List of earthquakes in Colombia

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File:Mapa de Amenaza Sísmica de Colombia.png
Seismic risk map of Colombia
File:AVISO TERREMOTO 3.jpg
Aviso del Terremoto, 1785
File:Oceanic-continental convergence Fig21oceancont.gif
The subduction of the Malpelo Plate (left) below the North Andes Plate (right) causes most of the earthquakes in Colombia.

This is a list of earthquakes in Colombia. Colombia is a seismically active country and has a large seismic risk in many areas of its territory due to its location at the boundaries of the Malpelo, Panama, Caribbean, North Andes (where most earthquakes occurred) and South American Plates along the Pacific Ring of Fire. The southeastern and extreme eastern portions of Colombia are not as seismically active as the rest of the country.

The first historically registered earthquake felt in Colombia occurred on September 11, 1530, around 10:00 AM, probably with the epicentre near Cumaná, Venezuela. The earthquake was documented by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés in his work La Historia general de las Indias and by friar Bartolomé de las Casas in his book Historia de Las Indias.[1] The first documented earthquake with its epicentre in present-day Colombia territory took place in 1566,[2] with the epicentre estimated around Santander in the department of Cauca.[3] Other important historical earthquakes have been documented by Luis Vargas Jurado, from 1703 until 1764 and Santiago Pérez Valencia between 1785 and 1843.[4]

The most devastating earthquake for Colombia happened on August 15 and 16, 1868 off the coast of Ecuador, leading to approximately 70,000 fatalities. The strongest earthquake, with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.8 also happened offshore Ecuador in 1906. Other major earthquakes were the 1875 Cúcuta earthquake with around 10,000 deaths and the 1999 Armenia earthquake with an intensity of X. The deepest registered earthquake happened in the department of Amazonas in 1970 at an estimated depth of almost 645 kilometres (2,116,000 ft). The 1785 Viceroyalty of New Granada earthquake sparked the birth of journalism in Colombia, initiated by Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez, six years after the publication of the Aviso del Terremoto about the earthquake with its epicentre in La Calera, Cundinamarca.

The main seismically active zone is the subduction zone of the Malpelo, formerly Nazca, Plate with strong earthquakes in 1906, 1947, 1958 and 1979. The most active onshore fault systems are the 674 kilometres (419 mi) Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault with earthquakes frequently occurring at the Bucaramanga Nest around Aratoca, Santander, the 697.4 kilometres (433.3 mi) Romeral Fault System in the Central Ranges (Popayán 1983 and Armenia 1999) and the 921.4 kilometres (572.5 mi) long Eastern Frontal Fault System in the Eastern Ranges. Other strong earthquakes are associated with the Murindó (Mw 7.2, 1992), Irlanda (Mw 6.8, 1994), Tucurá (Mw 6.7, 1952), Bahía Solano (Mw 6.5, 1970), and Mutatá Faults (Mw 6.0, 2016).

Major historical earthquakes

Note: out of many,[3] only earthquakes of Mw 6.0 and higher, deadly, important historical,[5] and unusual earthquakes are included in this list
Magnitudes - Mw Moment magnitude scale, ML Richter magnitude scale, Ms Surface wave magnitude, ? Unknown scale

