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 City Watches a Building Fall
A multi-story structure on Avenida Santander in Manizales crumpled into a cloud of dust directly across from the Catholic University of Manizales on Monday morning, one of roughly ten buildings that came down entirely in the city, according to local outlet El Colombiano. Footage taken as the ground shook just before 7:34 a.m. shows the building buckling and sliding into the street within seconds, while parked cars nearby rocked side to side.
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