M4.8 earthquake 69 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 69 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia on Wed, Dec 12, 1979, 1:36 PM GMT-5 (18:36 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 south of Panama. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-12-12 18:36:30 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.122° N, 79.329° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.9south of Panama · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.476 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.8107 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17085 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.526 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17085 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.045 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17085 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.885 km W of Mosquera, Colombia · 17085 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.9111 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17085 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.587 km NW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17085 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.574 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17085 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.860 km NW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17085 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.864 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17084 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.069 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17084 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.384 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17084 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.953 km WNW of Valdez, Ecuador · 17084 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.962 km W of Mosquera, Colombia · 17084 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.266 km W of Mosquera, Colombia · 17084 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.673 km NW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17084 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.7110 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17084 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3102 km NW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17084 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5107 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17083 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.0105 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17083 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.669 km NW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17082 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.793 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17082 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0101 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17082 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.6south of Panama · 17082 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7134 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17081 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.373 km NW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17081 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.777 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17080 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5142 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17080 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5110 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17080 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.1south of Panama · 17079 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.094 km W of Mosquera, Colombia · 17078 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.6102 km NW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17078 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.633 km NNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17077 days ago · 55 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2108 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17077 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.646 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17077 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7120 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17077 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.491 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17077 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.846 km W of Mosquera, Colombia · 17076 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.496 km NW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17075 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.7104 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17074 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.144 km NW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17074 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.419 km NW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17073 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.879 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17073 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.068 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17068 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.396 km W of Mosquera, Colombia · 17068 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.540 km W of Salahonda, Colombia · 17066 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9130 km WNW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17065 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.586 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17062 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.642 km NW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17061 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.385 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17041 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.461 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17039 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.580 km NW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17036 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.534 km W of Tumaco, Colombia · 17027 days ago · 92 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 5.054 km NW of Valdez, Ecuador · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.2south of Panama · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.132 km NNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.756 km NW of Mosquera, Colombia · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.325 km W of Salahonda, Colombia · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.577 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 7.756 km NW of Valdez, Ecuador · 17086 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00014fc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.