Earthquake in Colombia via the Geological Service
The SGC has a total of 339 seismic stations, located throughout the Colombian territory and in specific areas such as active volcanoes. 206 seismic stations are located covering the entire territory corresponding to the National Seismic Network and 133 seismic stations installed on the active Colombian volcanoes that are permanently monitored in three volcanological and seismological observatories.
Find out here about the earthquakes that occurred in Colombian territory, reported by the Geological Service. Here we tell you which were the latest.
- WHY ARE THERE SO MANY EARTHQUAKES IN COLOMBIA?
Colombia is located in the northwestern corner of South America, where the South American, Nazca, and Caribbean tectonic plates converge; a feature that explains the high level of seismicity in the country.
- Earthquake in Valledupar – Cesar
- Date and Local Time: 2026-08-09 10:09
- Magnitude: 2.8
- Depth: 86 km
- Latitude: 10.04
- Longitude: -73.61
- Earthquake in Zapatoca – Santander, Colombia
- Magnitude: 2.1
- Depth: 132 km
- Local time: 2026-08-09 07:39:15
- UTC time: 2026-08-09 12:39:15
- Latitude: 6.82°
- Longitude:-73.18°
- Earthquake in Anorí – Antioquia, Colombia
- Magnitude: 2
- Depth: Shallow (Less than 70 km)
- Local time: 2026-08-09 04:39:12
- UTC time: 2026-08-09 09:39:12
- Latitude: 7.31°
- Longitude:-75.04
- Earthquake in Lenguazaque – Cundinamarca, Colombia
- Magnitude: 2.8
- Depth: 144 km
- Local time: 2026-08-09 04:06:05
- UTC time: 2026-08-09 09:06:05
- Latitude: 5.25°
- Longitude:-73.72°
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EARTHQUAKE, TREMOR, SEISM, AND TELURIC MOVEMENT?
Actually, the four terms are synonyms, but in Latin America special emphasis has been given to the term earthquake to refer to destructive quakes or those that have caused casualties.
HOW MANY SEISMOGRAPHS ARE THERE?
NATIONAL SEISMOLOGICAL NETWORK OF COLOMBIA-RSNC
The SGC has a total of 339 seismic stations, located throughout the Colombian territory and in specific areas such as active volcanoes. 206 seismic stations are located covering the entire territory corresponding to the National Seismic Network.
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There are 133 seismic stations installed on the active Colombian volcanoes that are permanently monitored in three volcanological and seismological observatories.
WHAT IS THE COLOMBIAN GEOLOGICAL SERVICE?
The SGC is a century-old science and technology entity attached to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, whose objective is to contribute to the economic and social development of the country, through research in basic and applied geosciences of the subsurface, the potential of its resources, the evaluation and monitoring of geological hazards, the comprehensive management of geoscientific knowledge, research and nuclear and radioactive control, attending to the priorities of the National Government’s policies.
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What was the magnitude and where was the last tremor? See here the reports from the Colombian Geological Service (SGC) about the latest earthquakes in the country.
