Significant earthquakes of 2007

September 10, 2007 Earthquake: Narino, El Charco, Iscuande, LA Tola, Colombia

September 10, 2007 · M6.8 · 35 houses destroyed

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.

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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.