On the morning of August 10, 2026, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia, its epicenter in San José del Palmar, Chocó, followed by dozens of aftershocks. As of the latest national report, 176 people have died, 195 remain missing, and over 2,500 people are injured across 357 municipalities in 14 departments. More than 1,100 homes have been destroyed and nearly 800 schools and 84 health facilities damaged, straining an already overwhelmed emergency response.
Behind every number is a family without shelter, a hospital running without power, a road that rescue teams can’t yet reach. As search and rescue teams, medical patrols, and aid convoys move into Chocó, Valle del Cauca, and surrounding departments, accurate, up-to-date data is what allows responders to send help where it’s needed most — and lets the public understand how the response is unfolding in real time.
Explore the latest figures, maps, and response capacities to see exactly how this emergency is being addressed, region by region.
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Colombia remains the primary host country for refugees and migrants from Venezuela, with 2.81 million refugees and migrant residing in the country as of April 2024. In addition to serving as a destination, Colombiafunctions as a key transit corridor towards Central America, North America, and other parts of South America. During the first half of 2024, transit and secondary migration movements increased by 24% within the country, with a calculated 234,000 people participating in them. Meanwhile, the Colombia–Venezuela border continues to experience dynamic pendular migrations flows, primarily driven by access to basic services. In 2025, it is projected that approximately 3 million Venezuelans and 500,000 Colombian returnees will be in Colombia.
The EVIDEM+ project strengthens humanitarian decision-making and coordination in Colombia and Ecuador by providing on-demand information management products and continuous displacement tracking. By empowering local and national humanitarian actors through targeted capacity-building and co-designed data solutions, the initiative ultimately enhances the effectiveness of crisis response for vulnerable populations affected by armed conflict and disasters.
This document is organized into two complementary analytical sections to clearly distinguish two levels of interpretation that, although closely related, are not equivalent. The first section focuses on the EVIDEM project as an intervention, examining its relevance, implementation logic, results, installed capacities, limitations, and strategic learning across the three countries.
The second section focuses on the organization and the consortium architecture that made the intervention possible, analyzing aspects such as governance, coordination among partners, working culture, internal processes, and the institutional conditions required to sustain and scale the model.
3iS’ ANTICIPA is an intelligent multi-agent AI system backed by Google Cloud Platformed designed around community engagement. ANTICIPA will allow for enhanced data-driven decision-making for humanitarian organizations and local authorities, alongside increased community resilience and ownership stemming from the co-creation of risk knowledge and chatbot-facilitated capacity building.
