{"id":520796,"date":"2026-08-10T22:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T02:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/this-is-how-international-media-reported-the-earthquake-tragedy-in-colombia-more-than-a-hundred-dead\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T02:59:24","slug":"this-is-how-international-media-reported-the-earthquake-tragedy-in-colombia-more-than-a-hundred-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/this-is-how-international-media-reported-the-earthquake-tragedy-in-colombia-more-than-a-hundred-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how international media reported the earthquake tragedy in Colombia: \u201cMore than a hundred dead\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Colombia on Monday, August 10, 2026, occupied central spaces in major international media, which highlighted the magnitude of the disaster and the impact on cities such as Pereira, Cali, Manizales, and Quibd\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The epicenter of the earthquake, recorded near San Jos\u00e9 del Palmar in the Choc\u00f3 department, triggered a wave of reports and analysis worldwide<\/strong>, with preliminary assessments indicating at least 132 deaths and dozens of collapsed buildings in several regions of the country, according to the most recent official report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"la-emergencia-en-las-agencias-internacionales-y-diarios-de-referencia\">The emergency in international agencies and reference newspapers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From very early on, agencies such as\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Associated Press (AP)\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>and\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Reuters\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>issued alerts and special reports about the earthquake.<\/strong>\u00a0<em>AP<\/em>\u00a0highlighted the strength of the phenomenon and its serious consequences for western Colombia, reporting the collapse of buildings, injured people, and rescue operations in critical areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Reuters<\/em> emphasized the high number of casualties, the depth of the earthquake, and the rapid response of local authorities, who deployed emergency teams to the most affected cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We recommend reading:<a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/nino-6-anos-hijo-alcalde-colombia\/\">Six-year-old boy, son of a Colombian mayor, among those who died due to the earthquake<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its coverage, <em>Reuters<\/em> described: \u201cA 7.4-magnitude earthquake shook much of Colombia this Monday, according to the Colombian Geological Service (SGC), and authorities reported damage in several cities such as Manizales, Cali, and Pereira\u201d. Meanwhile, the US agency <em>AP<\/em> opened its report with the headline: \u201cEarthquake in Colombia leaves at least 111 dead; president to declare national emergency\u201d, and detailed scenes of rescuers and citizens removing rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"la-tragedia-en-titulares-y-relatos-europeos\">The tragedy, in European headlines and stories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European press dedicated prominent space to the emergency. The Spanish newspaper <em>El Pa\u00eds<\/em> headlined: <strong>\u201cMore than a hundred dead from the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Colombia\u201d<\/strong>, accompanying its publications with maps and videos illustrating the magnitude of the disaster and the rescue efforts. For its part, <em>El Mundo<\/em> included testimonies from citizens and first-person accounts, such as that of a family in Pereira: \u201cIt sounded very loud, we felt as if there were horses galloping under the house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In France,\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Radio France Internationale<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0described the event as the \u201cstrongest earthquake in the last decade\u201d in Colombia<\/strong>\u00a0and cited Julio Fierro Morales, director of the Colombian Geological Service, who explained: \u201cIt was not a shallow earthquake nor did it occur near the surface. It had a considerable depth, of approximately 88 kilometers\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Colombia on Monday, August 10, 2026, occupied central spaces in major international media, which highlighted the magnitude of the disaster and the impact on cities such as Pereira, Cali, Manizales, and Quibd\u00f3. The epicenter of the earthquake, recorded near San Jos\u00e9 del Palmar in the Choc\u00f3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2btW","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520796","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\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}