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Photos: 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocks western Colombia

Source: Myjoyonline

11 August 2026 8:01am

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These are photos from the recent earthquake that struck Colombia. The images belong to the Al Jazeera English channel.

According to France 24, rescuers in western Colombia worked through the night and into Tuesday searching for survivors beneath the wreckage after the earthquake.

The disaster is said to have devastated parts of the country’s coffee-growing region on Monday. At least 164 people have been killed, and authorities are warning the number of casualties could still climb.

The Colombian Geological Service said it was “the highest-magnitude earthquake registered in Colombia in the last decade”. [Ernesto Guzman Jr/EPA]

People look through the rubble of a collapsed building in Cali. [AFP]

A damaged building in Manizales, Caldas department. [AFP]

The quake left cities across western Colombia badly damaged. [Ernesto Guzman Jr/EPA]

A police officer walks amid debris of a damaged building in Manizales. [Jonh Bonilla/AFP]

A woman is rescued from a collapsed building in Cali. [AFP]

Patients are evacuated from a hospital in Cali. [Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo]

People walk through the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia. [Ernesto Guzman Jr/EPA]

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