May 25, 1885 Earthquake: Popayan, Colombia

Date

May 25, 1885

Time

20:00 UTC

Place

Popayan, Colombia

Tsunami

None recorded

Volcano

The eruption it came with

Epicenter

2.500° N, 76.500° 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.

• June 6, 1994, Cauca, Huila, ColombiaM6.8 · 650 deaths · $2.4 million · 200 houses destroyed · 68 km
• March 31, 1983, SW, Popayan, ColombiaM4.9 · 350 deaths · $410.9 million · 21 km
• November 16, 1827, Bogota, Neiva, Popayan, Pasto, Huila, ColombiaM7 · 250 deaths · 79 km
• January 9, 1936, ColombiaM5.6 · 250 deaths · 198 km
• February 9, 1967, Huila, Neiva, Rivera,san Antonio, ColombiaM7 · 98 deaths · $20 million · 193 km
• February 8, 1995, Cali, Pereira, Armenia, Calarca, ColombiaM6.4 · 45 deaths · $50 million · 2,000 houses destroyed · 179 km
• August 7, 1935, Funes, ColombiaM6.1 · 8 deaths · 181 km
• July 14, 1947, Pasto, ColombiaM6 · 2 deaths · 156 km
• June 12, 2018, Pasto, ColombiaM4.9 · 2 deaths · 1 house destroyed · 181 km
• January 26, 2019, Cauca, Huila, ColombiaM5.6 · 1 death · 103 km
• April 25, 1751, Popayan, Colombia0 km
• February 2, 1735, Popayan, ColombiaM4.5 · Deaths: few · 11 km
• March 6, 2007, Cauca, Sotara, Purace,, ColombiaM5 · 9 houses destroyed · 46 km
• 1566, ColombiaM7.8 · 105 km
• February 3, 1906, ColombiaM7.7 · 116 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 2347.