M4.0 earthquake 3 km WSW of Guaca, Colombia
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Guaca, Colombia on Mon, Feb 19, 1973, 2:04 AM GMT-5 (07:04 UTC), 171 km (106 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 8 km NNW of Cepitá, Colombia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-02-19 07:04:59 UTC
- Depth
- 171.0 km (106.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.865° N, 72.889° W
- Region
- Colombia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.26 km NW of Molagavita, Colombia · 19578 days ago · 172 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.08 km NNW of Cepitá, Colombia · 19576 days ago · 162 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.87 km WNW of San Andrés, Colombia · 19568 days ago · 165 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.011 km NW of Cepitá, Colombia · 19565 days ago · 156 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.412 km N of Cepitá, Colombia · 19561 days ago · 167 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.110 km N of Cepitá, Colombia · 19536 days ago · 166 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.99 km N of Cepitá, Colombia · 19536 days ago · 166 km deep · 11 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00000ka. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.