February 9, 1878 Earthquake: Manizales, Colombia

Date

February 9, 1878

Time

19:30:00 UTC

Place

Manizales, Colombia

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

5.100° N, 75.500° 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 · 75 km
• February 19, 1845, Magdalena River, ColombiaM4 · 1,000 deaths · 68 km
• June 16, 1805, Honda,mariquita, ColombiaM6.1 · 200 deaths · 76 km
• November 23, 1979, Manizales-Armenia, ColombiaM6.4 · 72 deaths · $20 million · 86 km
• July 30, 1962, Mistrato, Manizales, ColombiaM6.8 · 47 deaths · 100 km
• February 8, 1995, Cali, Pereira, Armenia, Calarca, ColombiaM6.4 · 45 deaths · $50 million · 2,000 houses destroyed · 167 km
• December 20, 1961, Eje Cafetero, ColombiaM6.8 · 23 deaths · 68 km
• July 12, 1785, Bogota,engativa,caxica,soacha, Colombia12 deaths · 175 km
• February 5, 1938, Eje Cafetero, ColombiaM7 · 6 deaths · 51 km
• September 4, 1966, ColombiaM5.3 · 6 deaths · 200 houses destroyed · 177 km
• March 1, 2021, Medellin, Betulia, ColombiaM5.1 · 2 deaths · 143 km
• January 19, 2024, Valle del Cauca, ColombiaM5.6 · 1 death · 55 km
• May 22, 1942, ColombiaM5.8 · 124 km
• January 5, 2014, Sipi, ColombiaM5.5 · 140 km
• September 18, 1900, ColombiaM7.9 · 175 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 2254.