AdvertisementUpdated WorldSouth AmericaEarthquakes At least 132 people killed, many trapped as powerful earthquake hits Colombia Astrid Suarez , Megan Janetsky and Juan Diaz Updated August 11, 2026 — 2:07pm ,first published August 11, 2026 — 12:32am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Volunteers help shift debris at a collapsed building in the city Pereira, which was close to the quake’s epicentre. A vehicle is crushed by debris after the earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, on Monday. I’ve never lived through such a powerful earthquake,” he said. Pereira Mayor, Mauricio Salazar, told a local radio station that more people were trapped under “a massive quantity of collapsed buildings”.