Overview
- A powerful magnitude‑7.4 earthquake shook western Colombia and caused widespread collapse of homes and buildings, with official counts reporting 289 dead, 4,187 injured, about 26,945 homes destroyed and 127,557 damaged.
- Rescuers in Cali recovered a 3‑year‑old girl alive after more than 100 hours under rubble and took her to Hospital Universitario del Valle for treatment, offering a rare survival after the usual 72‑hour window.
- Search teams continue working in hard hit cities such as Cali and Pereira to find dozens to hundreds still listed as missing even though chances of survival fall sharply after three days.
- The national government has declared a disaster, plans to declare an economic emergency to free funding and asked President Trump for a temporary suspension of recent U.S. tariffs while the U.S. and Israel have sent aid and authorized rescue teams.
- Local officials estimate reconstruction will cost billions of dollars — Cali alone at about $3.2 billion — leaving tens of thousands displaced and pressing needs for housing, shelters and long‑term funding.