Updated August 17, 2026 at 3:55 a.m. Colombia time
UNGRD’s new national toll, as of 6:30 p.m. on August 16, records 287 deaths, 4,147 injured people, 194 missing and 355 rescued after the August 10 earthquake. The agency also expands the reporting scope to 472 municipalities in fifteen departments.
A human toll revised in both directions
At 6:30 p.m., UNGRD lists 185,996 affected people in 120,671 families. The human toll stands at 287 dead, 4,147 injured, 194 missing and 355 rescued.
The previous cut-off, at 7:30 a.m. the same day, listed 289 dead, 4,187 injured, 143 missing, 354 rescued, 185,016 affected people, 120,238 families and 450 municipalities. These are successive official consolidations and the comparison cannot assign each difference to a specific event.
Legal Medicine and additional territorial data
UNGRD says it updated the numbers of dead and missing using information from Legal Medicine as of 10:27 a.m. It also attributes several increases to new reports from Tolima and the inclusion of additional municipalities.
The rise from 143 to 194 missing does not establish that 51 people disappeared between the two cut-offs. Likewise, the lower death total cannot be interpreted without the case-consolidation method.
Homes and buildings
The assessment lists 127,608 damaged homes and 26,392 destroyed. It also records 197 collapsed buildings. The categories are published separately and should not be added as if they necessarily describe distinct properties.
Health, education and networks
The agency reports 304 affected health centres, 3,207 educational facilities and 4,059 community centres. It also lists 410 roads, 95 aqueducts, 48 road bridges, 13 pedestrian bridges and five airports as affected.
The word “affected” does not by itself establish whether an asset is closed, partly available or already restored. No new national restoration rate for water, electricity or telecommunications accompanies the toll.
Rescued animals and evolving data
UNGRD adds 496 rescued animals and 768 affected. Later reports will need to clarify the missing-person count, territorial breakdowns and the operating status of the listed infrastructure.