List of earthquakes in Colombia
Major historical earthquakes

List of earthquakes in Colombia

Section Title: Major historical earthquakes
Table Section Text: None

Year	Date	Time UTC−05	Place bold is fault	Name	Plate	Depth (km)	Fatalities	Mag.	MMI	Tsunami	Map	Notes

1646	April 3	02:00-03:00	Muzo-La Palma Boyacá Cundinamarca	1646 Muzo	North Andes	"dozens"	IX	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1743	October 18	Chingaza Páramo, Cundinamarca	1743 Chingaza	North Andes	20	"various"	6.30 ± 0.35 B&W97	IX	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1785	July 12	07:45	La Calera, Cundinamarca	1785 Viceroyalty of New Granada	North Andes	20-30	9	6.9 Ms	VIII	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1827	November 16	22:45	Timaná, Huila	1827 Timaná	North Andes	10	250	7.7 Ms	X	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1834	January 20	12:00	Sibundoy, Sibundoy, Putumayo	1834 Sibundoy	North Andes	5	80	7.0 ?	IX	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1868	August 15 August 16	14:30 01:30	Ecuador, Colombia	1868 Ecuador	North Andes	20	70,000	6.3 and 6.7 Ms	X	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1875	May 18	16:25	Cúcuta	1875 Cúcuta	North Andes	20	10,000	7.5 ?	IX	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1906	January 31	15:36	Esmeraldas (Ecuador)	1906 Ecuador–Colombia	Malpelo	20.0	1,000~	8.8 Mw 8.6 ML	VIII	Yes 5 m (16 ft)	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1917	August 31	11:36	Acacías, Meta	1917 Sumapaz	North Andes	40	6	7.3 Ms	VII	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1936	January 9	09:23	Túquerres	1936 Túquerres	North Andes	<30	250	7.0 ?	VIII	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1952	February 14	16:02	Tucurá, Pavarandocito, Antioquia	1952 Pavarandocito	North Andes	44	6.75 Mw	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1958	January 19	14:07	Ecuador, Colombia	1958 Ecuador–Colombia	North Andes	40-60	111	7.8 Mw 7.6 ML	VIII	Yes 1.5 m (4.9 ft)	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1962	July 30	15:18	Aranzazu, Caldas	1962 Aranzazu	North Andes	69	50~	6.8 Mw	VIII	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1967	February 9	15:24	Algeciras, Algeciras, Huila	1967 Neiva	North Andes	55.0	98	7.2 Mw 6.8 ML	VIII	No	-

1967	July 29	05:24	Bucaramanga, Aratoca, Santander	1967 Aratoca	North Andes	161.2	6.8 Mw	IV	No	-

1970	July 31	17:08	Amazonas	1970 Colombia	South American	644.8	1	8.0 Mw 7.7 ML	IV	No	-

1970	September 26	22:38	Bahía Solano, Bahía Solano, Chocó	1970 Bahía Solano	North Andes	15.0	6.5 Mw	VII	-

1975	January 24	21:08	Chocó	1975 Chocó	Panama	36.0	6.5 Ms	VII	-

1979	November 23	18:40	El Cairo	1979 El Cairo	North Andes	108.0	44	7.2 Mw 6.7 ML	VII	No	-

1979	December 12	07:59	Tumaco	1979 Tumaco	North Andes	33	600	7.7 Ms	IX	Yes 5 m (16 ft)	-

1983	March 31	08:15	Rosas-Julumito, Popayán	1983 Popayán	North Andes	12.0	300	5.5 ML	VIII	No	List of earthquakes in Colombia is located in Colombia

1987	March 5 March 6	20:54, 23:10 03:14	Ecuador, Colombia	1987 Ecuador-Colombia	North Andes	8.5 14.1	1,000 4,000+ missing	6.0-7.2 Mw	VII	No	-

1991	November 19	17:28	Chocó	1991 Chocó	North Andes	21.3	7.2 Mw	IX	-

1992	October 18	10:11	Murindó, Murindó, Antioquia	1992 Murindó	North Andes	10.0	7.2 Mw	VIII	No	-

1994	June 6	20:47	Irlanda, Páez	1994 Páez River	North Andes	12	1,100	6.8 Mw	VII	No	-

1995	January 19	10:05	Guaicáramo, Tauramena	1995 Tauramena	North Andes	17.3	6	6.0 ML 6.5 Mw	VII	No	-

1995	February 8	13:40	Cali	1995 Cali	North Andes	73.5	35	6.4 Mw	V	No	-

1996	November 4	12:24	Chocó	1996 Colombia-Panama	Panama	14.0	6.3 Mw	VIII	No	-

1999	January 25	18:19	Córdoba-Navarco, Armenia	1999 Armenia	North Andes	17.0	1,900	6.1 Mw	X	No	-

2004	November 15	04:06	Bajo Baudó, Pacific Ocean, Chocó	2004 Bajo Baudó	North Andes	15.0	0	6.7 ML 7.2 Mw	VIII	-

2007	September 9	20:49	Gorgona Island	2007 Gorgona Island	North Andes	15.0	5 injured / 34 homes damaged	6.8 Mw	VII	-

2008	May 24	19:20	El Calvario	2008 El Calvario	North Andes	35	11	5.9 Mw	VII	No	-

2012	September 30	11:31	La Vega	2012 La Vega	North Andes	170	0	7.3 Mw	VII	No	-

2013	February 9	09:16	Yacuanquer, Nariño	2013 Nariño	North Andes	145	0	6.9 Mw	VI	No	-

2013	August 13	10:43	Chocó	2013 Chocó	Coiba	12.0	0	6.7 Mw	V	-

2015	March 10	15:55	Bucaramanga, Aratoca, Santander	2015 Santander	North Andes	155	0	6.2 Mw	VI	No	-

2016	April 16	18:58	Ecuador, Colombia	2016 Ecuador-Colombia	North Andes	20.6	673	7.8 Mw	IX	No	-

2016	September 13	20:58	Mutatá, Mutatá, Antioquia	2016 Mutatá	North Andes	18.0	0	6.0 Mw	VI	No	-

2018	June 12	04:35	Pasto, Nariño	North Andes	10.0	2	4.9 Mw	VI	No

2018	August 7	10:53	Mesa de Los Santos, Santander	North Andes	166.5	5.6 Mw

Sentence(s)

The 1983 earthquake in Popayán and the 1999 Armenia earthquake had a combined total of more than 2000 casualties.

final_sentence: The 1983 earthquake in Popayán and the 1999 Armenia earthquake had a combined total of more than 2000 casualties.