October 18, 1992 Earthquake: Murindo, Apartado, Medellin, Colombia

Name: October 18, 1992 Earthquake: Murindo, Apartado, Medellin, Colombia
Start: 1992-10-18
Location: Murindo, Apartado, Medellin, Colombia

October 18, 1992 · M7.4 · 11 deaths

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Murindo, Apartado, Medellin, Colombia on October 18, 1992 at 15:11:59 UTC, 10 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: October 18, 1992
Time: 15:11:59 UTC
Place: Murindo, Apartado, Medellin, Colombia
Magnitude: 7.4 (Ms)
Focal depth: 10 km (6 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 7.075° N, 76.862° W
Country: Colombia

The toll

Deaths: 11
Injuries: 115
Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Houses destroyed: 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.

1992, Oct 18. One person killed, 50 injured and damage in the Murindo-Apartado-Medellin area. At least 10 people

killed, 65 injured and 1,500 homeless by the explosion

of a mud volcano in the San Pedro de Uraba area. Slight

damage at Bogota. Felt in much of northwestern Colombia

and as for south as Coli. Felt strongly in Darien Province, Panama. Also felt (IV) on the Azuero Peninsula and at Panama City, Panama. Felt at Caracas and Valencia, Venezuela. Also felt on Aruba. Landslides occurred in the epicentral area. Liquefaction was observed in the Murindo area and as for north as Apartado. A small island emerged from the Caribbean Sea off San Juan de Uraba. (reference #1053)

1992, Oct 17. 11 killed. (reference #1250)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 1992 The 1900s Every quake the USGS located in 1992 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

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 5342.