April 18, 1974 Earthquake: NE, Cepita, San Andreas, Colombia
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck NE, Cepita, San Andreas, Colombia on April 18, 1974 at 01:19:22 UTC, 24 km below the surface. It killed 4 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
- April 18, 1974
- Time
- 01:19:22 UTC
- Place
- NE, Cepita, San Andreas, Colombia
- Magnitude
- 5 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 24 km (15 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 6.890° N, 72.930° W
- Country
- Colombia
The toll
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- 120
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.
- May 18, 1875, Cucuta,san Cayetano,villa del Rosario, Colombia
- July 9, 1950, Anboledas, Colombia
- February 26, 1849, Tachira (Lobatera), Venezuela
- July 29, 1967, Colombia
- October 18, 1981, Venezuela-N 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 4655.