| Event: | EQ Earthquake |
| Number: | 2026-000146 |
| Country: | COL Colombia |
| Location: | San José del Palmar in Chocó Department |
| Date (YMD): | 2026-8-10 |
| Time: | 8:34 |
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| Magnitude: | 7.4 |
| Information Source: | https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/10/world/live-news/colombia-earthquake-san-jose-del-palmar |
| Comments: | At 07:34 local time (12:34 UTC) on 10 August 2026, an Mww 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia with its epicentre 5 km east of San José del Palmar in Chocó
Department, at a depth of about 107 km (USGS). The event was an intermediate-depth, strike-slip rupture inside the subducting Nazca slab; because of its depth, strong shaking
(MMI VI-VII) was spread over a wide area of the Andean Coffee Region rather than concentrated near the epicentre, and about 10.5 million people were exposed to it. The SGC
describes it as the largest-magnitude earthquake recorded in Colombia in the past decade. As of 17:00 COT on 10 August the Government reported 111 deaths and 87 injured,
more than 1,600 buildings damaged (1,575 homes damaged, 37 destroyed, 61 buildings collapsed), together with damage to 18 health facilities, 52 educational facilities, 18
major roads and six regional airports. The passenger terminal of Matecaña International Airport in Pereira partially collapsed, a tower of the neo-Gothic cathedral in Manizales fell
onto the nave, and about 30% of the University Hospital in Cali collapsed. The President declared a national disaster, set up a Unified Command Post in Chocó and deployed four
USAR teams and the armed forces. There was no tsunami. All figures are preliminary and are expected to change as assessment proceeds. |
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