Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Fonseca
Fonseca, La Guajira Department, Colombia · population 32,220. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year6M2.5+
Since 1900140M4.5+, 7 of them M6+
How often M6+18 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Fonseca. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 6.3 88 km E of Uribia, Colombia Nov 13, 1921
- 6.3 60 km N of Puerto Colombia, Colombia Nov 9, 1974
- 6.3 25 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela Sep 25, 2025
- 6.3 156 km NW of Punto Fijo, Venezuela Dec 23, 1943
- 6.2 163 km NW of Punto Fijo, Venezuela Dec 22, 1943
- 6.2 5 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela Sep 24, 2025
- 6.1 163 km NW of Punto Fijo, Venezuela Dec 21, 1943
- 5.9 71 km NE of Santa Marta, Colombia Feb 17, 1932
- 5.9 19 km W of El Vigía, Venezuela Nov 4, 1933
- 5.9 64 km S of Machiques, Venezuela Nov 17, 1968
The latest nearby
- 3.8 4 km WNW of Mene Grande, Venezuela Sep 29, 2026
- 4.4 29 km NW of La Villa del Rosario, Venezuela May 15, 2026
- 4.3 38 km E of Mene Grande, Venezuela Feb 8, 2026
- 4.6 26 km NE of La Villa del Rosario, Venezuela Jan 1, 2026
- 4.6 16 km NE of Mene Grande, Venezuela Dec 2, 2025
- 4.1 19 km ESE of Mene Grande, Venezuela Oct 31, 2025
- 4.7 45 km E of Maicao, Colombia Oct 24, 2025
- 4.5 19 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela Oct 15, 2025
- 4.4 17 km E of Mene Grande, Venezuela Oct 15, 2025
- 4.4 42 km W of Santa Cruz de los Taques, Venezuela Oct 8, 2025
- 4.5 6 km NW of Mene Grande, Venezuela Sep 30, 2025
- 4.5 19 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela Sep 25, 2025
- 5.3 19 km E of Mene Grande, Venezuela Sep 25, 2025
- 4.4 19 km ESE of Mene Grande, Venezuela Sep 25, 2025
- 4.5 20 km E of Mene Grande, Venezuela Sep 25, 2025