20 People Killed After 7.4-Magnitude Quake Hits Colombia, Damages Buildings | VIDEO

At
least
20
people
died
due
to
a
mag itude
7.4
ea thquake
that
st uck
weste
Colombia
o
Mo day,
damagi g
buildi gs,
t igge i g
evacuatio s
a d
leavi g
a
u specified
umbe
of
people
i ju ed,
officials
said.

The
epice t e
was
ea
Sa
José
del
Palma ,
a
commu ity
of
a ou d
4,800
people
i
the
Chocó
egio ,
about
400
kilomet es
west
of
Bogotá,
acco di g
to
the
US
Geological
Su vey
a d
Colombia& squo;s
geological
se vice.
The
USGS
said
the
quake
occu ed
at
a
depth
of
107
kilomet es.

The
t emo
was
also
felt
i
eighbou i g
Ecuado .

Buildi gs
Damaged,
Reside ts
Evacuated

Chocó
Gove o
Nubia
Có doba
said
the e
we e
i ju ies
a d
se ious
damage
to
buildi gs
i
Quibdó,
the
egio al
capital
with
a
populatio
of
a ou d
130,000.
She
did
ot
p ovide
fu the
details.

BREAKING:
A
7.4
mag itude
ea thquake
has
st uck
the
Sa
José
del
Palma
egio
of
Colombia,
with
the
mayo
of
Choco
stati g
that,
“the e
a e
i ju ies
a d
seve e
damage
to
buildi gs,
a d
we
a e
co ce ed
about
afte shocks”

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—
St a de OSINT
(@St a de OSINT)

August
10,
2026

Footage
sha ed
by
local
media
showed
homes
a d
smalle
buildi gs
collapsi g
i
Pe ei a,
Cali
a d
Quibdó.
I
Ma izales,
about
300
kilomet es
west
of
Bogotá,
a
towe
of
the
city& squo;s
eo-Gothic
cathed al
collapsed
o to
the
ave.

I
Cali,
a
city
of
a ou d
two
millio
people,
Mayo
Aleja d o
Ede
said
eside ts
we e
t apped
i
at
least
19
collapsed
buildi gs.

The
ea thquake
also
p ompted
evacuatio s
i
Bogotá,
although
the
capital
is
located
hu d eds
of
kilomet es
f om
the
epice t e.

NEW
footage
is
ci culati g
f om
a
mag itude
7.4
ea thquake
that
st uck
Colombia’s
Pacific
egio
today.

The
epice te
was
ea
Sa
José
del
Palma
i
Chocó
depa tme t,
at
a
depth
of
a ou d
96
km.

It
was
felt
st o gly
ac oss
much
of
Colombia—i cludi g
Bogotá,
Medellí ,
a d…

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—
Clash
Repo t
(@clash epo t)

August
10,
2026

P eside t
A ou ces
Eme ge cy
Respo se

Colombia
P eside t
Abela do
de
la
Esp iella
said
o
X
that
he
would
pe so ally
ove see
ecove y
effo ts
a d
establish
a
eme ge cy
espo se
ce t e
i
Sa
José
del
Palma .

Ea thquakes
k ow
locally
as
“temblo es& dquo;
a e
commo
i
ce t al
a d
weste
Colombia,
although
t emo s
above
mag itude
6.0
a e
elatively
a e.

A
mag itude
6.2
ea thquake
ea
A me ia
i
1999
killed
mo e
tha
1,100
people.

The
latest
quake
follows
two
powe ful
ea thquakes
measu i g
7.2
a d
7.5
i
Ve ezuela
i
late
Ju e.
Those
ea thquakes
epo tedly
dest oyed
hu d eds
of
buildi gs
a d
killed
mo e
tha
5,000
people.

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