January 19, 2024 Earthquake: Valle del Cauca, Colombia
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Valle del Cauca, Colombia on January 19, 2024 at 11:26:03 UTC, 65 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 19, 2024
- Time
- 11:26:03 UTC
- Place
- Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 65 km (40 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 4.743° N, 75.848° W
- Country
- Colombia
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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 at El Aguila and one person injured at Ansermanuevo. Many homes and buildings damaged in the Caldas-Quindio-Risaralda-Valle de Cauca area. (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 16, 1805, Honda,mariquita, Colombia
- November 23, 1979, Manizales-Armenia, Colombia
- July 30, 1962, Mistrato, Manizales, Colombia
- February 8, 1995, Cali, Pereira, Armenia, Calarca, Colombia
- December 20, 1961, Eje Cafetero, Colombia
- February 5, 1938, Eje Cafetero, Colombia
- March 1, 2021, Medellin, Betulia, Colombia
- November 19, 1991, Chaco, Buenaventura, Cali, Colombia
- January 26, 2019, Cauca, Huila, Colombia
- February 9, 1878, Manizales, Colombia
- January 5, 2014, Sipi, Colombia
- July 9, 1766, Buga,cali,popayan, Colombia
- February 3, 1906, 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 10801.