M6.2 earthquake near San Andrés, San Andres y Providencia

What happened

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 97 km E of San Andrés, Colombia on 25 Jul 1913, 12:38 UTC at a depth of 15 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is San Andrés, about 97 km away in San Andres y Providencia, Colombia.