Colombia

Brief · 15 September 2026

Colombia experienced a cluster of moderate earthquakes over the past week, concentrated around the Sipí area and reaching magnitudes up to M4.9. Several of these events carried red-severity PAGER alerts due to large estimated population exposure, though depths of 48-77 km limited shallow impact. Ongoing drought and volcanic activity at Purace were also tracked during the period at green alert levels.

Earthquake Colombia recorded multiple M4.5-M4.9 earthquakes this week, several near Sipí, including events 33 km SW, 32 km SW, 26 km SSW, and 11 km SSW of the town. A number of these, including the M4.7 events with population exposure exceeding 1.5 million, were assigned red PAGER alert levels, while others such as the M4.9 event with 36,564 people exposed were rated orange.

Volcano Purace volcano remains in a continuing eruption phase at green alert level, as tracked since 13 September.

Drought A drought affecting Colombia along with Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela has covered an area of 965,470 km2 and remains at green severity.

• A series of new earthquakes near Sipí, Colombia, including M4.5 to M4.9 events first tracked between 11 and 15 September, remain classified as new activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.