Symbolic imageSix days on, the official toll from Colombia's magnitude 7.4 quake stands at 288 to 294. President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked Donald Trump to suspend US tariffs as the country faces a $6.4bn reconstruction bill.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake, Colombia's strongest in a decade, struck the west of the country on Monday, 10 August 2026. Its epicentre lay near San José del Palmar in the Chocó department, about 280 kilometres west of Bogotá, and the shaking reached Ecuador, Venezuela and Panama. This topic follows the rescue effort and the toll.
Six days after Colombia's magnitude 7.4 earthquake, official counts put the dead at 288 to 294. New president Abelardo de la Espriella asked Donald Trump to suspend US tariffs on Colombian goods.
Rescuers are still searching for hundreds of missing people five days after Colombia's magnitude 7.4 quake, with the death toll put at 281 to 287.
Colombia's toll from Monday's magnitude 7.4 quake is now put at 265 to 281 dead, with about 380 people missing and more than 40,000 families affected. Rescuers made a final push on Thursday as the 72-hour window closed.
Colombia's president says at least 265 people died in Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake in the west. Aid from regional partners began arriving on Wednesday.
Rescuers in western Colombia are still pulling survivors from the rubble after Monday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake. Tuesday's tallies put the dead above 200.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit western Colombia on Monday, the strongest there in a decade. More than 130 people are confirmed dead and over 570 injured.