M 7.4 in Colombia on 10 Aug 2026 12:34 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1557236
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.4M
Depth: 110.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.8436 , -76.2422
Event Date: 10 Aug 2026 12:34 UTC
10 Aug 2026 07:34 Local
Exposed Population: 1.5 million (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 10 Aug 2026 13:56 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) 4.96  
  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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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)

Latest media headlines

At least 21 killed after magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Colombia 8/10/2026 4:12:00 PM.

At least 21 people were killed on Monday after a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia, causing buildings to collapse and triggering large-scale rescue operations across multiple cities. Pereira Mayor Mauricio Salazar co
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Terremoto in Colombia di magnitudo 7.4: danni, vittime e feriti. La si.. 8/10/2026 4:12:00 PM.

Una terribile scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 7.4 ha interessato la Colombia , ma anche diverse zone dell''America Latina. Stop ai voli, danni e disagi in diverse città dove sono crollati palazzi ed edifici. Si registrano le prime vittime
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Terremoto in Colombia oggi, violenta scossa di magnitudo 7.4: feriti e.. 8/10/2026 4:11:00 PM.

(Adnkronos) – Una forte scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 7.4 è stata registrata nel primo pomeriggio di oggi (ora italiana) in Colombia, alle 7:34 ora locale, come riporta l’istituto statunitense Usgs. Secondo quanto reso noto dal Servizio
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Colombia, terremoto di magnitudo 7.4: gente in strada a Cali e Bogotà 8/10/2026 4:11:00 PM.

Roma, 10 ago. (askanews) – Immagini di gente in strada ed edifici danneggiati a Cali e Bogotà, dopo che un forte terremoto ha scosso la Colombia e i paesi latinoamericani confinanti, con squadre mediche che si sono precipitate in soccorso d
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),