People work on a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 10, 2026. A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on August 10, 2026, with medical teams rushing to help victims after buildings were damaged or collapsed in several cities. The Colombian geological service and its American counterpart USGS put the magnitude at 7.4, with an epicenter 100 km (60 miles) underground in the west of the country. Colombia had initially put it at 6.6. (Credit: Photo by Joaquin SARMIENTO / AFP via Getty Images)
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through western Colombia early Monday morning, killing at least 20 people and bringing down buildings across a stretch of the country running from the Pacific lowlands up into the coffee-growing highlands. The quake struck at 7:34 a.m. local time near the small town of San José del Palmar in Chocó department; putting the epicenter roughly 300 kilometers from Bogotá..
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