October 18, 1743 Earthquake: Bogota, Colombia

Date

October 18, 1743

Time

15:45 UTC

Place

Bogota, Colombia

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

4.500° N, 73.800° W

Country

Colombia

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

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.

• February 19, 1845, Magdalena River, ColombiaM4 · 1,000 deaths · 177 km
• June 16, 1805, Honda,mariquita, ColombiaM6.1 · 200 deaths · 153 km
• December 20, 1961, Eje Cafetero, ColombiaM6.8 · 23 deaths · 190 km
• July 12, 1785, Bogota,engativa,caxica,soacha, Colombia12 deaths · 25 km
• December 22, 1923, Gachala,gacheta,ubala,medina, ColombiaM5.9 · 7 deaths · 51 km
• January 19, 1995, Bogota, Manizales, Miraflores, ColombiaM6.5 · 7 deaths · 512 houses destroyed · 115 km
• May 24, 2008, Meta, Quetame, ColombiaM5.6 · 6 deaths · 19 km
• September 4, 1966, ColombiaM5.3 · 6 deaths · 200 houses destroyed · 24 km
• August 31, 1917, Bogota, Ubaque, Soacha, Caqueza, ColombiaM7.3 · 3 deaths · 60 km
• August 17, 2023, Bogota, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Meta,, ColombiaM6.3 · 2 deaths · $30 million · 20 houses destroyed · 33 km
• June 18, 1826, Engativa,bogota,ramiriqui,umbita,tunja, ColombiaM8.2 · 16 km
• September 18, 1900, ColombiaM7.9 · 25 km
• August 8, 1903, ColombiaM7.7 · 25 km
• July 11, 1906, ColombiaM7.7 · 25 km
• July 14, 1906, ColombiaM7.7 · 25 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1291.