M4.4 earthquake 7 km W of Guaca, Colombia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 7 km W of Guaca, Colombia on Tue, May 20, 1980, 7:48 PM GMT-5 (00:48 UTC), 162 km (101 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 0 km WNW 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-05-21 00:48:50 UTC
- Depth
- 162.0 km (100.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.878° N, 72.925° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.512 km SSW of Piedecuesta, Colombia · 16929 days ago · 163 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.2northern Colombia · 16929 days ago · 175 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.70 km WNW of Cepitá, Colombia · 16925 days ago · 171 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.67 km NW of Cepitá, Colombia · 16925 days ago · 165 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.54 km WNW of Capitanejo, Colombia · 16906 days ago · 177 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.40 km NE of Cepitá, Colombia · 16885 days ago · 174 km deep · 14 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00017bx. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:21 PM UTC.