# Desperate search for survivors as Colombia earthquake death toll reaches 240

https://mins.news/en/video/19542

- BBC News, 2026-08-11 21:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJS_4C8a9WQ

> Rescue teams in Colombia are racing to reach people believed trapped inside damaged buildings and beneath rubble. More than 240 deaths have been confirmed, with most victims reported in Cali and Pereira. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck at 07:34 local time on Monday and was felt across hundreds of miles of western Colombia. Aftershocks continued into the following day, while the government declared a state of emergency.

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