Significant earthquakes of 2023

August 17, 2023 Earthquake: Bogota, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Meta,, Colombia

August 17, 2023 · M6.3 · 2 deaths · $30 million · 20 houses destroyed

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Bogota, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Meta,, Colombia on August 17, 2023 at 17:04:49 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.

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The earthquake

Date
August 17, 2023
Time
17:04:49 UTC
Place
Bogota, Boyaca, Cundinamarca, Meta,, Colombia
Magnitude
6.3 (Mw)
Focal depth
10 km (6 mi)
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
4.418° N, 73.511° W
Country
Colombia

The toll

Deaths
2
Damage
$30 million
Houses destroyed
20
Houses damaged
252

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.

Note: magnitude 5.7 Mw occurred on 2023-08-17 17:17:18 (UTC) with epicenter of 4.214°N 73.607°W. Impacts combined with this event.

20 homes destroyed: 6 in El Calvario, Meta; 1 in Ubala, 12 in Gachala, 1 in Guayabetal, Cundinamarca. 252 homes damages. 9 educational institutions impacted.(reference #13572)

Reference #13573 reports 2 deaths; 1 from a mine in Sativanorte (Boyaca); 1 from jumping from a building in panic in Madelena, south of Bogota.

USD 30 million in economic loss (reference #13727)

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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 10704.