M 7.4 in Colombia from 10 Aug 2026 12:34 UTC to 12:34

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1557236
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.4M
Depth: 107 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.9031 , -76.1885
Event Date: 10 Aug 2026 12:34 UTC
10 Aug 2026 07:34 Local
Exposed Population: 2 million (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 10 Aug 2026 12:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.7 1.7
us6000tjl2 Scaled population (raster) 5.02  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.87  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
M7.4 in Colombia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationTue, 11 Aug 2026 06:16

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M7.4 in Colombia - EC/ECHO daily mapTue, 11 Aug 2026 18:41

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
M7.4 in Colombia - Copernicus EMS activationWed, 12 Aug 2026 05:36

[EMSR916] Earthquake in Colombia
M7.4 in Colombia - Copernicus EMS activationFri, 14 Aug 2026 04:50

[EMSR916] Earthquake in Colombia
M7.4 in Colombia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationFri, 14 Aug 2026 07:25

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M7.4 in Colombia - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 14 Aug 2026 18:19

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
M7.4 in Colombia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationTue, 18 Aug 2026 15:51

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M7.4 in Colombia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationThu, 20 Aug 2026 15:19

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M7.4 in Colombia - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationFri, 21 Aug 2026 10:25

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
M7.4 in Colombia - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 26 Aug 2026 16:53

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),