Department
Valle del Cauca
Colombia · South America
Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia, in South America. It lies on the North Andes Plate. Records include 2 major earthquakes since 1900.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- CycloneVery Low
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 1979Manizales-Armenia · M 6.472 deaths
- 1906Valle del Cauca · M 7.7
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002