August 7, 1935 Earthquake: Funes, Colombia
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Funes, Colombia on August 7, 1935 at 09:02:12 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 8 people.
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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
- August 7, 1935
- Time
- 09:02:12 UTC
- Place
- Funes, Colombia
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 1.110° N, 77.340° W
- Country
- Colombia
The toll
- Deaths
- 8
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
07 Aug 1935, 04:00 (local time), 1.11N 77.34W, magnitude 6.1 (Mw), depth 10 (reference #12870)
07 Aug 1935, 09:02:12, 1N 77W, magnitude 6 (Ms) (reference #12870)
8 deaths, buildings damaged (reference #1118)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 16, 1868, San Pablo, Guayaquil,ibarra, Colombia, Ecuador
- March 6, 1987, Napo Province, Quito, Tulcan, Ecuador
- March 31, 1983, SW, Popayan, Colombia
- December 14, 1923, Ipiales, Colombia
- January 9, 1936, Colombia
- November 16, 1827, Bogota, Neiva, Popayan, Pasto, Huila, Colombia
- August 11, 1990, Pamasqui, Quito, Ecuador
- August 12, 2014, Quito, Ecuador
- June 12, 2018, Pasto, Colombia
- July 14, 1947, Pasto, Colombia
- February 9, 2013, Cauca, Narino, Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Colombia
- March 1, 1834, Pasto, Colombia
- January 20, 1834, Putumayo,pasto, Popayan, Santa Marta, Colombia
- August 15, 1868, El Angel, Concepcion, Ecuador
- July 25, 2022, Ecuador, Colombia
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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 3556.