Colombia earthquakes

M6.7 earthquake 15 km S of Murindó, Colombia

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 15 km S of Murindó, Colombia on Sat, Oct 17, 1992, 4:32 AM GMT-4 (08:32 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.2 11 km NNW of Murindó, Colombia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.7 (mw), strong
Local time: Sat, Oct 17, 1992, 4:32 AM GMT-4
UTC: 1992-10-17 08:32:40 UTC
Depth: 14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 6.845° N, 76.806° W
Region: Colombia
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5341), matched to this event by time and place.

Injuries: 20
Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Houses destroyed: Many (101 to 1,000)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

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Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VII, very strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 31.9% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 3.5 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 6.7 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 34°, dip 24°, rake 66°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 240°, dip 67°, rake 100°

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 3.7 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 71.

Before

4.334 km ESE of Murindó, ColombiaWed, Oct 14, 8:56 PM GMT-4 · 12404 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005fey (also filed as choy19921017083240, gcmtc101792e, gcmt19921017083239, duputel101792e, atlas19921017083241, iscgem268025). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC.