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Colombia enters 'final phase' of quake search as toll hits 265
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia's earthquake rescue efforts entered what officials called the "final phase" on Wednesday, as rescuers searched for signs of life beneath collapsed buil...
Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning for victims of an earthquake that killed more than 200 people and demolished scores of buildings in the we...
Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning for victims of an earthquake that demolished buildings in the west of the country, killing more than 200 p...
Colombia rescuers find woman alive as quake death toll passes 240
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian rescuers pulled a 32-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building Tuesday, sparking cheers and applause as exhausted crews raced to fi...
Colombia quake rescue efforts enter 'final phase' as toll hits 239
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning for victims of an earthquake that killed 239 people, as rescuers entered what officials called the final p...
Colombia denies rejecting quake help on ideological grounds
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia's hard-right government on Wednesday denied it rejected offers of earthquake assistance on ideological grounds, after only accepting rescue teams from ...
CORRECTED: Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning for victims of an earthquake that demolished buildings in the west of the country, killing more than 200 p...
The perfect storm that turbocharged Venezuela's twin quakes
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
A dangerous cocktail of tectonic positioning, loose earth and shoddy construction contributed to the unprecedented damage caused by Venezuela's twin earthquakes...
Colombians dig through rubble as quake death toll surpasses 240
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Rescuers, soldiers and volunteers searched through collapsed apartment blocks and office buildings Tuesday across western Colombia, racing to find survivors aft...
Colombia rescuers find woman alive as quake death toll passes 200
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian rescuers pulled a 32-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building Tuesday, sparking cheers and applause as exhausted crews raced to fi...
UN chief 'saddened' by deadly Colombia earthquake
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is "saddened" by Colombia's earthquake, his spokesman said Tuesday, after at least 181 people died in one of the country's...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 181
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers cleared rubble by hand through the night in the hunt for survivors from an earthquake that killed at least 181 people and levelled more tha...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 240
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers on Tuesday dredged through rubble, searching for survivors from an earthquake that killed at least 240 people and leveled more than a hundr...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 111
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers and rescuers sifted through rubble with bare hands and buckets Monday, hunting for survivors following a massive 7.4-magnitude quake that h...
Pereira, the 'zombie city' devastated by Colombia's earthquake
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Jorge Gonzalez searches with his bare hands for his aunt under the ruins of a four-story building in Pereira, one of the cities hardest hit by the powerful eart...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands and buckets to search for survivors early Tuesday after the country's strongest earthquak...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 169
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands to search for survivors early Tuesday after the country's strongest earthquake in a decad...
Colombia in state of emergency as quake kills 111
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia declared a state of emergency on Monday after a powerful earthquake killed at least 111 people, damaged more than 1,500 buildings and left an unknown n...
Major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors, 18 confirmed dead
Aug 10, 2026 (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 res...
Major quake rocks Colombia and other countries, causing damage and injuries
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and other Latin American countries on Monday, causing unspecified damage and injuries and building evacuations in Bogota.
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