July 29, 1967 Earthquake: Colombia
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Colombia on July 29, 1967 at 10:24:24 UTC, 161 km below the surface. It killed 20 people.
Map
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
- July 29, 1967
- Time
- 10:24:24 UTC
- Place
- Colombia
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 161 km (100 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 6.747° N, 73.030° W
- Country
- Colombia
The toll
- Deaths
- 20
- Injuries
- 150
- Damage
- $2 million
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
Reference #1039 lists depth 161 km, magnitude 6.3, 10 deaths.
Reference #1118 lists 20 deaths and 150 injured, damages to houses/buildings.
Reference #124 lists $2 million in damages.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 18, 1875, Cucuta,san Cayetano,villa del Rosario, Colombia
- July 9, 1950, Anboledas, Colombia
- February 26, 1849, Tachira (Lobatera), Venezuela
- October 18, 1981, Venezuela-N Colombia
- January 19, 1995, Bogota, Manizales, Miraflores, Colombia
- April 18, 1974, NE, Cepita, San Andreas, Colombia
- March 10, 2015, Antioquia, Santander, Colombia
- December 31, 1868, Robador,simacota,barichara DE Cabrera, Colombia
- February 15, 1796, N Santander,pamplona, Colombia
- January 16, 1644, Merida, Pamploma,herran, Venezuela, Colombia
- March 16, 1644, Pamplona, San Cristobal, Colombia, Venezuela
- September 1799, Cartago, Colombia
- March 6, 1869, San Cristobal, Bogota, Venezuela, Colombia
- February 17, 1869, San Cristobal,tachira (Lobatera), Venezuela
- November 26, 1980, E, Venezuela, 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 4407.