July 9, 1766 Earthquake: Buga,cali,popayan, Colombia

Date

July 9, 1766

Time

21:00 UTC

Place

Buga,cali,popayan, Colombia

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

3.700° N, 76.300° 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.

• January 25, 1999, Armenia, Calarca, Pereira, Caldas, Huila, ColombiaM6.2 · 1,185 deaths · $1.9 billion · 106 km
• February 19, 1845, Magdalena River, ColombiaM4 · 1,000 deaths · 134 km
• June 6, 1994, Cauca, Huila, ColombiaM6.8 · 650 deaths · $2.4 million · 200 houses destroyed · 91 km
• March 31, 1983, SW, Popayan, ColombiaM4.9 · 350 deaths · $410.9 million · 144 km
• February 9, 1967, Huila, Neiva, Rivera,san Antonio, ColombiaM7 · 98 deaths · $20 million · 191 km
• November 23, 1979, Manizales-Armenia, ColombiaM6.4 · 72 deaths · $20 million · 123 km
• July 30, 1962, Mistrato, Manizales, ColombiaM6.8 · 47 deaths · 167 km
• February 8, 1995, Cali, Pereira, Armenia, Calarca, ColombiaM6.4 · 45 deaths · $50 million · 2,000 houses destroyed · 57 km
• December 20, 1961, Eje Cafetero, ColombiaM6.8 · 23 deaths · 124 km
• February 5, 1938, Eje Cafetero, ColombiaM7 · 6 deaths · 128 km
• November 19, 1991, Chaco, Buenaventura, Cali, ColombiaM6.4 · 2 deaths · 158 km
• January 26, 2019, Cauca, Huila, ColombiaM5.6 · 1 death · 97 km
• January 19, 2024, Valle del Cauca, ColombiaM5.6 · 1 death · 126 km
• February 3, 1906, ColombiaM7.7 · 25 km
• February 21, 1906, Buenaventura, Colombia84 km

Significant earthquakes of 1766The 1700sRecent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history

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 1382.