Western Colombia earthquake and rescue

Apa yang berubah

• Magnitude 7.4 quake at 7:34 a.m. Aug 10, epicenter San José del Palmar, Chocó.
• Death toll 331 as of Aug 25 National Unit balance, with hundreds still missing.
• About 1.2 million people in need of aid, with some communities still out of reach.
• UNDP estimated $13.2B in structural damage and 16.9M cubic metres of debris.
• Colombia limited international rescue teams to four countries as window closed.

Belum terjawab saat itu

• No verified appeal total, donor total, emergency-fund total, or funding gap arithmetic.
• No verified injured total, rescued total, depth, cross-border shaking, or department-level death attribution.
• No verified decree texts, armed-group blame, or schools, homes and delivery tallies.

Yang kami katakan akan kami pantau

• Whether missing lists resolve into confirmed dead, found alive, or long-term disappeared.
• Whether damage estimates converge from $1–10B toward $13.2B or split further.
• Whether Quibdó promises become cash, mortgages and cleared debris where roads remain cut.

Apa yang berubah

• A magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit San José del Palmar, Chocó, on 10 August at 7:34 a.m.
• By 20 August, 314 were dead, 262 missing and 4,437 injured, per the disaster agency.
• By 20 August, an estimated 1.2 million people needed humanitarian aid.

Belum terjawab saat itu

• No verified countrywide total for homes destroyed beyond repair is available from the sources.
• No verified total for people assisted in the first week, and no verified coordination-hub location, can be established from the sources.

Yang kami katakan akan kami pantau

• Whether missing-persons figures resolve upward or downward as out-of-reach communities are contacted.
• Whether damage estimates stabilize after the early $9.5-$9.6 billion range and the later $13.2 billion assessment.

Apa yang berubah

• A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia, the strongest this century.
• The quake struck on Monday, August 10, 2026.
• Cali and Pereira were the hardest-hit cities.
• President Abelardo de la Espriella declared a national emergency and announced 281 dead, 3,971 injured and 12,000+ homes destroyed.

Belum terjawab saat itu

• No final verified toll for dead, injured and missing is yet established.
• No confirmed epicenter department, foreign rescue roster, or aid-pledge list appears in the supplied sources.

Yang kami katakan akan kami pantau

• Whether late detections of signs of life produce further live rescues or the operation completes its shift to recovery.
• How shelter, water, medical care and rebuilding reach displaced households after 12,000+ homes were destroyed.

Apa yang pertama kali kita ketahui

• A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, August 10, 2026.
• More than 3,000 people were missing and search-and-rescue was underway Tuesday in dozens of cities and towns.
• President Abelardo de la Espriella declared a national disaster; tolls on Aug. 11 ranged from at least 111 to at least 224 across outlets.
• A 32-year-old woman was rescued alive in Pereira after 36 hours under rubble.

Belum terjawab saat itu

• True combined death and missing totals, and how many of the missing are trapped, displaced, or already dead but unrecovered.
• Verified building-collapse totals by city and the full condition of isolated communities not yet reached.

Yang kami katakan akan kami pantau

• Whether rescuers reach isolated areas in time for the missing count to become rescues rather than recoveries.
• Whether official tolls converge as national and local counts are reconciled.