September 29, 1886 Earthquake: Trujillo, Venezuela
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Trujillo, Venezuela on September 29, 1886 at 06:50:00 UTC, 14 km below the surface.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- September 29, 1886
- Time
- 06:50:00 UTC
- Place
- Trujillo, Venezuela
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 14 km (9 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 9.300° N, 70.400° W
- Country
- Venezuela
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 29, 1894, N Santander, Merida,tovar, Colombia, Venezuela
- August 3, 1950, El Tocuyo, Venezuela
- February 3, 1610, La Grita,bailadores,merida, Venezuela
- June 26, 1870, El Tocuyo, Venezuela
- April 5, 1975, Venezuela
- November 22, 2015, Merida, Venezuela
- November 7, 2015, Merida, Venezuela
- July 18, 1986, Churuguara, Falcon, Lara, Venezuela
- December 1775, Trujillo, Venezuela
- November 4, 1894, Carache, Venezuela
- November 17, 1888, Guanare, Venezuela
- August 12, 1834, Merida, Venezuela
- August 17, 1991, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
- 1786, Merida, Venezuela
- July 14, 1899, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
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Sources
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 2363.