March 1, 2021 Earthquake: Medellin, Betulia, Colombia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Medellin, Betulia, Colombia on March 1, 2021 at 22:57:40 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 2 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
- March 1, 2021
- Time
- 22:57:40 UTC
- Place
- Medellin, Betulia, Colombia
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 6.239° N, 76.098° W
- Country
- Colombia
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- June 16, 1805, Honda,mariquita, Colombia
- November 23, 1979, Manizales-Armenia, Colombia
- July 30, 1962, Mistrato, Manizales, Colombia
- October 18, 1992, Murindo, Apartado, Medellin, Colombia
- February 5, 1938, Eje Cafetero, Colombia
- August 31, 1977, Apartado, Medellin, Colombia
- January 19, 2024, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- October 17, 1992, Murindo, Cali, Colombia
- February 9, 1878, Manizales, Colombia
- March 9, 1883, Antioquia, Yarumal, Colombia
- September 26, 1970, Bahia Solano, Colombia
- January 5, 2014, Sipi, Colombia
More
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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 10531.