Significant Earthquakes in Venezuela
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in Venezuela, with its toll.
Map
Every significant earthquake in Venezuela with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The record
- Earthquakes
- 65
- Deaths counted
- 51,193
- Earliest
- 1498
The deadliest
- March 26, 1812, La Guaira, Venezuela
- December 14, 1797, Cumana, Cariaco, Venezuela
- June 24, 2026, Northern Venezuela
- July 15, 1853, Cumana, Venezuela
- April 12, 1878, Cua, Charallave, San Diego, Venezuela
- April 29, 1894, N Santander, Merida,tovar, Colombia, Venezuela
- July 30, 1967, Venezuela
- June 11, 1641, Caracas,la Guaira,cua, Venezuela
- August 3, 1950, El Tocuyo, Venezuela
- July 9, 1997, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela
- February 3, 1610, La Grita,bailadores,merida, Venezuela
- January 17, 1929, Cumana, Venezuela
- February 26, 1849, Tachira (Lobatera), Venezuela
- October 29, 1900, Macuto, Venezuela
- June 12, 1974, Venezuela
Every earthquake
Newest first.
- June 24, 2026, Northern Venezuela
- August 21, 2018, Sucre, Trinidad, Venezuela
- April 3, 2018, Merida, Venezuela
- November 22, 2015, Merida, Venezuela
- November 7, 2015, Merida, Venezuela
- January 15, 2010, Cariaco, Venezuela
- November 27, 2009, Siquisique, Venezuela
- September 12, 2009, Carabobo, Venezuela
- August 11, 2008, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela
- July 9, 1997, Cariaco-Cumana, Venezuela
- August 17, 1991, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
- May 4, 1989, Falcon, Carabobo, Caracas, Venezuela
- July 18, 1986, Churuguara, Falcon, Lara, Venezuela
- June 11, 1986, Venezuela
- April 5, 1975, Venezuela
- June 12, 1974, Venezuela
- September 20, 1968, Carupano, Venezuela
- July 30, 1967, Venezuela
- September 19, 1966, Venezuela
- January 18, 1955, Off the Coast near LA Vela, Venezuela
- August 3, 1950, El Tocuyo, Venezuela
- November 4, 1932, Cumana, Venezuela
- January 17, 1929, Cumana, Venezuela
- August 19, 1919, Lara, Maracaibo, Venezuela
- November 12, 1916, Ocumare DE LA Costa DE Oro, Venezuela
- January 31, 1906, Caracas, Venezuela
- 1906, Maiquetia, Venezuela
- October 29, 1900, Macuto, Venezuela
- June 7, 1900, Casanay (Casanai),cariaco, Venezuela
- July 14, 1899, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
- November 4, 1894, Carache, Venezuela
- April 29, 1894, N Santander, Merida,tovar, Colombia, Venezuela
- November 17, 1888, Guanare, Venezuela
- September 29, 1886, Trujillo, Venezuela
- March 7, 1879, Curiepe,san Juan DE Los Morro, Venezuela
- April 12, 1878, Cua, Charallave, San Diego, Venezuela
- August 18, 1874, Pilar, Venezuela
- February 6, 1874, Northern Venezuela
- June 26, 1870, El Tocuyo, Venezuela
- February 17, 1869, San Cristobal,tachira (Lobatera), Venezuela
- August 13, 1868, Rio Caribe, Venezuela
- September 1867, Isla DE Margarita, Venezuela
- July 15, 1853, Cumana, Venezuela
- May 3, 1849, Maracaibo, Venezuela
- February 26, 1849, Tachira (Lobatera), Venezuela
- April 12, 1839, Cumana, Venezuela
- September 10, 1837, Santa Teresa del Tuy,santa Lucia, Venezuela
- August 12, 1834, Merida, Venezuela
