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Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Updated on: August 11, 2026 / 7:31 PM EDT / CBS/AFP Rescue workers and volunteers rushed to clear rubble as they searched for survivors in Colombia on Tuesday after the country was struck by its strongest earthquake on record . At least 181 people died and 1,595 were injured in the earthquake, according to the country's president, Abelardo de la Espriella. De la Espriella said 195 people were reported missing. Civilian-run databases suggest the number of missing could be as high as 3,900. Many families posted information about loved ones online, hoping for information about their fate.
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At the airport in Pereira, videos showed pieces of ceiling falling down on travelers taking shelter and screaming, and people running through rubble in a panic.
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Latest update from DW World: A powerful earthquake, measured at magnitude 7. Updated on: August 11, 2026 / 12:18 PM EDT / CBS/AFP Rescue workers and volunteers rushed to clear rubble as they searched for survivors in Colombia on Tuesday after the country was struck by its strongest earthquake on record . At least 181 people died and more than 1,300 were injured in the earthquake, the mayors of major affected cities said in a joint statement. More than 3,000 people were reported missing. Many families posted information about loved ones online, hoping for information about their fate. The 7.4-magnitude quake struck cities across Colombia's western region shortly after 7:30 a.m. local time Monday, sending panicked residents onto the streets.
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Updated on: August 11, 2026 / 2:31 PM EDT / CBS/AFP Rescue workers and volunteers rushed to clear rubble as they searched for survivors in Colombia on Tuesday after the country was struck by its strongest earthquake on record . At least 181 people died and 1,595 were injured in the earthquake, according to the country's president, Abelardo de la Espriella. De la Espriella said 195 people were reported missing, a steep decline from the thousands who were missing in the immediate aftermath of the quake. Many families posted information about loved ones online, hoping for information about their fate. Over 1,100 homes across the country were destroyed, and over 8,300 damaged, de la Espriella said.
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Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Latest update from PBS NewsHour: The report is now confirmed by PBS NewsHour. “We heard them screaming,” said one rescuer in Cali, where emergency workers and volunteers are racing against time to find the living trapped in the rubble. By Genevieve Glatsky and Julie Turkewitz Genevieve Glatsky reported from Cali, Colombia, and Julie Turkewitz from Bogotá, Colombia. The crowd chanted her name: “Diana! Diana!” As search and rescue efforts continued the day after a deadly earthquake in Colombia, firefighters toiled in searing heat on Tuesday to pull a 31-year-old biomedical engineer from the rubble of a collapsed building in the city of Cali. Diana Marcela Troncoso had been trapped for almost 30 hours.
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Latest update from Al Jazeera: At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings. Updated on: August 11, 2026 / 7:31 PM EDT / CBS/AFP Rescue workers and volunteers rushed to clear rubble as they searched for survivors in Colombia on Tuesday after the country was struck by its strongest earthquake on record . At least 181 people died and 1,595 were injured in the earthquake, according to the country's president, Abelardo de la Espriella. De la Espriella said 195 people were reported missing. Civilian-run databases suggest the number of missing could be as high as 3,900. Many families posted information about loved ones online, hoping for information about their fate.
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