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USGS Records Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Near San José del Palmar, Colombia

The U.S. Geological Survey's event record assigns the quake its highest impact alert level, indicating high casualties and extensive damage are estimated to be likely; no confirmed casualty figures are yet available.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 12, 2026, 12:58 p.m. ET
A magnitude struck , on August 10, 2026, according to the event record published by . The record gives the origin time as 12:34:28 UTC and lists the magnitude type as mww, with the magnitude status marked "." The USGS record lists the depth as — the record states depth in kilometers — placing it in what the agency classifies as the depth band. The record gives an instrumental intensity of and a community intensity of , drawn from 1,107 felt reports submitted to the agency. The USGS record carries an estimated impact level of red, which the agency defines as meaning . That is a modelled estimate, not a count: no casualty or damage figures appear in the record, and none have been confirmed. The record does not flag the event for tsunami evaluation. This is a developing situation. Magnitude, depth and intensity values in USGS event records are routinely revised as more seismic data is processed.

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