{"id":144282,"date":"2026-08-21T21:23:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/tragedy-in-colombia-329-dead-and-247-missing-after-earthquake\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T21:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:23:39","slug":"tragedy-in-colombia-329-dead-and-247-missing-after-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/tragedy-in-colombia-329-dead-and-247-missing-after-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy in Colombia: 329 dead and 247 missing after earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National tragedy: Colombia records 329 deaths after the devastating earthquake<\/h2>\n\n<p>The situation in Colombia following the strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake recorded on August 10 remains critical. According to the most recent report shared by the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD), the death toll has risen to 329, while emergency teams continue the search for the 247 people who are still reported as missing.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devastating impact on infrastructure and affected families<\/h3>\n\n<p>The impact of the seismic movement has left profound consequences on the social and housing structure of the country. According to official data from Alofoke Deportes, the balance of damages is extensive:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Affected families:<\/strong> 154,014 families, representing a total of 314,751 people affected in 481 municipalities.<\/li><li><strong>Housing:<\/strong> 171,273 houses have damage, while 31,183 were completely destroyed.<\/li><li><strong>Critical infrastructure:<\/strong> The collapse of 553 buildings is reported, with special impact in the cities of Cali and Pereira.<\/li><li><strong>Basic services and education:<\/strong> The damage reached 367 health centers, 3,710 educational institutions, 5,584 community centers, and 427 roads.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The magnitude of this disaster, classified as the most powerful earthquake Colombia has faced in the last 25 years, has left a toll of 4,600 people injured, while rescue efforts have managed to save 364 citizens so far.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impacts on wildlife and geographic scope<\/h3>\n\n<p>The emergency has not only impacted the human population, but has also left a significant mark on the local fauna. The UNGRD has accounted for 1,259 rescued animals and 3,182 that have been injured due to landslides and the collapse of structures.<\/p>\n\n<p>The epicenter of the seismic movement was located in San Jos\u00e9 del Palmar, in the department of Choc\u00f3. However, the reach of the earthquake extended with greater force towards the departments of Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Caldas, and Quind\u00edo, areas that are currently receiving priority attention from national authorities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National tragedy: Colombia records 329 deaths after the devastating earthquake The situation in Colombia following the strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake recorded on August 10 remains critical. According to the most recent report shared by the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD), the death toll has risen to 329, while emergency teams continue the search [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[6747,12831,13159],"class_list":{"0":"post-144282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-colombia","9":"tag-earthquake","10":"tag-ungrd"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}