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Colombia earthquake: Death toll climbs with more feared trapped
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August 11, 2026
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4:06Now PlayingAt least 200 people are dead in Colombia as rescue crews work day and night digging through the rubble to find survivors of a devastating earthquake on Monday.
A baby has been rescued alive in western Colombia but there is widespread destruction and there are fears hundreds more are still trapped under the concrete.
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The 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck around 7am Monday morning and lasted four long minutes.
The village closest to the epicentre, San José del Palmar, is in the isolated region of Choco where about a third of the population lives in poverty.
Major damage was reported in Cali, the country’s third-largest city, and the cities of Pereira and Manizales, hubs of Colombia’s coffee-growing region were also badly hit.
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