{"id":520563,"date":"2026-08-10T10:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/president-of-colombia-activates-emergency-operation-following-strong-7-4-magnitude-earthquake\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:16:41","slug":"president-of-colombia-activates-emergency-operation-following-strong-7-4-magnitude-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/president-of-colombia-activates-emergency-operation-following-strong-7-4-magnitude-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"President of Colombia activates emergency operation following strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president of Colombia, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ABDELAESPRIELLA\/status\/2086808242345107787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abelardo de la Espriella, issued a message<\/a> <strong>a few minutes<\/strong> after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Colombia this Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;I have directly assumed leadership of the emergency response in San Jos\u00e9 del Palmar [epicenter of the seismic movement]. I have ordered the installation of a Unified Command Post to coordinate the response to the damage and the victims,&#8221;<\/strong> wrote the Colombian president on his X account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You might be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/tag\/de-la-espriella-activa-una-transicion-inedita-en-colombia\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"55566\">De la Espriella activates an unprecedented transition in Colombia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I have requested from the director of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management <strong>a detailed report<\/strong> on the situation and the most urgent needs. I will also be personally in Pereira to support those affected and verify the Government&#8217;s response,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>You are not alone<\/strong>. The State is present and taking action,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Monday morning <a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/621502-potente-sismo-67-sacudir-colombia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook western Colombia<\/a>, with its epicenter 20 kilometers from San Jos\u00e9 del Palmar (Choc\u00f3) and at a depth of 96 kilometers, according to the Colombian Geological Service. The <strong>tremor was strongly felt<\/strong> in cities such as Bogot\u00e1, Medell\u00edn, Cali, Manizales, and Pereira, caused damage to buildings in Quibd\u00f3 and Manizales, and was also perceived in Panama and Ecuador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, issued a message a few minutes after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Colombia this Monday morning. &#8220;I have directly assumed leadership of the emergency response in San Jos\u00e9 del Palmar [epicenter of the seismic movement]. I have ordered the installation of a Unified Command Post to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":520564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[44078,13631,40391],"class_list":["post-520563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-abelardo-de-la-espriella","tag-colombia","tag-earthquake"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bqb","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/3a34f445-a47e-41df-9cc1-4aa75fe645d9.jpg.webp","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/3a34f445-a47e-41df-9cc1-4aa75fe645d9.jpg.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}