M 5.6 in Colombia on 26 Jan 2019 12:32 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1168931
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 2.9902 , -75.7693
Event Date: 26 Jan 2019 12:32 UTC
26 Jan 2019 07:32 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
4380000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jan 2019 12:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000j967 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.87  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 85 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Le explicamos cómo prepararse para un sismoWed, 30 Jan 2019 03:59:00 +0100.

Según el Observatorio Sismológico y Geofísico del Sur Occidente Colombiano, desde el pasado sábado 26 de enero hasta ayer, 29 de enero, se presentaron más de 5.500 movimientos sísmicos en Colombia. En la madrugada de ayer, hacia la 1:30, se
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Massive increase in earthquakes raises concern over Colombia’s most da ... Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:02:00 +0100.

The future of Colombia Reports is under threat. The country's largest independent news website needs your help. Please become our patron. A significant increase in earthquakes in central Colombia may be an indicator of volcanic activity wi
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Álvaro Uribe: "Colombia no necesita soldados norteamericanos"Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:35:00 +0100.

Tras la nota del consejero de Seguridad de Trump que abrió la posibilidad de que 5.000 soldados estadounidenses llegasen a Colombia se ha desatado un tsunami político y diplomático. ¿Qué quiso decir Uribe con que Colombia necesita un "apoyo
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2 Colo Colo Coquimbo Unido quiere dar otro golpe al mercado: Va por Ma ... Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:33:00 +0100.

El cuadro pirata tiene todo listo para fichar al jugador formado en Colo Colo. "Si pudimos aguantar un terremoto con Mauricio Pinilla, podremos aguantar otro", aseguraron desde el club. Coquimbo Unido armó un plantel estelar para manteners
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),