Risk events in Colombia, May 2026
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
324 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes, 306 conflict events, and 16 unrest events.
324 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp · usgs
324 events· Colombia
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 2
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 306
- 21 in the list
- Unrest
- 16
- 2 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
324 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Santa Marta, Colombia
Severity 3 · Santa Marta · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Barranquilla, Colombia
Severity 3 · Barranquilla · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 2 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Agustín Codazzi, Colombia
1 fatality · Agustín Codazzi · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Barbosa, Colombia
1 fatality · Barbosa · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Soledad, Colombia
1 fatality · Soledad · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Santiago (Cali), Colombia
4 fatalities · Santiago (Cali) · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Floridablanca, Colombia
1 fatality · Floridablanca · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Maicao, Colombia
2 fatalities · Maicao · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Soledad, Colombia
1 fatality · Soledad · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Soledad, Colombia
1 fatality · Soledad · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Soledad, Colombia
1 fatality · Soledad · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 23 km SE of Bagadó, Colombia
M4.5 · Cartago · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Assault in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 2 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Soacha, Colombia
Severity 3 · Soacha · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Medellin, Colombia
Severity 3 · Medellin · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Non-state conflict in Valledupar, Colombia
2 fatalities · Valledupar · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Soacha, Colombia
Severity 2 · Soacha · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 2 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
One-sided violence in Envigado, Colombia
1 fatality · Envigado · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Riot in Soacha, Colombia
Severity 4 · Soacha · Source: gdelt
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.