Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Venezuela, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
147
M5+
Strongest
M7.7
M7+ events
4
Tsunami events
3
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900-10-29 | 7.7 | Near the coast of Venezuela | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2026-06-24 | 7.5 | 20 km W of Catia La Mar, Venezuela | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-08-21 | 7.3 | 40 km ENE of Carúpano, Venezuela🌊 | 147 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-07-09 | 7.0 |
| 26 km WSW of Carúpano, Venezuela |
| 20 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-07-29 | 6.8 | 6 km NNW of Aratoca, Colombia | 161 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-01-17 | 6.7 | 22 km NNE of Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-03-10 | 6.7 | 62 km ESE of Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago | 56 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-04-21 | 6.6 | 15 km S of Cubará, Colombia | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-04-10 | 6.6 | 42 km W of Güiria, Venezuela | 100 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-01-19 | 6.5 | 16 km ESE of Páez, Colombia | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-09-27 | 6.5 | 110 km SSW of Oistins, Barbados | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-09-20 | 6.5 | 50 km WNW of Güiria, Venezuela | 103 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-04-19 | 6.5 | 18 km E of Cubará, Colombia | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-08-03 | 6.4 | 8 km SSW of El Tocuyo, Venezuela | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-09-12 | 6.4 | 27 km NNE of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1921-11-13 | 6.3 | 88 km E of Uribia, Colombia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-12-23 | 6.3 | 29 km SSE of Güiria, Venezuela | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-09-25 | 6.3 | 25 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela🌊 | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-08-08 | 6.3 | 41 km WSW of Güiria, Venezuela | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-06-11 | 6.3 | 36 km ESE of Carúpano, Venezuela | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-03-14 | 6.3 | 29 km ENE of Táriba, Venezuela | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-07-11 | 6.2 | 40 km ESE of San Cristóbal, Venezuela | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-05-03 | 6.2 | 46 km E of Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago | 36 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-10-04 | 6.2 | 66 km NNW of Güiria, Venezuela | 110 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2015-03-10 | 6.2 | 2 km NNW of Cepitá, Colombia | 155 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-10-02 | 6.2 | 55 km NW of Güiria, Venezuela | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-05-11 | 6.1 | 57 km ENE of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-11-16 | 6.1 | 8 km SW of Mucumpiz, Venezuela | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-12-04 | 6.1 | 23 km N of Paradise, Trinidad and Tobago | 49 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-04-05 | 6.1 | 19 km NW of Quíbor, Venezuela | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-06-12 | 6.1 | 18 km SW of Carúpano, Venezuela | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-04-02 | 6.1 | 33 km NW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago | 45 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-07-22 | 6.1 | 24 km NNW of Puerto Rondón, Colombia | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-09-29 | 6.1 | 30 km NW of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago | 53 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-04-11 | 6.1 | 53 km WSW of Güiria, Venezuela | 40 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-06-23 | 6.0 | 20 km NE of Yaguaraparo, Venezuela | 77 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-04-30 | 6.0 | 6 km WNW of Chichiriviche, Venezuela | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-10-12 | 6.0 | 36 km N of Güiria, Venezuela🌊 | 63 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-02-01 | 5.9 | 69 km NNW of Güiria, Venezuela | 190 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-11-01 | 5.9 | 9 km S of Campohermoso, Colombia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-05-01 | 5.9 | 53 km SSE of Alto Barinas, Venezuela | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-06-24 | 5.9 | 68 km E of Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago | 39 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-12-06 | 5.9 | 24 km SW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago | 32 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-11-04 | 5.9 | 19 km W of El Vigía, Venezuela | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-09-11 | 5.9 | 0 km NNW of Cepitá, Colombia | 161 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-11-17 | 5.9 | 64 km S of Machiques, Venezuela | 176 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-03-30 | 5.8 | 68 km NNW of Carora, Venezuela | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-07-03 | 5.8 | 80 km E of Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-12-02 | 5.8 | 7 km WSW of Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago | 49 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-08-22 | 5.8 | 35 km E of Carúpano, Venezuela | 108 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-07-14 | 5.8 | 51 km WSW of Güiria, Venezuela | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-01-27 | 5.8 | 38 km SSE of San Cristóbal, Venezuela | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-07-31 | 5.7 | 118 km SSW of Oistins, Barbados | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-07-08 | 5.7 | 4 km NNW of Cepitá, Colombia | 156 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-02-15 | 5.7 | 8 km WNW of Quíbor, Venezuela | 13 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-12-29 | 5.7 | 25 km S of Carora, Venezuela | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-06-29 | 5.7 | 4 km WNW of Cepitá, Colombia | 160 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-02-11 | 5.7 | 120 km SSW of Oistins, Barbados | 63 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-02-26 | 5.6 | 0 km SSE of Cepitá, Colombia | 160 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-05-05 | 5.6 | 17 km ESE of Mucumpiz, Venezuela | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-03-05 | 5.6 | 22 km W of Guanare, Venezuela | 51 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-12-11 | 5.6 | 36 km WSW of Araure, Venezuela | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-04-22 | 5.6 | 29 km SW of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-08-17 | 5.6 | 20 km SE of Carora, Venezuela | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-12-21 | 5.6 | 33 km SE of Mucumpiz, Venezuela | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-01-17 | 5.6 | 21 km W of Fortul, Colombia | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2010-01-15 | 5.6 | 33 km SW of Carúpano, Venezuela | 8 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-08-10 | 5.6 | 19 km ESE of Tucupita, Venezuela | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-10-20 | 5.6 | 38 km NNW of La Villa del Rosario, Venezuela | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-01-04 | 5.5 | 33 km N of Güiria, Venezuela | 93 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-12-10 | 5.5 | 5 km WNW of Cepitá, Colombia | 164 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-01-31 | 5.5 | 82 km SSE of Lethem, Guyana | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-09-29 | 5.5 | 26 km WNW of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago | 52 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-05-04 | 5.5 | 14 km WNW of Cúa, Venezuela | 6 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-03-25 | 5.5 | 64 km ESE of Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago | 56 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-05-04 | 5.5 | 12 km N of Chichiriviche, Venezuela | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-11-28 | 5.5 | 44 km SE of Saint David’s, Grenada | 72 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-07-04 | 5.5 | 12 km SSE of San Cristóbal, Venezuela | 54 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-11-05 | 5.5 | 67 km SE of Saint David’s, Grenada | 47 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-05-14 | 5.5 | 47 km SE of Carúpano, Venezuela | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-03-10 | 5.4 | 4 km NNW of Aratoca, Colombia | 160 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-02-21 | 5.4 | 35 km NE of Cubará, Colombia | 51 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-09-05 | 5.4 | 8 km NW of Cepitá, Colombia | 160 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-11-08 | 5.4 | 8 km SW of San Andrés, Colombia | 164 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-12-26 | 5.4 | 32 km WSW of Carúpano, Venezuela | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-01-01 | 5.4 | 61 km NNW of Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago | 70 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-05-31 | 5.4 | 37 km NNE of Cubará, Colombia | 39 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-12-31 | 5.4 | 38 km NNW of Valera, Venezuela | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-03-14 | 5.4 | 148 km SE of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago | 47 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2007-05-06 | 5.4 | 6 km SSE of Cepitá, Colombia | 160 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-12-03 | 5.4 | 6 km NNW of Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago | 41 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-10-18 | 5.4 | 12 km SW of La Esperanza, Colombia | 54 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-09-09 | 5.4 | 26 km WNW of Cumaná, Venezuela | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-12-27 | 5.4 | 5 km NW of Guacara, Venezuela | 8 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-10-28 | 5.4 | 61 km NNE of Güiria, Venezuela | 64 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-02-17 | 5.4 | 5 km ESE of Cepitá, Colombia | 155 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-02-17 | 5.4 | 9 km NNE of Tame, Colombia | 43 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-07-14 | 5.3 | 37 km WNW of Güiria, Venezuela | 108 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-04-23 | 5.3 | 4 km NW of Cepitá, Colombia | 157 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-01-22 | 5.3 | 82 km WNW of Mabaruma, Guyana | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |