{"id":8621,"date":"2026-08-11T16:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/colombias-deadliest-earthquake-in-a-century-7-4-magnitude\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T16:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T23:16:09","slug":"colombias-deadliest-earthquake-in-a-century-7-4-magnitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/colombias-deadliest-earthquake-in-a-century-7-4-magnitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia&#8217;s Deadliest Earthquake in a Century 7.4 Magnitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0b2TWM9gxZA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on August 10, 2026 \u2014 the most powerful earthquake to hit the country this century. The quake devastated cities including Cali, Pereira, Manizales, and Quibd\u00f3, collapsing dozens of buildings including a hospital&#8217;s pediatric and neonatal wards.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down:<br \/>\n&#8211; What happened and why the quake was felt so far despite its depth<br \/>\n&#8211; The rising death toll and injury count as rescue efforts continue<br \/>\n&#8211; The hardest-hit cities and the scale of building collapses<br \/>\n&#8211; President Abelardo De La Espriella&#8217;s emergency response, just days into his term<br \/>\n&#8211; How the US and international community are responding<br \/>\n&#8211; What comes next for recovery efforts<\/p>\n<p>This is a rapidly developing disaster \u2014 figures in this video reflect the latest confirmed reports as of publishing, and may continue to change as search-and-rescue efforts continue.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for continued coverage as this story develops.<\/p>\n<p>#Colombia #Earthquake #BreakingNews #NaturalDisaster #Cali #Pereira<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on August 10, 2026 \u2014 the most powerful earthquake to hit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-134.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}