{"id":86806,"date":"2026-08-12T09:18:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=86806"},"modified":"2026-08-12T09:22:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T09:22:59","slug":"colombian-president-declares-state-of-disaster-after-powerful-7-4-magnitude-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/colombian-president-declares-state-of-disaster-after-powerful-7-4-magnitude-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian President declares state of disaster after powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>7.4-magnitude quake strikes near San Jos\u00e9 del Palmar, with tremors felt across Colombia and neighbouring countries as authorities mobilize emergency response efforts.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><strong>MOSCOW (WNP<\/strong><strong>\/ RIA Novosti):<\/strong> Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has signed a decree declaring a state of disaster across the country following a powerful earthquake, El Tiempo newspaper reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia on Monday, with its epicentre located near the municipality of San Jos\u00e9 del Palmar in the Choc\u00f3 department.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The powerful tremors were felt across large parts of Colombia and in neighbouring countries, prompting emergency response measures and raising concerns over further damage and possible aftershocks.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration of a state of disaster is expected to facilitate the mobilisation of emergency resources and government agencies to support affected communities and respond to the consequences of the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86808\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11deb165-cebd-41c6-9724-45e0834ddadd.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11deb165-cebd-41c6-9724-45e0834ddadd.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11deb165-cebd-41c6-9724-45e0834ddadd.jpg-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11deb165-cebd-41c6-9724-45e0834ddadd.jpg-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11deb165-cebd-41c6-9724-45e0834ddadd.jpg-630x420.webp 630w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11deb165-cebd-41c6-9724-45e0834ddadd.jpg-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11deb165-cebd-41c6-9724-45e0834ddadd.jpg-696x464.webp 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7.4-magnitude quake strikes near San Jos\u00e9 del Palmar, with tremors felt across Colombia and neighbouring countries as authorities mobilize emergency response efforts. MOSCOW (WNP\/ RIA Novosti): Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has signed a decree declaring a state of disaster across the country following a powerful earthquake, El Tiempo newspaper reported on Wednesday. A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":86807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-europe","category-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86809,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86806\/revisions\/86809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}