January 26, 2019 Earthquake: Cauca, Huila, Colombia
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Cauca, Huila, Colombia on January 26, 2019 at 12:33:23 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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
- January 26, 2019
- Time
- 12:33:23 UTC
- Place
- Cauca, Huila, Colombia
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 3.035° N, 75.738° W
- Country
- Colombia
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- 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.
One person died from a heart attack and some houses damaged in the Toribio-Belalcazar area. (reference #1053)
In Toribio and Paez (Cauca), towns near Navado del Huila [volcano], registered damages to houses following damage assessments by authorities. Also, one woman died from a heart attack during the earthquake. (reference #12631)
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
- March 31, 1983, SW, Popayan, Colombia
- November 16, 1827, Bogota, Neiva, Popayan, Pasto, Huila, Colombia
- February 9, 1967, Huila, Neiva, Rivera,san Antonio, Colombia
- February 8, 1995, Cali, Pereira, Armenia, Calarca, Colombia
- December 20, 1961, Eje Cafetero, Colombia
- February 5, 1938, Eje Cafetero, Colombia
- January 19, 2024, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- February 3, 1906, Colombia
- July 9, 1766, Buga,cali,popayan, Colombia
- February 2, 1735, Popayan, Colombia
- April 25, 1751, Popayan, Colombia
- May 25, 1885, Popayan, 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 10479.