Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Colombia, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
236
M5+
Strongest
M8.8
M7+ events
32
Tsunami events
7
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906-01-31 | 8.8 | 1906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-07-31 | 8.0 | 95 km N of San Antonio del Estrecho, Peru | 645 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-01-17 | 7.9 | 143 km ESE of San Antonio del Estrecho, Peru | 475 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-05-14 | 7.8 |
| 12 km SE of Pedernales, Ecuador |
| 20 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-04-16 | 7.8 | 27 km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador🌊 | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1900-10-29 | 7.7 | Near the coast of Venezuela | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-12-12 | 7.7 | 56 km NW of Valdez, Ecuador | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-01-19 | 7.6 | near the coast of Ecuador | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2026-06-24 | 7.5 | 20 km W of Catia La Mar, Venezuela | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-11-28 | 7.5 | 43 km NNW of Barranca, Peru🌊 | 126 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-09-28 | 7.5 | 16 km W of Barranca, Peru | 100 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-02-22 | 7.5 | 115 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador🌊 | 145 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-07-27 | 7.4 | 98 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador | 113 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-12-12 | 7.3 | 14 km NNE of Zorritos, Peru | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-07-13 | 7.3 | 33 km SSW of Boca de Cupé, Panama | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1921-12-18 | 7.3 | 130 km W of Puerto Nariño, Colombia | 540 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-09-30 | 7.3 | 11 km WNW of San Agustín, Colombia | 170 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1901-01-07 | 7.2 | Near the coast of Ecuador | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1904-01-20 | 7.2 | 45 km SW of Quebrada de Piedra, Panama | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-11-19 | 7.2 | 33 km NNW of Santa Genoveva de Docordó, Colombia | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-12-10 | 7.2 | 9 km ENE of Papayal, Peru | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-08-04 | 7.2 | 3 km E of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-10-28 | 7.2 | 51 km N of Barranca, Peru | 112 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-10-18 | 7.2 | 11 km NNW of Murindó, Colombia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-03-06 | 7.2 | 29 km SSE of Pimampiro, Ecuador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-11-15 | 7.2 | 32 km SSW of Pizarro, Colombia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2010-08-12 | 7.1 | Ecuador | 207 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-08-31 | 7.0 | 5 km SE of Castilla La Nueva, Colombia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-07-11 | 7.0 | 12 km SSE of Jaqué, Panama | 3 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-02-09 | 7.0 | 41 km SE of Baraya, Colombia | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-10-03 | 7.0 | 45 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-04-12 | 7.0 | 92 km NNE of La Peca, Peru | 104 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-05-02 | 7.0 | 56 km SSE of Cambutal, Panama | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-01-16 | 7.0 | 7 km NNE of Tosagua, Ecuador | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-02-07 | 6.9 | 71 km NW of El Alto, Peru | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-02-01 | 6.9 | 51 km NW of Valdez, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-05-18 | 6.9 | 24 km NW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador🌊 | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-02-09 | 6.9 | 2 km NNE of Yacuanquer, Colombia🌊 | 145 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-03-18 | 6.8 | 14 km NNW of Baláo, Ecuador🌊 | 68 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-07-24 | 6.8 | 13 km ESE of Huangala, Peru | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-11-23 | 6.8 | 109 km W of Alianza Cristiana, Peru | 106 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-09-02 | 6.8 | 24 km SW of Roncesvalles, Colombia | 199 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-06-06 | 6.8 | 23 km E of Toribío, Colombia | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2007-11-16 | 6.8 | 30 km E of Macas, Ecuador | 123 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-10-02 | 6.8 | 46 km SW of Paján, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1916-06-30 | 6.8 | 13 km N of Muisne, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-08-20 | 6.7 | 260 km SSW of Arenas, Panama | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-10-17 | 6.7 | 15 km S of Murindó, Colombia | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-05-17 | 6.7 | 37 km E of Palora, Ecuador | 171 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-04-21 | 6.6 | 15 km S of Cubará, Colombia | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1913-10-02 | 6.6 | 21 km ENE of Pedasí, Panama | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-06-01 | 6.6 | 67 km NNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-10-23 | 6.6 | 45 km ESE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-05-10 | 6.6 | 55 km ENE of Macas, Ecuador | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-07-30 | 6.6 | 32 km W of Catia La Mar, Venezuela | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-08-19 | 6.6 | 7 km WSW of Neira, Colombia | 120 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-09-02 | 6.6 | 34 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-11-22 | 6.6 | 21 km SE of Muisne, Ecuador | 55 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-11-18 | 6.6 | 122 km SSE of Boca Suno, Ecuador | 195 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1951-01-06 | 6.6 | 15 km WSW of Arenas, Panama | 54 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-07-28 | 6.6 | 119 km E of Macas, Ecuador | 142 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-09-27 | 6.6 | 19 km N of Bahía Solano, Colombia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-07-12 | 6.6 | 29 km SE of Pedernales, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-03-29 | 6.6 | 61 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-11-18 | 6.5 | 197 km NW of Manta, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-09-17 | 6.5 | 58 km E of Puyo, Ecuador | 186 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-07-30 | 6.5 | 25 km ESE of Tadó, Colombia | 64 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-02-03 | 6.5 | 49 km NW of Barranca, Peru | 110 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-04-24 | 6.5 | 86 km W of Pizarro, Colombia | 50 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-01-25 | 6.5 | 12 km N of Juradó, Colombia | 36 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-11-08 | 6.5 | 10 km SW of Juradó, Colombia | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1904-12-02 | 6.5 | 208 km S of Cambutal, Panama | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-05-11 | 6.5 | 42 km SE of Cayambe, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-08-05 | 6.5 | 22 km NE of Baños, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-04-19 | 6.5 | 18 km E of Cubará, Colombia | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-08-30 | 6.4 | 8 km SSW of Cubarral, Colombia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-07-06 | 6.4 | 14 km NNE of Juradó, Colombia | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-03-17 | 6.4 | 110 km SW of Juradó, Colombia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-03-29 | 6.4 | 19 km SSE of Camogantí, Panama | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-08-03 | 6.4 | 8 km SSW of El Tocuyo, Venezuela | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-11-23 | 6.4 | 4 km N of El Cairo, Colombia | 108 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-08-31 | 6.4 | 18 km ENE of Mutatá, Colombia | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-12-11 | 6.4 | 22 km WSW of Roncesvalles, Colombia | 178 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-09-22 | 6.4 | 26 km W of Tena, Ecuador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-05-06 | 6.4 | 37 km NNE of Salinas, Ecuador | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-09-12 | 6.4 | 27 km NNE of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-12-22 | 6.4 | 14 km S of Gachalá, Colombia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1911-04-10 | 6.4 | 43 km E of El Bagre, Colombia | 70 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1920-01-30 | 6.3 | 47 km NNE of Timbiquí, Colombia | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1921-11-13 | 6.3 | 88 km E of Uribia, Colombia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-02-01 | 6.3 | 28 km NW of Valdez, Ecuador | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-11-30 | 6.3 | 19 km NNW of Portobelo, Panama | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-11-09 | 6.3 | 60 km N of Puerto Colombia, Colombia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-09-25 | 6.3 | 25 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela🌊 | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-08-28 | 6.3 | 43 km SE of Tena, Ecuador | 196 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-11-04 | 6.3 | 33 km WSW of Riosucio, Colombia | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-07-13 | 6.3 | 52 km SSW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru | 97 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-04-04 | 6.3 | 44 km WSW of Juradó, Colombia | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-06-25 | 6.3 | 19 km NNE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-04-20 | 6.3 | 32 km E of Mulatupo, Panama | 38 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |