Local mayors had already announced the death of 20 people as a result of the natural disaster.<\/p>\n
In Manizales, mayor Jorge Eduardo Rojas said a further person had been killed, bringing the figure to three.<\/p>\n
One person has also died in Buenaventura, Colombia\u2019s main Pacific port, when a building collapsed.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n 47 dead and buildings collapsed after 7.4-magnitude earthquake shakes western Colombia<\/p>\n At least 47 people have been killed, according to the latest figures from officials, and dozens of buildings have collapsed in cities across western Colombia<\/a>.<\/p>\n The quake caused serious damage to buildings and prompted evacuations as far away as Bogota.<\/p>\n Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella says he will personally oversee recovery efforts. The quake was also felt in neighbouring Ecuador.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Earthquake death toll revised to 22 – officials<\/p>\n The death toll has been revised to 22, officials confirmed, after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake caused destruction in Colombia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Local mayors had already announced the death of 20 people as a result of the natural disaster.<\/p>\n In Manizales, mayor Jorge Eduardo Rojas said a further person had been killed, bringing the figure to three.<\/p>\n One person has also died in Buenaventura, Colombia\u2019s main Pacific port, when a building collapsed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n People remain trapped in Cali, one of Colombia\u2019s largest cities, \u200bafter more than two dozen structures \u200ccollapsed, mayor Alejandro Eder said. \u200c<\/p>\n He added that the city had asked authorities in Bogota and Medellin to send disaster teams \u200cto support rescue efforts.<\/p>\n \u201cAt this point, two people have already been rescued alive, one elderly woman and one young girl. There are more people trapped,\u201d Eder told Blu Radio.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have at least 12 critical points and 25 collapsed structures that we are responding to.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Colombia\u2019s Geological Service said that it had been \u201cthe highest magnitude earthquake registered in Colombia<\/a> in the last decade\u201d and that it had been followed by two 2.8 and 4.8 magnitude aftershocks.<\/p>\n Authorities also reported that flights were suspended in the airports of Manizales, Quibdo, Armenia, Cartago y Buenaventura and Pereira.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here are some images of the destruction caused by the earthquake in Colombia<\/a> today:<\/p>\n People walk through the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, 10 August 2026. Photograph: Ernesto Guzm\u00e1n Jr\/EPAResidents stand outside the Cathedral of Manizales after it was damaged by an earthquake in Manizales, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. Photograph: John Jairo Bonilla\/APA man walks amid debris of a damaged commercial store after the earthquake in Manizales, Colombia, on August 10, 2026. Photograph: Andres Valencia\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Jorge Moncayo, a 64-year-old taxi driver in Colombia\u2019s third-biggest city, Cali, said he saw plumes of dust shoot up across the city from him home in the mountains as buildings collapsed after the earthquake.<\/p>\n Residents in the city and rescue workers were already searching the rubble of collapsed buildings Monday morning.<\/p>\n \u201cMy entire house shook,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve never lived through such a powerful earthquake.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>At least 20 dead after Colombia earthquake<\/p>\n The \u2060death toll after a \u2060strong earthquake \u2060that rocked \u200bwestern Colombia<\/a> \u2060has risen to at least \u206020, authorities said.<\/p>\n In \u200bthe \u200ctown \u200cof Pereira, 18 \u200cpeople were killed and others were trapped in buildings that \u200ccollapsed, mayor Mauricio Salazar told Caracol \u200bRadio.<\/p>\n In Manizales, two people were killed, \u2060mayor Jorge Eduardo Rojas \u200bsaid in \u200ban \u200binterview with \u200bBlu \u200cRadio.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Manizales\u2019 mayor, Jorge Eduardo Rojas Giraldo, said more than 12 buildings and 20 homes had been partially or completely destroyed in that city.<\/p>\n At least two people had died as a result of the quake, Rojas added in a social media video. He said citizens needed to be \u201ccompletely ready\u201d for aftershocks.<\/p>\n \u201cDo not go back into the buildings yet \u2013 I know this isn\u2019t easy but stay outside for a little while at least because there could be an aftershock.\u201d<\/p>\n The mayor of Cali, Alejandro Eder, said at least 20 buildings had collapsed in his city and that some people were trapped inside. He did not specify how many.<\/p>\n \u201cRight now, we are trying to map out what has happened, firstly to protect lives and secondly to be able to push ahead with any kind of rescue that might be necessary,\u201d Eder said, urging citizens to stay calm.<\/p>\n Cali\u2019s mayor also instructed residents to check their buildings for structural damage. \u201cIf you do not feel safe, if you see very large cracks, please, leave the building,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella said in a post on X that he will personally supervise recovery efforts and install an emergency centre in San Jose del Palmar.<\/p>\n The quake follows two back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes in Venezuela in late June. Those earthquakes destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed more than 5,000 people.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Footage shared by local media outlets showed homes and small buildings collapsing in the cities of Pereira, Cali and Quibdo.<\/p>\n In Manizales, a city about 190 miles (300km) west of Bogota, one of the towers of the neo-Gothic cathedral collapsed and fell on the nave.<\/p>\n In Cali, a city of 2m people, mayor Alejandro Eder said that residents were trapped in at least 19 buildings that had collapsed.<\/p>\n Small earthquakes, known as \u201ctemblores,\u201d are common in central and western Colombia<\/a>, but those above 6.0 magnitude are rare. In 1999, a 6.2 magnitude quake near the city of Armenia, killed more than 1,100 people.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Six airports in Colombia suspend operations<\/p>\n Six airports damaged in today\u2019s earthquake in Colombia<\/a> have suspended operations, the civil aeronautics agency said.<\/p>\n These airports in western Colombia serve Pereira, Manizales, Quibdo, Armenia, Cartago and Buenaventura, the agency wrote on X.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Earthquake on Colombia’s Pacific Coast causes injuries and damage<\/p>\n![\"Tom](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tom-Phillips,-L.png\")
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