Monday, August 10, 2026 - A strong earthquake has caused buildings to collapse after striking Colombia.
Dramatic footage shows people running for their lives as a
building collapse around them.
At
least 130 people dead
and over 570 others injured. The massive
tremor heavily impacted 32 cities, leaving major hubs like Pereira and Cali
under red alert, collapsing at least 86 buildings, and prompting a declaration
of national disaster It hit the Choco province on the country’s Pacific coast,
with the epicentre located at a depth of 79km near San Jose del Palmar.
Several people are believed to have been trapped underneath
huge concrete blocks in Quibdo, the worst affected area.
Governor Cordoba-Curi wrote on X: "We have just
experienced a severe seismic event in the department of Chocó. We are concerned
about aftershocks.
"Although the epicenter was in San José del Palmar, in the capital Quibdó there are injuries and severe damage to buildings. We are already conducting the damage assessment to issue the first official report."
In Bogota, families getting ready for work and school fled their homes in the middle of breakfast.
Watch the videos below:🇨🇴 A building literally crumbles as huge chunks of concrete fall near people running out of it in Colombia during the 7.4-magnitude earthquake. pic.twitter.com/ln1t5dHkcU
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 10, 2026
OMG, this is terrifying. Footage showing the shaking from the M7.2 earthquake that hit Colombia earlier.
— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) August 10, 2026
👀 Watch until the end.
📍 Pereirapic.twitter.com/vS2slBg53X
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