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Data sources
Earthquake data
Earthquake figures are preliminary and reflect the balance available as of 13 August 2026. Assessments are ongoing and numbers may change.
- UNGRD — Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres — Official casualty and damage balance (via El Tiempo), 13 August 2026.
https://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/balance-oficial-de-la-ungrd-tras-terremoto-de-magnitud-7-4-en-colombia-273-fallecidos-3-824-heridos-y-377-desaparecidos-3578196 - USGS — U.S. Geological Survey — Magnitude 7.4, depth and epicenter location (event us6000tjl2).
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000tjl2/executive - UN OCHA / ReliefWeb — Situation reports and humanitarian needs.
https://reliefweb.int/disaster/eq-2026-000146-col - UNICEF — Impact on children and response in Chocó and Buenaventura.
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-support-children-and-families-affected-earthquake-choc%C3%B3-and-buenaventura - UN News — Scale-up of the UN response and food insecurity.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168128 - Al Jazeera — Hospital damage and clinic evacuations in Cali.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/13/colombia-earthquake-hospitals-adapt-to-save-lives-amid-widespread-damage - El Colombiano — Casualty balance and aftershocks.
https://www.elcolombiano.com/colombia/muertos-terremoto-en-colombia-heridos-replicas-choco-hoy-GC39809690 - DANE — Statistics of Colombia — Multidimensional poverty and rural school infrastructure.
https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/PM/bol-PMultidimensional-2024.pdf - Plan International / Children Change Colombia — Context on educational barriers in Chocó.
https://childrenchangecolombia.org/exclusion-from-education/
Image credits
Photographs and licenses
All photographs are used under free licenses (Creative Commons or public domain) and are attributed to their authors, in accordance with the terms of each license.
Pereira after the 10 August 2026 earthquake.
Damage in Cali after the quake.
Debris-removal work in Cali.
Families evacuated in Comuna 18, Cali.
Damage in Manizales.
Debris from a collapsed building.
Humanitarian response after the Colombia earthquake.
Children in a rural classroom in Colombia.
Rural school with a mural.
A rural Colombian school building.
Maternity care, Rafael Calvo Hospital, Cartagena.
Medical care for a Colombian patient.
Riosucio, Chocó — a region near the epicenter.
Atrato River, Medio Atrato, Chocó.
Children's Day celebration, Tolima.
Llanos sunset in Casanare.
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