Colombia

Brief · 19 September 2026

This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 19 September 2026. The event list below is current.

Colombia experienced a dense cluster of moderate-to-strong earthquakes over the past week, concentrated in the Sipí area of Chocó department, with magnitudes ranging from M4.5 to M5.0 and several rated at red severity due to large population exposure. The largest exposure figures came from red-severity events near Sipí and elsewhere, with one M4.7 quake exposing an estimated 3,673,509 people. A background drought affecting Colombia and several neighboring countries and the Purace volcano, at green alert level, were also active in the period.

Earthquake A series of earthquakes struck Colombia this week, many clustered southwest of Sipí, with magnitudes between M4.5 and M5.0. Several were rated red severity, including an M4.7 quake with population exposure of 3,673,509 and an M4.6 quake exposing 1,293,063 people; felt reports were recorded for multiple events, up to 7 in one case.

Volcano Purace volcano in Colombia remains in a continuing eruption phase at green alert level.

Drought A drought spanning Colombia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela continues, covering an area of 965,470 km2.

Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 19 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 19 Sept, 20:41 UTC, 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.