{"id":520820,"date":"2026-08-11T08:21:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/death-toll-rises-to-169-after-earthquake-in-colombia-more-than-900-people-are-injured\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:21:33","slug":"death-toll-rises-to-169-after-earthquake-in-colombia-more-than-900-people-are-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/death-toll-rises-to-169-after-earthquake-in-colombia-more-than-900-people-are-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll rises to 169 after earthquake in Colombia; more than 900 people are injured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BOGOT\u00c1, Colombia.<\/strong> \u2014 The death toll from the <strong>7.4<\/strong> magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia rose to <strong>169<\/strong> this Tuesday, while more than <strong>900 people have been injured<\/strong>, according to a new update from the <strong><em>Colombian Association of Capital Cities<\/em><\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asocapitales.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asocapitales<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agency reported that emergency teams continue to work in the affected areas, where rescue efforts, medical attention for the injured, and assessments of structures damaged by the strong earthquake are being carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also states that <strong>1,575 homes<\/strong> have suffered some type of damage, while <strong>61 buildings collapsed<\/strong> as a result of the earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/164-espanoles-sin-localizar-tras-el-terremoto-de-colombia-segun-el-gobierno\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"698309\">164 Spaniards missing after the earthquake in Colombia, according to the Government<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airport infrastructure was also damaged. According to the report, <strong>six airports<\/strong> have sustained damage or impacts, which has caused difficulties in operations and passenger mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have relief agencies deployed in the most affected areas and continue to inspect buildings to determine which ones pose risks to the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Colombian government maintains emergency protocols active and coordinates response and recovery efforts in light of the magnitude of the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency agencies continue to collect information and warned that the toll of victims and damage could change as search, rescue, and assessment efforts in the affected areas progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOGOT\u00c1, Colombia. \u2014 The death toll from the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia rose to 169 this Tuesday, while more than 900 people have been injured, according to a new update from the Colombian Association of Capital Cities (Asocapitales). The agency reported that emergency teams continue to work in the affected areas, where rescue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":520821,"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":[43601,13631,44182,40315,40391,40317,40853],"class_list":["post-520820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-breakingnews","tag-colombia","tag-cover","tag-deceased","tag-earthquake","tag-injured","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2buk","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/6a79ea85cd3a4.jpeg","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\/6a79ea85cd3a4.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520820","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=520820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}