List of earthquakes in Colombia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of earthquakes in Colombia, The most recent quake was registered in El Calvario

El Calvario

El Calvario is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. It was the epicenter of the 2008 Colombia earthquake....

in 2008. Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

is a seismically active country and has a large seismic risk due to its location on the Pacific ring of fire

Pacific Ring of Fire

The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements...

List of notable earthquakes

Date	Time‡	Place	Latitude Latitude In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...	Longitude Longitude Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds, and denoted by the Greek letter lambda ....	Fatalities	Magnitude Moment magnitude scale The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...	Comments
16 November 1827	22:45	Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...	1.8	-76.4	250	9.0?	M_s
20 January 1834	12:00	Putumayo	1.20	-77.00	80	7.0	unknown scale
18 May 1875	16:25	Cúcuta Cúcuta Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active... see 1875 Cúcuta earthquake 1875 Cúcuta earthquake The Earthquake of Cúcuta also known as Earthquake of the Andes was an earthquake that occurred on 18 May 1875 at 11:15 AM. It completely demolished Cúcuta, Villa del Rosario , San Antonio del Tachira and Capacho...	7.90	-72.50	10,000	7.5	unknown scale
31 January 1906	15:36	Esmeraldas Esmeraldas, Ecuador Esmeraldas is a coastal city in northwestern Ecuador. It is the seat of the Esmeraldas Canton and the capital of the Esmeraldas Province. It has an international sea port and a small airport .... see 1906 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake 1906 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake The 1906 Ecuador-Colombia earthquake occurred at 15:36 UTC on January 31, off the coast of Ecuador, near Esmeraldas. The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8 and triggered a destructive tsunami that caused at least 500 casualties on the coast of Colombia....	1.0	-81.5	~1,000	8.8	M_w Triggered a large tsunami that caused at least 500 casualties on the coast of Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
31 August 1917	11:36	Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...	4.0	-74.0	6	7.3	M_s
9 January 1936	09:23		0.09	-77.37	250	7.0	unknown scale
19 January 1958	14:07	Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border... , Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...	1.5	-79.5	111	7.6	M_s
9 February 1967	15:24	Neiva Neiva Neiva is the Capital of the Department of Huila. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River in south central Colombia with a population of about 378,857 inhabitants...	2.90	-74.90	98	6.8	unknown scale
31 July 1970	17:08		-1.46	-72.56	1	7.6	M_w
12 December 1979	07:59	Nariño Department Nariño Department Nariño is a department of Colombia named after Antonio Nariño. It is in the west of the country, bordering Ecuador and the Pacific Ocean.Its capital is Pasto, other important cities include Tumaco, Ipiales.-Municipalities:# Albán# Aldana# Ancuya...	1.598	-79.358	600	7.7	M_s
1983		Popayán Popayán Popayán is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in southwestern Colombia between Colombia's Western Mountain Range and Central Mountain Range...			300	5.5
6 June 1994	20:47	Páez Páez Páez may refer to:* Páez people* Páez language, the language of the Páez people* Paezan languages, a hypothetical language family of Colombia and Ecuador* Páez, Boyaca — a municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia...	2.917	-76.057	295	6.8	M_w
25 January 1999	18:19:16.8	Armenia Armenia, Colombia Armenia is the capital of Quindío, a department in Colombia. The city is located at coordinates 4.5170° north, 75.6830° west, 290 kilometers west of Bogotá. Armenia is a mid-size city located between Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, the 3 largest Colombian cities. The city's area code for phone calls is... see 1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake 1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake The 1999 Coffee Axis, Colombia earthquake was an earthquake that heavily affected the city of Armenia, Colombia in the Quindío department, 18 towns and 28 villages in the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis region departments, and to a lesser degree, the cities of Pereira and Manizales.The earthquake...	4.461	-75.724	1185	6.2	M_w
24 May 2008	19:20:42.4	El Calvario El Calvario El Calvario is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. It was the epicenter of the 2008 Colombia earthquake.... see 2008 El Calvario earthquake 2008 El Calvario earthquake The 2008 El Calvario earthquake occurred in central Colombia on 24 May 2008. It was registered at 5.9 Mw on the moment magnitude scale. The earthquake occurred at 02:20:46 p.m. at the epicenter . The depth was 35 km; it was superficial according to an Ingeominas report...	4.330	-73.764	6	5.6	M_w

Magnitudes - M_w Moment magnitude scale

Moment magnitude scale

The moment magnitude scale is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of...

, M_L Richter magnitude scale

Richter magnitude scale

The expression Richter magnitude scale refers to a number of ways to assign a single number to quantify the energy contained in an earthquake....

, M_s Surface wave magnitude

Surface wave magnitude

The surface wave magnitude scale is one of the magnitude scales used in seismology to describe the size of an earthquake. It is based on measurements in Rayleigh surface waves that travel primarily along the uppermost layers of the earth...

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