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A rescue worker searches for survivors in the rubble of buildings.
A rescue worker searches for survivors after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia [Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo]
Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns
Colombian volunteers and rescuers sifted through rubble with bare hands and buckets, hunting for survivors following a magnitude 7.4 quake that killed at least 132 people. [Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo]
Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns
The quake on Monday ravaged cities across western Colombia, including Cali, Pereira, Quibdo and Manizales, and was felt in neighbouring Ecuador and Panama. [Miguel Angel Lopez/AP Photo]
Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns
The quake struck shortly after 7:30am (12:30 GMT), sending panicked residents onto the streets and damaging at least 1,500 buildings. [Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo]
Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns
An elderly man receives help walking past the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Pereira, Colombia. [Jaime Saldarriaga/AFP]
Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns
In Cali, the country’s third-largest city, search teams and civilians picked through the remains of destroyed buildings, passing large pieces of concrete and other rubble down a long line of volunteers. [Jaime Saldarriaga/AFP]
Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns
Local officials said at least 20 buildings crumbled, while 380 were damaged, trapping many people. [Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo]
Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns
The earthquake struck just days after Abelardo de La Espriella was sworn in as president, thrusting the new administration into its first major crisis, with memories still fresh of devastating twin earthquakes in neighbouring Venezuela in June. [Juan Diaz/AP Photo]
Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns
By Monday afternoon, people had begun reporting their loved ones missing on digital databases, one of which had more than 1,400 people, mostly in Cali and Pereira, with the number steadily climbing. [Jaime Saldarriaga/AFP]
Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns
Small earthquakes, known as “temblores”, are common in Colombia, which sits along the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire, but those above magnitude 6.0 are rare. In 1999, a magnitude 6.2 quake near the city of Armenia killed more than 1,100 people. [Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo]
Rescue efforts intensify as quake devastates western Colombia towns
Authorities warned the toll could rise as rescuers searched collapsed buildings across several cities. [Miguel Angel Lopez/AP Photo]
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epa13159752 People walk through the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, 10 August 2026. At least 20 buildings sustained severe damage as a result of the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that shook most of the country, with its epicenter in the Pacific region. EPA/ERNESTO GUZMAN JR
People walk through the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia. [Ernesto Guzman Jr/EPA]
epa13159753 People walk through the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, 10 August 2026. At least 20 buildings sustained severe damage as a result of the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that shook most of the country, with its epicenter in the Pacific region. EPA/ERNESTO GUZMAN JR
The Colombian Geological Service said it was “the highest-magnitude earthquake registered in Colombia in the last decade”. [Ernesto Guzman Jr/EPA]
People work on a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 10, 2026.
People look through the rubble of a collapsed building in Cali. [AFP]
View of a damaged building and a car after an earthquake in Manizales, Caldas department, Colombia, on Auguts 10, 2026.
A damaged building in Manizales, Caldas department. [AFP]
epa13159694 Vehicles damaged by a collapsed wall are seen following an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, 10 August 2026. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake shook much of Colombia, according to the Colombian Geological Service (SGC), and authorities reported damage in several cities, including Manizales, Cali, and Pereira. EPA/ERNESTO GUZMAN
The quake left cities across western Colombia badly damaged. [Ernesto Guzman Jr/EPA]
A police officer walks amid debris of a damaged commercial store after the earthquake in Manizales, Colombia, on August 10, 2026. A strong earthquake struck Colombia on August 10 and was strongly felt in major cities such as Bogota and Cali, and even in Quito and Panama, according to the Colombian Geological Service and as confirmed by AFP reporters. (Photo by Jonh Bonilla / AFP)
A police officer walks amid debris of a damaged building in Manizales. [Jonh Bonilla/AFP]
A woman is rescued from a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 10, 2026.
A woman is rescued from a collapsed building in Cali. [AFP]
A police officer walks amid debris of a damaged commercial store after the earthquake in Manizales, Colombia, on August 10, 2026. A strong earthquake struck Colombia on August 10 and was strongly felt in major cities such as Bogota and Cali, and even in Quito and Panama, according to the Colombian Geological Service and as confirmed by AFP reporters. (Photo by Jonh Bonilla / AFP)
Patients are evacuated from a hospital in Cali. [Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo]
Colombia Earthquake
Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble of a collapsed building in Cali. [Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo]
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