Risk events in Colombia, August 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.
289 events were recorded: 7 earthquakes, 260 conflict events, and 22 unrest events.
289 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt
289 events· Colombia
ConflictEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 7
- 4 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 260
- 46 in the list
- Unrest
- 22
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 207 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 230 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 138 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 436 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| 2026-08-10 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 641 |
| 2026-08-11 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 153 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 206 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 298 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 313 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 96 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 364 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 311 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 215 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 292 |
| 2026-08-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| 2026-08-27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| 2026-08-29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
Events
What is happening now
289 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 24 km WSW of Sipí, Colombia
M4.5 · Buenaventura · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 15 km SSW of Sipí, Colombia
M4.5 · Buenaventura · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.7 — 16 km SSW of Sipí, Colombia
M4.7 · Buenaventura · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.9 — 4 km E of Jordán, Colombia
M4.9 · Floridablanca · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
Severity 3 · San Juan de Pasto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tumaco, Colombia
Severity 2 · Tumaco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Floridablanca, Colombia
Severity 2 · Floridablanca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tumaco, Colombia
Severity 2 · Tumaco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Soacha, Colombia
Severity 3 · Soacha · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
Severity 3 · San Juan de Pasto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tumaco, Colombia
Severity 3 · Tumaco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Soacha, Colombia
Severity 3 · Soacha · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
Severity 3 · San Juan de Pasto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Pereira, Colombia
Severity 3 · Pereira · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
Severity 3 · San Juan de Pasto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Tumaco, Colombia
Severity 4 · Tumaco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tumaco, Colombia
Severity 3 · Tumaco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Soacha, Colombia
Severity 3 · Soacha · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ocaña, Colombia
Severity 3 · Ocaña · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
Severity 3 · San Juan de Pasto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
Severity 3 · San Juan de Pasto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in San Juan de Pasto, Colombia
Severity 3 · San Juan de Pasto · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 4 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Popayan, Colombia
Severity 2 · Popayan · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Envigado, Colombia
Severity 3 · Envigado · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tumaco, Colombia
Severity 3 · Tumaco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Envigado, Colombia
Severity 3 · Envigado · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Tumaco, Colombia
Severity 3 · Tumaco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Duitama, Colombia
Severity 2 · Duitama · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Envigado, Colombia
Severity 3 · Envigado · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in El Carmen de Bolívar, Colombia
Severity 3 · El Carmen de Bolívar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Tumaco, Colombia
Severity 2 · Tumaco · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yopal, Colombia
Severity 3 · Yopal · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Girardot, Colombia
Severity 3 · Girardot · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Sincelejo, Colombia
Severity 3 · Sincelejo · 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.