February 9, 1967 Earthquake: Huila, Neiva, Rivera,san Antonio, Colombia
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Huila, Neiva, Rivera,san Antonio, Colombia on February 9, 1967 at 15:24:00 UTC, 55 km below the surface. It killed 98 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
- February 9, 1967
- Time
- 15:24:00 UTC
- Place
- Huila, Neiva, Rivera,san Antonio, Colombia
- Magnitude
- 7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 55 km (34 mi)
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 2.850° N, 74.800° W
- Country
- Colombia
The toll
- Deaths
- 98
- Damage
- $20 million
- Houses damaged
- Very many (over 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 #1250 lists 61 and $0.60 million damage.
Reference #1205 lists MMI IX.
Reference #1118 lists 98 deaths, extreme damage, and MMI VII.
Reference #124 lists $12 million damage, 70% of houses in Dept. of Huila suffered damage.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 19, 1845, Magdalena River, Colombia
- June 6, 1994, Cauca, Huila, Colombia
- December 20, 1961, Eje Cafetero, Colombia
- August 31, 1917, Bogota, Ubaque, Soacha, Caqueza, Colombia
- January 26, 2019, Cauca, Huila, Colombia
- February 6, 2017, Huila, Colombia
- February 3, 1906, Colombia
- February 2, 1735, Popayan, Colombia
- July 9, 1766, Buga,cali,popayan, Colombia
- April 25, 1751, Popayan, Colombia
- May 25, 1885, Popayan, Colombia
- May 22, 1942, 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 4391.