March 1, 1834 Earthquake: Pasto, Colombia

Date

March 1, 1834

Time

13:00 UTC

Place

Pasto, Colombia

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

1.400° N, 77.100° W

Country

Colombia

Damage

Limited (under about $1 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.

• August 16, 1868, San Pablo, Guayaquil,ibarra, Colombia, EcuadorM7.7 · 70,000 deaths · 171 km
• March 6, 1987, Napo Province, Quito, Tulcan, EcuadorM7.2 · 5,000 deaths · $1.5 billion · 165 km
• March 31, 1983, SW, Popayan, ColombiaM4.9 · 350 deaths · $410.9 million · 127 km
• December 14, 1923, Ipiales, ColombiaM6.2 · 300 deaths · 96 km
• January 9, 1936, ColombiaM5.6 · 250 deaths · 65 km
• November 16, 1827, Bogota, Neiva, Popayan, Pasto, Huila, ColombiaM7 · 250 deaths · 90 km
• August 7, 1935, Funes, ColombiaM6.1 · 8 deaths · 42 km
• July 14, 1947, Pasto, ColombiaM6 · 2 deaths · 18 km
• June 12, 2018, Pasto, ColombiaM4.9 · 2 deaths · 1 house destroyed · 42 km
• January 20, 1834, Putumayo,pasto, Popayan, Santa Marta, ColombiaM6.7 · Deaths: many · 38 km
• February 9, 2013, Cauca, Narino, Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, ColombiaM6.9 · 100 houses destroyed · 44 km
• August 15, 1868, El Angel, Concepcion, EcuadorM8 · Deaths: few · 95 km
• March 6, 2007, Cauca, Sotara, Purace,, ColombiaM5 · 9 houses destroyed · 101 km
• July 25, 2022, Ecuador, ColombiaM5.7 · 1 house destroyed · 114 km
• April 25, 1751, Popayan, Colombia139 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 1769.