{"id":580637,"date":"2026-08-10T18:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/580637\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:36:17","slug":"at-least-82-killed-in-magnitude-7-4-earthquake-in-colombias-choco-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/580637\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 82 killed in magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Colombia&#8217;s Choco province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 shook Colombia&#8217;s coastal Choco province at 7:34 a.m. local time on Monday, killing at least 82\u00a0people and trapping an unknown number of people underneath rubble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">According to the geological service, the quake struck at a depth of 79 km, with its epicenter near San Jos\u00e9 del Palmar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Shortly after the initial tremor, the geological service reported an additional magnitude 4.8 seismic incident in the same region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Choco province Governor Nubia Carolina C\u00f3rdoba-Curi stated that many injuries have been reported and there was severe damage to buildings. C\u00f3rdoba-Curi added that damage assessments are underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Videos posted on social media showed parts of Manizales city\u2019s Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica, the tallest cathedral in Colombia, crumbling after the tremor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Santiago de Cali City Mayor Alejandro Eder stated that at least 20 structures have collapsed, trapping people underneath rubble as emergency services work to get the situation under control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Colombia&#8217;s National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) stated that there is no tsunami threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The Colombian Geological Service initially reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.6, before revising the official measure to 7.4. Other initial reports also varied in magnitude between 6.6 and 7.4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella convened an emergency meeting with UNGRD to evaluate the damage, review incoming reports, and coordinate emergency response in affected areas, according to a statement released by Espriella\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-904724\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign Minister Gideon Sa&#8217;ar<\/a> shared his concerns over the earthquake in a statement on X\/Twitter and offered his Colombian counterpart any assistance that Israel could contribute in the aftermath of the quake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">\u201cIsrael is prepared to assist Colombia as much as required,\u201d Saar stated, adding that his \u201cthoughts and prayers are with the Colombian people during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>The Environment and Climate Change portal is produced in cooperation with the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The Jerusalem Post maintains all editorial decisions related to the content.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bgujpost.png\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" alt=\"Ben-Gurion University Logo\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 shook Colombia&#8217;s coastal Choco province at 7:34 a.m. local time on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[4646,100368,242,65,85,46,146308,141,4657],"class_list":["post-580637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-colombia","tag-earthquake","tag-environment","tag-gideon-saar","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-natural-disaster","tag-science","tag-south-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}