Rubble Covers Pereira Streets Following Devastating Earthquake

Debris covered the streets of Pereira, Colombia, after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck on Monday, August 10. Alejandro Pulido captured the extent of the damage caused by the tremor in this footage of destroyed buildings throughout the city center. Colombia's Geological Service https://x.com/sgcol/status/2086831746885034350 said Monday's earthquake was the strongest registered in the country in the last decade, and was followed by two aftershocks with magnitudes of 2.8 and 4.8. In a https://x.com/ABDELAESPRIELLA/status/2086940643209736599 press conference , new President Abelardo de la Espriella said 111 people had been killed in the earthquake as of 12:30 pm and 87 were injured. The death toll was expected to rise with residents feared trapped under the rubble. The earthquake https://x.com/sgcol/status/2086799962629603589 struck at 7:34 am in San Jose del Palmar, in the department of Choco, and https://x.com/UNGRD/status/2086842385833624060 was felt across different regions of Colombia. (Footage by Alejandro Pulido/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)