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Historic Earthquake
1992 Colombia Earthquake
17 October 1992 · Murindo, Cali · Colombia
On 17 October 1992 at 08:32 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Colombia (Murindo, Cali), at a depth of 14 km. It occurred on the North Andes Plate, 147 km from its boundary with the Panama Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 17 October 1992
- Time
- 08:32 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 14 km
- Injuries
- 20
- Plate
- North Andes Plate
- Country
- Colombia
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2004Bajo Baudo, Buenaventura · M 7.2
- 1992Murindo, Apartado · M 7.411 deaths
- 1979Manizales-Armenia · M 6.472 deaths
- 1974Bogota, Cali · M 7.311 deaths
- 1962Mistrato, Manizales · M 6.847 deaths
- 1961Eje Cafetero · M 6.823 deaths
- 1938Eje Cafetero · M 7.06 deaths
- 1904Colombia · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth