In Photos: After Devastating Quake In Colombia, Search For Survivors Continues
A powerful earthquake had struck Colombia, prompting emergency crews to launch search-and-rescue operations as they comb through damaged buildings and debris for survivors. This photo gallery captures the aftermath, including rescue teams, damaged structures, displaced residents and emergency response efforts as authorities assess the scale of destruction and casualties
A Mexican rescue worker gestures while searching through rubble two days after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Santiago Saldarriaga
Neighbors clear debris from damaged houses two days after an earthquake struck Pereira, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Fernando Vergara
People wait for information about missing relatives and for the release of bodies outside a morgue in Palmira, Colombia, where victims from Cali were taken, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ivan Valencia
A man removes a sofa from a damaged house two days after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Ivan Valencia
Volunteers sort aid for people affected by the earthquake in Cali, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Santiago Saldarriaga
Osmel Soto lowers furniture as he moves out of his damaged home two days after an earthquake struck Pereira, Colombia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Fernando Vergara
People sleep in a park after their homes were damaged by an earthquake that struck Pereira, Colombia, two days earlier, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Fernando Vergara
Rescue workers cut through debris as they attempt to rescue survivor Daniela Largo, who was trapped in the rubble the day after an earthquake struck Pereira, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. | Photo: AP/Fernando Vergara
People removing debris call for silence in an area where rescue workers tbelieve a survivor may be trapped the day after an earthquake struck Pereira, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. | Photo: AP/Fernando Vergara
Patients from a clinic evacuated due to earthquake damage lie in beds at a temporary facility set up in a gymnasium at a nearby school in Cali, Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. | Photo: AP/Santiago Saldarriaga
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