February 15, 1796 Earthquake: N Santander,pamplona, Colombia

Date

February 15, 1796

Place

N Santander,pamplona, Colombia

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

7.400° N, 72.700° W

Country

Colombia

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

• May 18, 1875, Cucuta,san Cayetano,villa del Rosario, ColombiaM7.5 · 1,001 deaths · 60 km
• April 29, 1894, N Santander, Merida,tovar, Colombia, VenezuelaM7.1 · 400 deaths · 165 km
• July 9, 1950, Anboledas, ColombiaM6.1 · 300 deaths · $20 million · 44 km
• February 3, 1610, La Grita,bailadores,merida, VenezuelaM7.9 · 60 deaths · 141 km
• February 26, 1849, Tachira (Lobatera), VenezuelaM6 · 40 deaths · 45 km
• July 29, 1967, ColombiaM6.8 · 20 deaths · $2 million · 81 km
• October 18, 1981, Venezuela-N ColombiaM5.4 · 15 deaths · $5 million · 82 km
• April 18, 1974, NE, Cepita, San Andreas, ColombiaM5 · 4 deaths · 62 km
• November 7, 2015, Merida, VenezuelaM5.3 · 1 death · 33 houses destroyed · 186 km
• November 22, 2015, Merida, VenezuelaM5.1 · 1 death · 191 km
• January 16, 1644, Merida, Pamploma,herran, Venezuela, ColombiaM6.9 · Deaths: many · 6 km
• March 16, 1644, Pamplona, San Cristobal, Colombia, VenezuelaDeaths: many · 40 km
• December 31, 1868, Robador,simacota,barichara DE Cabrera, Colombia55 km
• February 17, 1869, San Cristobal,tachira (Lobatera), VenezuelaDeaths: few · 67 km
• March 6, 1869, San Cristobal, Bogota, Venezuela, Colombia74 km

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