February 6, 2017 Earthquake: Huila, Colombia
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Huila, Colombia on February 6, 2017 at 13:02:45 UTC, 38 km below the surface.
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
- February 6, 2017
- Time
- 13:02:45 UTC
- Place
- Huila, Colombia
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 38 km (24 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 3.449° N, 74.672° W
- Country
- Colombia
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- 378
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.
Forty homes, 3 schools and 1 road damaged at Baraya; 326 homes, 7 schools, 4 roads and 1 church damaged at Colombia; 9 homes, 3 schools and several roads damaged at Neiva; 3 homes, 1 school and 1 road damaged at Villavieja. Ricaurte, Cundinamarca, Colombia - CDI: 6; Pitalito, Huila, Colombia - CDI: 6; Cordoba, Quindio, Colombia - CDI: 5; Chaparral, Tolima, Colombia - CDI: 5; Colombia, Huila, Colombia - CDI: 5(reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 25, 1999, Armenia, Calarca, Pereira, Caldas, Huila, Colombia
- February 19, 1845, Magdalena River, Colombia
- June 6, 1994, Cauca, Huila, Colombia
- February 9, 1967, Huila, Neiva, Rivera,san Antonio, Colombia
- December 20, 1961, Eje Cafetero, Colombia
- July 12, 1785, Bogota,engativa,caxica,soacha, Colombia
- December 22, 1923, Gachala,gacheta,ubala,medina, Colombia
- May 24, 2008, Meta, Quetame, Colombia
- September 4, 1966, Colombia
- February 5, 1938, Eje Cafetero, Colombia
- August 31, 1917, Bogota, Ubaque, Soacha, Caqueza, Colombia
- August 17, 2023, Bogota, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Meta,, Colombia
- January 26, 2019, Cauca, Huila, Colombia
- January 19, 2024, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- May 22, 1942, 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 10403.