Year Date Time
UTC−05		 Place
bold is fault		 Name Plate Depth
(km)		 Fatalities ṃ MMI Tsunami Map Notes
1646 April 3 02:00-03:00 Muzo-La Palma
Boyacá
Cundinamarca		 1646 Muzo North Andes "dozens" IX No
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1743 October 18 Chingaza Páramo, Cundinamarca 1743 Chingaza North Andes 20 "several" 6.30 ± 0.35 B&W97 IX No
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1785 July 12 07:45 La Calera, Cundinamarca 1785 Viceroyalty of New Granada North Andes 20-30 9 6.9 Ms VIII No
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1827 November 16 22:45 Timaná, Huila 1827 Timaná North Andes 10 250 7.7 Ms X No
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1834 January 20 12:00 Sibundoy, Sibundoy, Putumayo 1834 Sibundoy North Andes 5 80 7.0 ? IX No
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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
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1875 May 18 16:25 Cúcuta 1875 Cúcuta North Andes 20 10,000 7.5 ? IX No
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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)
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1917 August 31 11:36 Acacías, Meta 1917 Sumapaz North Andes 40 6 7.3 Ms VII No
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1936 January 9 09:23 Túquerres 1936 Túquerres North Andes <30 250 7.0 ? VIII No
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1952 February 14 16:02 Tucurá, Pavarandocito, Antioquia 1952 Pavarandocito North Andes 44 6.75 Mw No
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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)
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1962 July 30 15:18 Aranzazu, Caldas 1962 Aranzazu North Andes 69 50~ 6.8 Mw VIII No
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1967 February 9 15:24 Algeciras, Algeciras, Huila 1967 Neiva North Andes 55.0 98 7.2 Mw 6.8 ML VIII No
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1967 July 29 05:24 Bucaramanga, Aratoca, Santander 1967 Aratoca North Andes 161.2 6.8 Mw IV No
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1970 July 31 17:08 Amazonas 1970 Colombia South American 644.8 1 8.0 Mw 7.7 ML IV No
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1970 September 26 22:38 Bahía Solano, Bahía Solano, Chocó 1970 Bahía Solano North Andes 15.0 6.5 Mw VII
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1975 January 24 21:08 Chocó 1975 Chocó Panama 36.0 6.5 Ms VII
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1979 November 23 18:40 El Cairo 1979 El Cairo North Andes 108.0 44 7.2 Mw 6.7 ML VII No
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1979 December 12 07:59 Tumaco 1979 Tumaco North Andes 33 600 8.1 Ms IX Yes
5 m (16 ft)
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1983 March 31 08:15 Rosas-Julumito, Popayán 1983 Popayán North Andes 12.0 300 5.5 ML VIII No
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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
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1991 November 19 17:28 Chocó 1991 Chocó North Andes 21.3 7.2 Mw IX
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1992 October 18 10:11 Murindó, Murindó, Antioquia 1992 Murindó North Andes 10.0 7.2 Mw VIII No
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1994 June 6 20:47 Irlanda, Páez 1994 Páez River North Andes 12 1,100 6.8 Mw VII No
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1995 January 19 10:05 Guaicáramo, Tauramena 1995 Tauramena North Andes 17.3 6 6.0 ML 6.5 Mw VII No
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1995 February 8 13:40 Cali 1995 Cali North Andes 73.5 35 6.4 Mw V No
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1996 November 4 12:24 Chocó 1996 Colombia-Panama Panama 14.0 6.3 Mw VIII No
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1999 January 25 18:19 Córdoba-Navarco, Armenia 1999 Armenia North Andes 17.0 1,900 6.1 Mw X No
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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
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2007 September 9 20:49 Gorgona Island 2007 Gorgona Island North Andes 15.0 5 injured / 34 homes damaged 6.8 Mw VII
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2008 May 24 19:20 El Calvario 2008 El Calvario North Andes 35 11 5.9 Mw VII No
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2012 September 30 11:31 La Vega 2012 La Vega North Andes 170 0 7.3 Mw VII No
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2013 February 9 09:16 Yacuanquer, Nariño 2013 Nariño North Andes 145 0 6.9 Mw VI No
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2013 August 13 10:43 Chocó 2013 Chocó Coiba 12.0 0 6.7 Mw V
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2015 March 10 15:55 Bucaramanga, Aratoca, Santander 2015 Santander North Andes 155 0 6.2 Mw VI No
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2016 April 16 18:58 Ecuador, Colombia 2016 Ecuador-Colombia North Andes 20.6 676 7.8 Mw IX No
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2016 September 13 20:58 Mutatá, Mutatá, Antioquia 2016 Mutatá North Andes 18.0 0 6.0 Mw VI No
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2018 June 12 04:35 Pasto, Nariño 2018 Pasto North Andes 10.0 2 4.9 Mw VI No [66][67]
2021 March 1 17:57 Antioquia Department 2021 Antioquia North Andes 10.0 3 5.1 Mw VI No [68]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Bakun & Wentworth 1997 scale[9]

References

  1. ↑ Ramírez, 1975, p.63
  2. ↑ Ramírez, 1975, p.65
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ramírez, 1975, p.217
  4. ↑ Espinosa Baquero, 2001, p.273
  5. ↑ Various Authors, 2014, p.7
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Various Authors, 2014, p.8
  7. ↑ Espinosa Baquero, 1999, p.211
  8. ↑ Salcedo & Gómez, 2013
  9. ↑ Bakun & Wentworth, 1997
  10. ↑ Gómez Capera et al., 2014, p.214
  11. ↑ Sarabia Gómez et al., 2010a, p.154
  12. ↑ Various Authors, 2008a, p.30
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