M4.9 earthquake 27 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 27 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia on Sun, Aug 30, 1981, 3:50 PM GMT-5 (20:50 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-08-30 20:50:08 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.889° N, 76.588° 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 1.9 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.511 km W of Mutatá, Colombia · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.428 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.723 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.116 km S of Mutatá, Colombia · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.725 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.814 km SE of Murindó, Colombia · 16462 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.425 km W of Dabeiba, Colombia · 16463 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.727 km E of Murindó, Colombia · 16464 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.126 km E of Murindó, Colombia · 16464 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.225 km ESE of Murindó, Colombia · 16464 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001fk5 (also filed as iscgem613774). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC.