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The August 10 Disaster in Colombia Was Not Natural

Summary by La Silla Vacía
At 7:34 a.m. on Monday, August 10, an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 with epicenter in San José del Palmar, Chocó, shook the Colombian West. The latest report of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Ungrd), cut as at 16 August, reports 289 people killed, 3,937 injured, 143 missing and 185,016 affected in 450 municipalities in fifteen departments, with 26,945 homes destroyed, 127,557 damaged, 66 buildings collapsed, 285 health centers and…

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The August 10 Disaster in Colombia Was Not Natural

At 7:34 a.m. on Monday, August 10, an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 with epicenter in San José del Palmar, Chocó, shook the Colombian West. The latest report of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Ungrd), cut as at 16 August, reports 289 people killed, 3,937 injured, 143 missing and 185,016 affected in 450 municipalities in fifteen departments, with 26,945 homes destroyed, 127,557 damaged, 66 buildings collapsed, 285 health centers and…

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La Silla Vacía broke the news on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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