- August 1823, Cariaco, Margarita Island, Venezuela
- March 26, 1812, La Guaira, Venezuela
- January 27, 1805, Cumana, Venezuela
- August 15, 1802, Cumana, Venezuela
- December 14, 1797, Cumana, Cariaco, Venezuela
- September 10, 1794, Cumana, Venezuela
- 1786, Merida, Venezuela
- December 1775, Trujillo, Venezuela
- October 21, 1766, Cumana, San Juan Bautista, Trinidad, Venezuela
- 1750, Cumana, Venezuela
- March 16, 1644, Pamplona, San Cristobal, Colombia, Venezuela
- June 11, 1641, Caracas,la Guaira,cua, Venezuela
- February 3, 1610, La Grita,bailadores,merida, Venezuela
- 1543, Cumana, Isla Cubagua, Venezuela
- December 25, 1541, Cubagua Island, Venezuela
- September 1, 1530, Cumana, Venezuela
- August 2, 1498, Boca DE LA Sierpe, Venezuela
By country
- Afghanistan72
- Albania56
- Algeria58
- Antarctica7
- Antigua and Barbuda3
- Argentina39
- Armenia13
- Atlantic Ocean7
- Australia34
- Austria8
- Azerbaijan17
- Azores28
- Bangladesh19
- Barbados1
- Belgium1
- Bering Sea1
- Bhutan5
- Bolivia19
- Bosnia and Herzegovina11
- Brazil13
- British Virgin Islands1
- Bulgaria18
- Burundi1
- Cameroon2
- Canada22
- Canary Islands2
- Central African Republic1
- Chile200
- China626
- Colombia83
- Comoros1
- Congo7
- Costa Rica37
- Cote d'Ivoire2
- Croatia53
- Cuba15
- Cyprus10
- Czech Republic1
- Djibouti2
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic19
- Ecuador70
- Egypt17
- El Salvador42
- Eritrea6
- Ethiopia11
- Fiji20
- France43
- French Guiana2
- French Polynesia1
- Gabon1
- Georgia15
- Germany9
- Ghana6
- Greece296
- Greenland1
- Grenada1
- Guadeloupe9
- Guatemala47
- Guinea1
- Haiti21
- Honduras15
- Hungary5
- Iceland17
- India102
- Indian Ocean3
- Indonesia427
- Iran388
- Iraq24
- Ireland1
- Israel24
- Italy338
- Jamaica19
- Japan429
- Jordan5
- Kazakhstan9
- Kenya3
- Kermadec Islands23
- Kiribati1
- Kyrgyzstan15
- Laos2
- Lebanon14
- Libya2
- Madagascar1
- Malawi4
- Malaysia3
- Martinique10
- Mexico217
- Micronesia5
- Mongolia7
- Montenegro10
- Montserrat1
- Morocco21
- Mozambique3
- Myanmar43
- Nepal21
- Netherlands4
- New Caledonia28
- New Zealand72
- Nicaragua40
- North Korea6
- North Macedonia13
- Norway2
- Oman2
- Pacific Ocean2
- Pakistan55
- Palau1
- Panama23
- Papua New Guinea107
- Peru195
- Philippines233
- Poland8
- Portugal29
- Romania15
- Russia159
- Rwanda5
- Saint Lucia2
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
- Samoa8
- Saudi Arabia3
- Senegal1
- Serbia15
- Sierra Leone1
- Slovakia3
- Slovenia22
- Solomon Islands63
- Solomon Sea2
- South Africa14
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands7
- South Korea22
- South Sudan4
- Spain35
- Sri Lanka1
- Sudan1
- Switzerland31
- Syria34
- Taiwan103
- Tajikistan29
- Tanzania8
- Tasman Sea1
- Thailand4
- Togo2
- Tonga26
- Trinidad and Tobago8
- Tunisia9
- Turkey360
- Turkmenistan12
- Uganda4
- UK Territories2
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom15
- United States283
- Uruguay2
- US Territories39
- Uzbekistan14
- Vanuatu65
- Venezuela65
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
- Yemen10
- Zambia1
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.