Earthquake of August 10, 2026
Informations and researchs of august 10, 2026
From Colombia, serving the region
Knowledge to understand and reduce disaster risk
We bring together Earth sciences, engineering and social sciences so communities and institutions can make better decisions about earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods and landslides.
- 39
- years of continuous work
- 1987
- OSSO research group
- 1996
- Independent NGO
- +770
- documents and publications in the archive
What we do
Four lines of work that meet in every project.
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Natural hazards
Seismology, tsunamis, volcanoes and hydrometeorology: observing and modelling hazards.
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Disaster information
Open inventories, databases and GIS to understand losses and impacts.
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Territory and vulnerability
Exposure studies, physical and functional vulnerability, and land-use planning.
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Community and early warning
Drills, training and warning systems built together with communities.
Projects
Some of our most recent work.
Public investment toolbox for Central America
A virtual platform to prioritise and appraise public investment projects, including a disaster risk management component.
Central America and the Dominican Republic
Impact of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean
First and second regional reports on the impact of disasters, produced with UNISDR from disaster loss databases.
Latin America and the Caribbean
1983 — 2026
History and archive
More than four decades of projects, publications and emergency response. The previous website is kept as a searchable archive.
Explore the full history →- 1983 South-western Colombia seismological network
- 1996 National Tsunami Detection and Warning System (SNDAT)
- 1999 DesInventar coordination for Latin America
- 2007 Extensive risk in the Global Assessment Report (GAR)
- 2013 Impact of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean
- 2021 Public investment toolbox for Central America
- 2026 Earthquake of August 10, 2026
News
Public investment toolbox for Central America delivered
After a year of work with ICAP and GIZ, the platform brings disaster risk management into public project appraisal.
Read more →Flood risk management in Cali
We assessed the vulnerability and risk of buildings in south-eastern Cali that are not protected by the Cauca River levee.
Read more →Landslide hazard on Cali's hillsides
A new landslide hazard model for almost 25,000 hectares of hillside in the District of Cali.
Read more →Shall we work together?
We partner with governments, universities, cooperation agencies and communities.