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Colombia's Earthquake Death Toll Passes 250 as Rescue Crews Push Through a Second Night in Cali and Pereira

Epicenter of the earthquake that struck western Colombia in the morning of August 10, 2026. (Credit: USGS.gov)

Search teams in western Colombia worked into a second full day on Tuesday, pulling survivors from collapsed apartment blocks, a hospital wing and a mountainside cable car system after Monday's 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through the country's coffee-growing heartland and Pacific coast. The disaster is already competing for the title of Colombia's most destructive quake in years — though even that ranking depends on which official is doing the counting.

A Death Toll That Depends on Who's Counting

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