Latest data updates for Colombia Earthquake 2026 Tracker.https://watchboard.dev/en-ushttps://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-09-06/https://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-09-06/UNGRD's Sept 3, 06:30 balance held the death toll flat at 331 while narrowing the missing count further to 122 — down from the 152 figure the presidency and Medicina Legal had converged on in late August — even as the affected-family count jumped sharply to 293,743 (466,606 people) across 498 municipios. A formal joint UNDP-UNGRD damage assessment published Aug 30 put total physical damage at COP 42.1 trillion (2.3% of GDP), led by Risaralda's COP 14.4 trillion, superseding the government's earlier COP 30 trillion preliminary estimate. The Servicio Geológico Colombiano logged two more shallow aftershocks near Istmina on Sept 5 (M3.1 and M2.9), and Chocó Governor Nubia Carolina Córdoba previewed the department's ambitions for President de la Espriella's Sept 7 recovery summit with top business leaders in Quibdó. The Colombian peso weakened to COP 3,126.08 per USD.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-09-04/https://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-09-04/The death toll held flat at 331 through the gap since Aug 30, with no new official UNGRD or presidential balance published. The Servicio Geológico Colombiano logged a renewed aftershock sequence near Istmina, Chocó running Sept 1–3: a M3.3 tremor on Sept 1, a minor cluster (M2.2–2.7) on Sept 2, and the sequence's largest event — a M4.3 tremor before dawn on Sept 3, the strongest near the epicentral zone since Aug 27's M4.4 — felt lightly in Cali and Pereira with no injuries or new damage reported. On the reconstruction front, Camacol president Guillermo Herrera publicly urged President de la Espriella not to limit reconstruction aid to low-income housing programs like 'Mi Casa Ya,' arguing middle- and higher-income families were affected too and warning that informal construction remains the biggest obstacle to earthquake-resistant rebuilding.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-30/https://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-30/No new UNGRD balance was published since Aug 27's 06:30 report (331 dead, 4,449 injured, 219 missing), but Medicina Legal's forensic reconciliation — cross-checking morgue, hospital, shelter and police-station records — narrowed active missing-person cases nationwide to 152 on Aug 29, well below UNGRD's figure. Aftershocks continued near the epicentral zone: an eight-tremor sequence overnight into Aug 29 (six in Chocó, largest M3.9–4.0 near Andagoya) and a M3.4 event near Istmina before dawn on Aug 30. On the reconstruction front, President de la Espriella symbolically delivered rebuilt homes to four families in Cali on Aug 28 — pledging a two-year rebuild timeline and taking a swipe at the prior government's disaster staff — then announced a COP 30 billion home-improvement fund for 909 projects in Risaralda from Pereira on Aug 29, alongside a COP 1,050,000 monthly rental assistance program.Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-29/https://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-29/No new UNGRD balance was published since Aug 27's 06:30 report (331 dead, 4,449 injured, 219 missing), which continues to hold. The Servicio Geológico Colombiano logged a fresh six-tremor aftershock cluster (M2.4–3.8) centered on Sipí and Istmina, Chocó across the day and night of Aug 28 — a M3.8 event at 03:24 local opened the day and a M3.6 event at 23:30 closed it, the largest tremors since the M4.4 that shook Cali on Aug 27. SGC reported no new injuries or damage from the cluster.Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-27/https://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-27/UNGRD's Aug 27, 06:30 balance held the death toll at 331 for a third consecutive report and kept injured flat at 4,449, while missing dropped sharply from 240 to 219. The affected footprint widened slightly to 496 municipios and 193,011 families (406,113 people). A magnitude 4.4 aftershock near Istmina, Chocó rattled Cali and Pereira on Aug 27, triggering precautionary evacuations of the Valle del Cauca Governor's Office and downtown Cali offices with no injuries reported. Reconstruction aid accelerated: CAF pledged $50 million for Chocó school reconstruction, President de la Espriella launched a monthly family housing subsidy from Quibdó, and Vice President Restrepo toured hard-hit Caldas municipalities, estimating the department's reconstruction could cost up to COP 1.4 trillion.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-24/https://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-24/UNGRD's Aug 23, 18:30 balance held the death toll steady at 329 while revising injured down slightly to 4,592 and narrowing missing to 234 (from 247) — reconciling a discrepancy flagged two days earlier. The affected footprint widened to 494 municipios and 159,924 families (324,157 people), with structural damage growing to 31,519 homes destroyed and 178,236 damaged. Seven new aftershocks (M2.7–3.5) struck Sipí, Andagoya and Istmina, Chocó overnight into Aug 24. President de la Espriella toured Quibdó and Buenaventura, presenting the first reconstruction model home built for displaced families, while LATAM Airlines announced it will resume flights to Pereira's Matecaña airport on Aug 26 at reduced capacity.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-23/https://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-23/The president's latest balance (cutoff 18:30 Aug 21) puts the toll at 329 dead, 4,600 injured and 247 missing across 16 departments and 481 municipios — reopening the previously resolved department count, which Decree 1261 had fixed at 15. Cali's formal search-and-rescue phase concluded Aug 22 with the city's toll revised to 150. Reconstruction financing accelerated: Grupo Aval, Banco GNB Sudameris and Grupo Bolívar cut mortgage rates to 8% for quake victims (Bancolombia followed for loans from Aug 25), private-sector donations surpassed COP 2 trillion (~$651M), and Asobancaria banks extended COP 1.1 trillion in credit relief. New shallow aftershocks (M2.6–3.1) were recorded near Istmina, Chocó on Aug 22–23, and the president announced a Sept. 7 visit to Chocó with business leaders to design a dedicated recovery plan.Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTdailyhttps://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-21/https://watchboard.dev/colombia-earthquake-2026/#digest-2026-08-21/President Abelardo de la Espriella signed Decree 1261 of 2026 on Aug 19, declaring a 30-day economic, social and ecological emergency across all 15 affected departments and granting the government extraordinary powers to fund reconstruction. UNGRD's latest count puts the toll at 319 dead, 4,506 injured, 260 missing and 364 rescued alive, with more than 30,000 homes destroyed and roughly 170,000 damaged across 476 municipios — sharply higher than the prior week's figures as the damage assessment widened. The departments-affected discrepancy in the Contested section is now resolved by the decree's formal list of 15 departments.Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTdaily