People look for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 10, 2026. A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on August 10, 2026, with medical teams rushing to help victims after buildings were damaged or collapsed in several cities. The Colombian geological service and its American counterpart USGS put the magnitude at 7.4, with an epicenter 100 km (60 miles) underground in the west of the country. Colombia had initially put it at 6.6. (Photo by Joaquin SARMIENTO / AFP)
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on Monday, with at least 18 people confirmed dead in first reports as shocked residents surveyed destroyed buildings.
Emergency teams rushed to help victims and search for survivors in the rubble after geologists recorded the quake at a magnitude of 7.4 with an epicenter 100 km (60 miles) deep in the west of the country.
The early-morning quake was also felt in Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela — itself hit by a devastating quake in late June — and prompted building evacuations in the Colombian capital Bogota, AFP reporters saw.
News footage showed collapsed buildings across western Colombia, though officials said they did not fear a tsunami.
