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The perfect storm that turbocharged Venezuela's twin quakes
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
A dangerous cocktail of tectonic positioning, loose earth and shoddy construction contributed to the unprecedented damage caused by Venezuela's twin earthquakes...
Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims
Aug 12, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning for victims of an earthquake that demolished buildings in the west of the country, killing more than 200 p...
Pereira, the 'zombie city' devastated by Colombia's earthquake
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Jorge Gonzalez searches with his bare hands for his aunt under the ruins of a four-story building in Pereira, one of the cities hardest hit by the powerful eart...
UN chief 'saddened' by deadly Colombia earthquake
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is "saddened" by Colombia's earthquake, his spokesman said Tuesday, after at least 181 people died in one of the country's...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 111
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers and rescuers sifted through rubble with bare hands and buckets Monday, hunting for survivors following a massive 7.4-magnitude quake that h...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 181
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers cleared rubble by hand through the night in the hunt for survivors from an earthquake that killed at least 181 people and levelled more tha...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands and buckets to search for survivors early Tuesday after the country's strongest earthquak...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 169
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands to search for survivors early Tuesday after the country's strongest earthquake in a decad...
Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 240
Aug 11, 2026 (AFP)
Colombian volunteers on Tuesday dredged through rubble, searching for survivors from an earthquake that killed at least 240 people and leveled more than a hundr...
Major quake rocks Colombia and other countries, causing damage and injuries
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and other Latin American countries on Monday, causing unspecified damage and injuries and building evacuations in Bogota.
Venezuela quake death toll rises to 6,301
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
The number of dead from Venezuela's twin quakes in June rose to 6,301 on Monday, as rescue teams and family members continued to sift through the rubble in sear...
Colombia in state of emergency as quake kills 111
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia declared a state of emergency on Monday after a powerful earthquake killed at least 111 people, damaged more than 1,500 buildings and left an unknown n...
Major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors, 18 confirmed dead
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on Monday, with at least 18 people confirmed dead in first reports as shocked res...
Buildings collapse as major quake rocks Colombia and neighbors
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
A powerful earthquake rocked Colombia and neighboring Latin American countries on Monday, with medical teams rushing to help victims after buildings were damage...
Colombia declares state of emergency after quake kills 111
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia on Monday declared a state of emergency following a powerful earthquake that caused at least 111 deaths and flattened dozens of buildings, trapping mor...
Colombia quake leaves 69 dead, with more trapped under rubble
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 69 people, toppling dozens of buildings and reverberating in nearby countries too...
French farmers bracing for smallest corn crop since 1980
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
France's corn harvest is on pace this year for a 35 percent fall to nine million tons, a level last seen in 1980 for Europe's biggest grains producer, the gover...
Swiss Re profits jump as hurricane peak looms
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
The reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Thursday that its profits jumped in the first half of the year, beating expectations, while adding that it would "remain vig...
Venezuela unable to tally missing from cataclysmic quakes
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
Official figures show that over 6,000 people died in the horrific earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June, but authorities are keeping their lips sealed about...
6.3-magnitude earthquake hits off southern Philippines: USGS
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said.
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