Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Vélez
Vélez, Santander Department, Colombia · population 19,376. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days4M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year49M2.5+
Since 19001,021M4.5+, 21 of them M6+
How often M6+6 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Vélez. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 7.1 5 km SE of Castilla La Nueva, Colombia Aug 31, 1917
- 6.8 6 km NNW of Aratoca, Colombia Jul 29, 1967
- 6.6 15 km S of Cubará, Colombia Apr 21, 1957
- 6.6 7 km WSW of Neira, Colombia Aug 19, 1995
- 6.5 16 km ESE of Páez, Colombia Jan 19, 1995
- 6.4 18 km E of Cubará, Colombia Apr 19, 1952
- 6.4 8 km SSW of Cubarral, Colombia Aug 30, 1917
- 6.4 14 km S of Gachalá, Colombia Dec 22, 1923
- 6.4 43 km E of El Bagre, Colombia Apr 10, 1911
- 6.3 15 km NE of Paratebueno, Colombia Jun 8, 2025
The latest nearby
- 4.2 14 km WNW of Ituango, Colombia Oct 23, 2026
- 4.8 0 km SW of Cepitá, Colombia Oct 13, 2026
- 4.5 6 km WSW of Filadelfia, Colombia Oct 10, 2026
- 4.1 9 km NNE of Jordán, Colombia Oct 5, 2026
- 4.3 4 km N of Cepitá, Colombia Sep 28, 2026
- 4.3 12 km S of Piedecuesta, Colombia Sep 13, 2026
- 4.5 11 km NNE of Jordán, Colombia Sep 3, 2026
- 4.2 33 km ESE of San Carlos, Colombia Sep 1, 2026
- 4.9 3 km W of Cepitá, Colombia Aug 26, 2026
- 4.2 12 km NNW of Cepitá, Colombia Aug 16, 2026
- 4.5 12 km ENE of Landázuri, Colombia Aug 11, 2026
- 4.2 8 km NNE of Jordán, Colombia Aug 7, 2026
- 4.3 13 km WSW of Piedecuesta, Colombia Aug 6, 2026
- 4.6 19 km WNW of Ubalá, Colombia Jul 26, 2026
- 4.5 5 km S of Jordán, Colombia Jul 23, 2026