.
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Dicelis, G.; Assumpção, M.; Kellogg, J.; Pedraza, P.; Dias, F. (2016). "Estimating the 2008 Quetame (Colombia) earthquake source parameters from seismic data and InSAR measurements".
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1082:"El Calvario resistió al temblor y su alcalde dio buenas noticias: "No hubo lesionados, gracias a Dios""
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1227:"Imágenes del temblor en Colombia: así quedó el Palacio de Justicia en Villavicencio"
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1199:"Primeras imágenes de El Calvario, Meta, epicentro del fuerte temblor en Colombia"
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812:A new GPS velocity field".
637:List of earthquakes in 2023
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1636:1906 Ecuador–Colombia
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857:Journal of Seismology
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591:Congress of Colombia
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1310:Earthquakes in 2023
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