July 13, 1974 Earthquake: Bogota, Cali, Pereira, Colombia
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Bogota, Cali, Pereira, Colombia on July 13, 1974 at 01:18:22 UTC, 12 km below the surface. It killed 11 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 13, 1974
- Time
- 01:18:22 UTC
- Place
- Bogota, Cali, Pereira, Colombia
- Magnitude
- 7.3 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 12 km (7 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 7.750° N, 77.690° W
- Country
- Colombia
The toll
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 50
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.
- October 18, 1992, Murindo, Apartado, Medellin, Colombia
- July 11, 1976, Darien, Panama
- August 31, 1977, Apartado, Medellin, Colombia
- July 29, 2015, Unguia, Colombia, Colombia-Panama
- November 8, 2000, Jurado, Panama-Colombia
- March 9, 1883, Antioquia, Yarumal, Colombia
- October 17, 1992, Murindo, Cali, Colombia
- November 5, 1884, Aquadas [aguadulce], Pacora, Panama
- January 20, 1904, Panama-Colombia
- September 26, 1970, Bahia Solano, 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 4663.