M4.6 earthquake 8 km NW of Cepitá, Colombia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Cepitá, Colombia on Fri, Feb 12, 1982, 12:29 PM GMT-5 (17:29 UTC), 167 km (104 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 7 km NW 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-12 17:29:45 UTC
- Depth
- 167.0 km (103.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 6.798° N, 73.035° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.64 km W of Cepitá, Colombia · 16289 days ago · 170 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.41 km WSW of Molagavita, Colombia · 16283 days ago · 182 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.97 km NW of Cepitá, Colombia · 16282 days ago · 159 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.71 km N of Cepitá, Colombia · 16268 days ago · 169 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.65 km W of Cepitá, Colombia · 16268 days ago · 169 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.12 km SSW of Cepitá, Colombia · 16241 days ago · 173 km deep · 9 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001jm3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC.