Earthquakes in Colombia — December 2024

4 earthquakes were recorded in Colombia during December 2024, an average of 0.1 per day.

4 reached magnitude 4 or above and 1 reached magnitude 5 or above. The average focal depth was 122 km.

The month's largest event in Colombia was a magnitude 5.0 earthquake near Tarazá, Colombia on 26 December 2024 at 00:52 UTC. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake radiates roughly 477 tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

That is well above the Colombia monthly average of 2 events over the period we cover — an unusually active month, and up from the 3 recorded the previous month.

0% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 100% intermediate (70–300 km) and 0% deep-focus (over 300 km). A substantial share of intermediate-depth events points to a subducting slab beneath the region rather than purely crustal faulting.

By band, the catalogue holds 3 in the magnitude 4 range, 1 in the magnitude 5 range.

The month's largest events were M5.0 near Tarazá, Colombia on 26 December at 70 km; M4.9 near San Rafael, Colombia on 24 December at 71 km; M4.3 near Ocamonte, Colombia on 12 December at 189 km.

That is 100% above the 2 events Colombia averages per month across the 2 months on record.

This month also holds the strongest earthquake recorded in Colombia in our entire catalogue.