M4.7 earthquake 23 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 23 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia on Thu, Aug 27, 1981, 12:45 PM GMT-5 (17:45 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 27 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-08-27 17:45:20 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.936° N, 76.611° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.428 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia · 16461 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.511 km W of Mutatá, Colombia · 16461 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.927 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia · 16459 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.622 km SSW of Mutatá, Colombia · 16458 days ago · 44 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.116 km S of Mutatá, Colombia · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.725 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.814 km SE of Murindó, Colombia · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.425 km W of Dabeiba, Colombia · 16463 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.727 km E of Murindó, Colombia · 16464 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.126 km E of Murindó, Colombia · 16464 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.225 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia · 16464 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001fhe (also filed as iscgem613620). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC.