Open Earth

Colombia

Natural hazards, earthquakes, volcanoes, weather warnings and conditions across Colombia, with every town we track. Updated automatically from official sources.

Notable events, 12 months

42

Quakes, 12 months (all sizes)

40

Strongest quake, 10 years

M7.4

Active now

1

Storms, fires, floods and more

Hazard summary for Colombia

In the past 12 months Open Earth recorded 42 notable hazard events in Colombia: 40 earthquakes, 2 floods. Seismic networks logged 40 earthquakes of all sizes over the same period. The strongest earthquake in the last ten years measured magnitude 7.4. Right now 1 flood is active. There are 14 volcanoes in Colombia.

By hazard

Notable events in the last 30 days and 12 months.

Notable events by month, last 12 months

Temperature and air quality history

The extremes across every city we monitor in Colombia, day by day.

Daily highest and lowest temperature, last 30 days

Each bar runs from the coldest low (teal) to the hottest high (orange) recorded anywhere in Colombia that day.

37°C9°C
16 Oct18 Oct

Worst air quality each day

16 Oct18 Oct
Hottest day on record
35°C / 96°F
Cúcuta · 17 Oct 2026
Coldest night on record
10°C / 50°F
Pasto · 17 Oct 2026
Worst air on record
AQI 119
Cartagena · 17 Oct 2026

Monitored cities, hottest first

Records since tracking began on 16 Oct 2026. Hourly modelled values from Open-Meteo, stored permanently by Open Earth.

Recent activity

Notable events in Colombia in the last 90 days.

Strongest earthquakes on record

Magnitude 2.5 and above, since 1900.

Deadliest disasters in history

Damaging earthquakes, tsunamis and eruptions in Colombia, from NOAA records going back centuries.

  • Ruiz, Nevado del eruption (VEI 3)

    13 November 198523,080 killed10,000 injured

  • M6.2 earthquake, Armenia, Calarca, Pereira, Caldas, Huila

    25 January 19991,185 killed4,750 injured$1,857m damage

  • M7.5 earthquake, Cucuta,San Cayetano,Villa del Rosario

    18 May 18751,001 killed

  • Ruiz, Nevado del eruption (VEI 3)

    19 February 18451,000 killed

  • M4.0 earthquake, Magdalena River

    19 February 18451,000 killed

  • M6.8 earthquake, Cauca, Huila

    6 June 1994650 killed200 homes destroyed$2m damage

  • Huila, Nevado del eruption

    6 June 1994650 killed200 homes destroyed$2m damage

  • Ruiz, Nevado del eruption (VEI 4)

    12 March 1595636 killed

  • M4.9 earthquake, Sw, Popayan

    31 March 1983350 killed1,200 injured$411m damage

  • M6.1 earthquake, Anboledas

    9 July 1950300 killed$20m damage

Satellite fire detections

Heat signatures spotted by NASA's VIIRS satellite instrument in Colombia. These include wildfires, farm burning and industrial heat.

Satellite fire detections are being connected. Counts for Colombia will appear here automatically once the feed starts.

Regions of Colombia

32 regions and 317 towns tracked.