M4.6 earthquake 116 km NW of Mosquera, Colombia

Magnitude

4.6 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, Jan 2, 1980, 10:37 PM GMT-5

UTC

1980-01-03 03:37:18 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

3.195° N, 79.249° W

Region

Colombia

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

28

• El Charco, ColombiaPopulation 28,673. Forecast149 kmWNW
• Esmeraldas, EcuadorPopulation 218,727. Forecast253 kmN
• Cali, ColombiaPopulation 2,392,877. Forecast304 kmW

After

1. 4.1109 km WNW of Mosquera, ColombiaWed, Jan 2, 11:48 PM GMT-5 · 17077 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
2. 4.586 km WNW of Salahonda, ColombiaFri, Jan 4, 11:09 PM GMT-5 · 17075 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
3. 4.642 km NW of Mosquera, ColombiaSat, Jan 5, 11:00 PM GMT-5 · 17074 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
4. 4.760 km NW of Mosquera, ColombiaSun, Jan 6, 3:14 PM GMT-5 · 17074 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
5. 5.059 km NW of Mosquera, ColombiaSun, Jan 6, 7:33 PM GMT-5 · 17073 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
6. 4.686 km NNW of Mosquera, ColombiaThu, Jan 17, 2:48 PM GMT-5 · 17063 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
7. 5.385 km WNW of Salahonda, ColombiaSat, Jan 26, 10:27 AM GMT-5 · 17054 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
8. 4.580 km NW of Mosquera, ColombiaThu, Jan 31, 2:31 AM GMT-5 · 17049 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
9. 4.350 km NW of Salahonda, ColombiaThu, Feb 21, 5:42 AM GMT-5 · 17028 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away

Before

1. 4.9130 km WNW of Mosquera, ColombiaWed, Jan 2, 2:04 PM GMT-5 · 17078 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
2. 4.2121 km WNW of Mosquera, ColombiaTue, Jan 1, 6:55 PM GMT-5 · 17078 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
3. 4.595 km NW of Mosquera, ColombiaMon, Dec 31, 7:30 AM GMT-5 · 17080 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
4. 4.296 km NW of Mosquera, ColombiaSun, Dec 30, 11:21 PM GMT-5 · 17080 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
5. 4.5129 km WNW of Mosquera, ColombiaSun, Dec 30, 11:15 AM GMT-5 · 17081 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
6. 4.8118 km NW of Mosquera, ColombiaSun, Dec 30, 11:12 AM GMT-5 · 17081 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
7. 4.396 km W of Mosquera, ColombiaSat, Dec 29, 9:09 PM GMT-5 · 17081 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
8. 4.053 km NW of Mosquera, ColombiaWed, Dec 26, 12:50 AM GMT-5 · 17085 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
9. 4.7104 km WNW of Salahonda, ColombiaMon, Dec 24, 1:22 AM GMT-5 · 17087 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
10. 4.846 km W of Mosquera, ColombiaFri, Dec 21, 5:57 PM GMT-5 · 17090 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
11. 4.491 km WNW of Mosquera, ColombiaFri, Dec 21, 2:43 PM GMT-5 · 17090 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
12. 4.7120 km WNW of Mosquera, ColombiaFri, Dec 21, 5:00 AM GMT-5 · 17090 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
13. 4.2108 km WNW of Mosquera, ColombiaThu, Dec 20, 10:04 PM GMT-5 · 17090 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
14. 4.6102 km NW of Tumaco, ColombiaThu, Dec 20, 1:19 PM GMT-5 · 17091 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
15. 5.094 km W of Mosquera, ColombiaWed, Dec 19, 5:49 PM GMT-5 · 17092 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
16. 4.1south of PanamaTue, Dec 18, 7:50 PM GMT-5 · 17092 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
17. 4.5110 km WNW of Mosquera, ColombiaTue, Dec 18, 12:11 PM GMT-5 · 17093 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
18. 4.777 km WNW of Mosquera, ColombiaTue, Dec 18, 2:46 AM GMT-5 · 17093 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
19. 4.690 km N of Mosquera, ColombiaMon, Dec 17, 7:40 AM GMT-5 · 17094 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
20. 4.373 km NW of Salahonda, ColombiaMon, Dec 17, 5:58 AM GMT-5 · 17094 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00014up. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:33 AM UTC.