Colombia Earthquake Devastationactive

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook much of Colombia this Monday, according to the Colombian Geological Service (SGC), and authorities reported damage in several cities such as Manizales, Cali, and Pereira. The SGC initially reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.7, but in another bulletin, it indicated that it was 7.4. The tremor was felt at 07:34 local time (12:34 GMT) and had its epicenter in the town of San José del Palmar, in the department of Chocó, located on the Pacific coast, at a depth of 82 kilometers, the SGC stated in an initial bulletin. The earthquake was felt in Bogotá, Cali, Popayán, Manizales, Armenia, Pereira, Medellín, and other cities in the center and west of the country, and some of them experienced material damage. #Attention Reports of severe structural damage in Pereira after the earthquake. The citizen report indicates damage in the sectors of Álamos and El Poblado. The information is preliminary, and authorities are working on verifying possible damages and the state... pic.twitter.com/daayEGv3iR — Vanguardia (@vanguardiacom) August 10, 2026 In Cali and Manizales, parts of many building facades collapsed, and in the second city, one of the cathedral towers was damaged. “There are many cracked buildings,” said Cali’s mayor, Alejandro Eder, in statements to Blu Radio, with no information so far about victims. In Pereira, the capital of the department...

The earthquake had its epicenter in the San José del Palmar area, Chocó.

The department's leader referred to the initial impacts after the 7.4 earthquake, which had its epicenter in San José del Palmar.

The epicenter was located in San José del Palmar, in the Chocó department, about 280 kilometers west of Bogotá, at a depth of 107 kilometers at 7:34 a.m. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake was recorded this Monday in western Colombia, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), with a movement felt in several cities across the country.

BOGOTÁ.- A strong earthquake shook Colombia this Monday and was strongly felt in major cities such as Bogotá and Cali, with an undetermined number of injured and affected buildings in the west of the country. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.4 according to the Colombian geological service and the United States. It had a depth of about 100 kilometers with an epicenter near San José del Palmar, in the Chocó locality. Developing news

A strong earthquake shook Colombia this Monday, August 10. The quake began at 7:34 (local time) and had a magnitude of 6.6. According to the official statement from the Colombian Geological Service, the epicenter was San José del Palmar in the department of Chocó.