Colombia building collapses on camera as earthquake brings death, destruction

A harrowing video showed the illness of a gathering aft a almighty 7.4 earthquake struck occidental Colombia connected Monday, bringing down buildings crossed respective cities, sidesplitting astatine slightest 47 arsenic a decease toll rapidly roseate and others were near trapped successful the rubble.

The video shows the gathering crumbling during the earthquake with onlookers screaming successful fearfulness earlier it yet gives way.

Colombia's geological work pegged the magnitude astatine 7.4 and said the quake struck astatine a extent of 96 km (60 miles). The U.S. tsunami informing strategy said determination was nary tsunami threat.

"The Trump Administration is intimately monitoring the ample earthquake that struck Colombia and stands acceptable to enactment the radical of Colombia and President @ABDELAESPRIELLA’s Administration," Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote connected X.

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Residents excavation done the debris of a collapsed gathering aft an earthquake successful Cali, Colombia, connected Aug. 10, 2026. (REUTERS)

"American citizens successful Colombia should enroll at http://STEP.State.gov and follow @USEmbassyBogota’s societal media accounts for the latest information."

The highest reported decease toll was successful Pereira, a metropolis successful Colombia's coffee-growing region, wherever Mayor Mauricio Salazar said 18 radical had died. In adjacent Manizales, Mayor Jorge Eduardo Rojas said 3 radical were killed.

One idiosyncratic died successful Buenaventura, Colombia's main Pacific port, erstwhile a gathering collapsed, trapping respective people, Mayor Ligia del Carmen Cordoba said.

MULTIPLE DEATHS REPORTED, DOZENS OF BUILDINGS DAMAGED FOLLOWING MAGNITUDE 7.4 EARTHQUAKE IN WESTERN COLOMBIA

People remained trapped successful Cali, 1 of Colombia's largest cities, aft much than 2 twelve structures collapsed, Mayor Alejandro Eder said. He added that the metropolis had asked authorities successful Bogota and Medellin to nonstop catastrophe teams to enactment rescue efforts.

"At this point, 2 radical person already been rescued alive, 1 aged pistillate and 1 young girl. There are much radical trapped," Eder told Blu Radio. "We person astatine slightest 12 captious points and 25 collapsed structures that we are responding to."

Residents and exigency unit excavation done the debris of a partially collapsed gathering successful Pereira, Colombia, connected Aug. 10, 2026. (REUTERS)

The quake's epicenter was adjacent San Jose del Palmar, successful Choco, a sparsely populated state connected Colombia 's Pacific Coast. Choco Governor Nubia Carolina Cordoba-Curi said determination were injuries and important harm successful Quibdo, the provincial capital, and warned residents astir aftershocks.

Colombia 's civilian aviation authorization said flights were suspended astatine airports successful Pereira, Manizales, Quibdo, Armenia, Cartago and Buenaventura portion inspectors checked for structural damage.

The country's catastrophe bureau said the quake, which occurred astatine 7:34 section clip (8:34 ET), was felt successful 9 departments and each 32 departmental capitals, triggering evacuations and reports of damage.

Residents basal extracurricular the Cathedral of Manizales aft it was damaged by an earthquake successful Manizales, Colombia, connected Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/John Jairo Bonilla)

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Reuters witnesses successful the Venezuelan borderline authorities of Tachira and the central-western metropolis of Barquisimeto reported the quake had been felt there. Venezuela was deed by devastating duplicate earthquakes successful June, which killed much than 6,000 people, mostly connected the seashore adjacent the capital, Caracas.

Reuters contributed to this report.