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Earthquake of August 10, 2026

Informations and researchs of august 10, 2026

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

Flood risk scenarios in southern Cali

Building vulnerability and risk on the Cauca River floodplain outside the levee, as a basis for mitigation measures.

Cali, Colombia

Indicators for Central America's disaster risk policy

Technical assistance to CEPREDENAC to track the Central American Policy for Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management.

Central America

Seismic monitoring at the Quifa field

Three years of real-time seismic monitoring with five broadband stations at an oil field in Meta.

Meta, Colombia

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

Landslide risk on Cali's hillsides

Phased assessment of landslide hazard, vulnerability and risk across the hillside areas of Santiago de Cali.

Cali, Colombia

Colombian-Dutch mission on the Aguablanca levee

Diagnosis and recommendations for the Cauca River levee in Cali, with hydraulic, lateral spreading and stabilisation studies.

Cali, Colombia

Volcanic risk along the Páez River canyon

Building institutional and community capacity to face mudflows from Nevado del Huila volcano.

Cauca and Huila, Colombia

Disaster loss databases in Latin America and the Caribbean

Creating and updating national disaster loss databases in Belize, Guyana, Barbados and other countries in the region.

Latin America and the Caribbean

Technical mission after the Haiti earthquake

Strengthening local capacity to record the losses of the 12 January 2010 earthquake.

Haiti

Atlas of Andean territorial dynamics

Population and assets exposed to natural hazards in the Andean subregion, with online maps.

Andean region

Vulnerability to Galeras volcano

Physical and functional vulnerability assessment for volcanic hazards around Galeras volcano, with an online GIS.

Nariño, Colombia

Groundwork for Buenaventura's seismic microzonation

Geological and seismological assessment and a strong-motion network as input for Buenaventura's urban seismic microzonation.

Buenaventura, Colombia

Extensive risk in the Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Analysis of risk urbanisation and its territorial spread in Latin America for the 2009 and 2011 UN Global Assessment Reports.

Latin America

Earthquake physical vulnerability on the Nariño coast

Assessment of the vulnerability of coastal towns in Nariño, including Tumaco, to earthquakes and associated hazards such as tsunamis.

Nariño, Colombia

DesInventar coordination for Latin America

Regional coordination, with LA RED, of the DesInventar disaster inventory system, which records local-scale losses.

Latin America

National Tsunami Detection and Warning System (SNDAT)

Technical lead for the system that detects and warns of tsunamis on Colombia's coasts, with bulletins, modelling and drills.

Colombian Pacific and Caribbean

South-western Colombia seismological network

Regional seismological observation and research system in south-western Colombia, where the OSSO group began.

South-western Colombia