Watch: Family escapes home during Colombia earthquake

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Watch: Family escapes home during Colombia earthquake. (2026, August 11). BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwyl3w1e6zxo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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A family of a mother-of-four, Liliana Pérez Ocampo, and her children escaped their home just before it was severely damaged by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia on Monday. The earthquake, which is considered the strongest to hit the country in over two decades, has killed at least 132 people, according to the Colombian Geological Service. The family's close call was captured on video, showing them fleeing their home as it began shaking violently. The mother expressed relief that her family was safe and prioritized the value of life over material possessions.
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Story summary

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 164 people, with the death toll expected to rise. The quake reduced multi-storey buildings to rubble in cities such as Pereira and Cali, and cracked apart one of the towers of a historic cathedral in the city of Manizales. Emergency teams worked through the night, aided by police, soldiers, and volunteers, hunting for survivors beneath debris. In Cali, home to about 2.2 million people, at least 85 people were killed, with dozens of buildings left leaning precariously or destroyed outright. Several floors of one of the city's hospitals collapsed, leaving some patients trapped and forcing others to be tended to on a street strewn with rubble. The epicentre was located in San José del Palmar, near Colombia's Pacific coast.

Written for “Colombia Earthquake Disaster” on 2026-10-16, grounded in this article and the 4 other(s) covering the same event.

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📰 Colombia Earthquake Disaster
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⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 7% hedged 1 of 15 📰 publisher trust 60
“Both articles describe the same earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 that occurred on Monday in Colombia.”
7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Colombia, killing more than 100 and trapping people in collapsed buildings same event · 100%
CBC News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 2% hedged 1 of 45 📰 publisher trust 60
“Both articles report on the same earthquake that occurred in Colombia on August 11, with identical magnitude and epicentre location”
At least 132 killed in Colombia's largest earthquake in years same event · 100%
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⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 6% hedged 2 of 35 📰 publisher trust 69
“Both articles report on a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Colombia, with the same date and time (August 11 at 07:34), resulting in deaths and destruction”
Watch: Moment powerful earthquake shakes Colombia and crumbles buildings same event · 100%
BBC News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 20% hedged 1 of 5 📰 publisher trust 69
“Both articles report on the exact same earthquake incident with identical magnitude (7.4) and date/time, including multiple details that match exactly.”
Teens who fled Venezuela after deadly quakes caught in another disaster in Colombia different event · 80%
BBC News
⚖️ Leans left 🔴 9% hedged 4 of 45 📰 publisher trust 69
“The articles report different families affected by earthquakes in Colombia, with one article mentioning a 7.4 magnitude quake that occurred on Monday and the other article referencing a family's experience of being chased by tremors after moving to Colombia from Venezuela”
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Topics

Colombia Geological Service the BBC World Service

Subjects

Colombia GPE · 4× Geological Service ORG · 1× Liliana Pérez Ocampo PERSON · 1× the BBC World Service ORG · 1×

Narrative

"At first, we thought it was just a mild tremor like the ones that usually happen in Colombia, but when more than 30 seconds passed and everything was shaking harder, we realised it was an earthquake," the mother-of-four told the BBC World Service.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-08-11
2026-08-11 · BBC News
Watch: Family escapes home during Colombia earthquake · assertive framing

Claims (8 extracted, 1 hedged)

Watch: Family escapes home during Colombia earthquake asserted
Family → watch → earthquake
A family captured video of the moment they fled their home during an earthquake in Colombia. asserted
they → capture → Colombia
Liliana Pérez Ocampo and her family escaped moments before their home was rocked by a 7.4 magnitude quake on Monday. asserted
home → escape → Monday
"At first, we thought it was just a mild tremor like the ones that usually happen in Colombia, but when more than 30 seconds passed and everything was shaking harder, we realised it was an earthquake," the mother-of-four told the BBC World Service. asserted
mother → think → Service
Her family, including two young children at school, are safe. asserted
family → include → school
"In the end, material things can be replaced," she said. asserted
she → replace → end
"The most important thing is life, and we have that." asserted
we → have → that
With at least 132 people killed, this has been the strongest earthquake to hit Colombia in the 21st Century, according to the country's Geological Service. uncertain
this → kill → Service
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