M4.7 earthquake 4 km WSW of Aratoca, Colombia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Aratoca, Colombia on Mon, May 24, 1982, 6:20 PM GMT-5 (23:20 UTC), 179 km (111 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 8 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-05-24 23:20:20 UTC
- Depth
- 179.0 km (111.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.683° N, 73.060° W
- Region
- Colombia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Bogota and Bucaramanga.
From the USGS event page for usp0001mgv. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.85 km ENE of Jordán, Colombia · 16195 days ago · 163 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.34 km NE of Betulia, Colombia · 16168 days ago · 152 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.44 km NE of Jordán, Colombia · 16157 days ago · 166 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.76 km WNW of Molagavita, Colombia · 16151 days ago · 180 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.98 km WNW of Cepitá, Colombia · 16149 days ago · 163 km deep · 12 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001mgv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC.