September 10, 2007 Earthquake: Narino, El Charco, Iscuande, LA Tola, Colombia
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Narino, El Charco, Iscuande, LA Tola, Colombia on September 10, 2007 at 01:49:14 UTC, 31 km below the surface.
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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
- September 10, 2007
- Time
- 01:49:14 UTC
- Place
- Narino, El Charco, Iscuande, LA Tola, Colombia
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 31 km (19 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 2.982° N, 77.967° W
- Country
- Colombia
The toll
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 35
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.
Five people injured in Narino. Thirty-four houses damaged
at El Charco, Iscuande, La Tola and Mosquera. Power
outages occurred at Iscuande. Liquefaction observed at
El Charco. Felt (IV) at Bogota and Cali; (III) at
Quito. Also felt at Buenaventura, Dos Quebradas,
Ibarra, Ipiales, Jamundi, Mulatos, Olaya Herrera,
Pasto, Popayan and Tumaco. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 31, 1983, SW, Popayan, Colombia
- February 8, 1995, Cali, Pereira, Armenia, Calarca, Colombia
- November 19, 1991, Chaco, Buenaventura, Cali, Colombia
- 1566, Colombia
- October 11, 1877, Buenaventura, Colombia
- February 21, 1906, Buenaventura, Colombia
- February 1, 1958, Colombia-Ecuador
- February 2, 1735, Popayan, Colombia
- April 25, 1751, Popayan, Colombia
- May 25, 1885, Popayan, Colombia
- March 6, 2007, Cauca, Sotara, Purace,, Colombia
- November 15, 2004, Bajo Baudo, Buenaventura, Cerrito, 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 7695.