The devastation has tested Colombia's new president and his government as it scrambles to respond to the disaster and civil society as it pushes to provide aid to the most affected communities.

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Search teams worked through the rubble of collapsed buildings in western Colombia on Sunday, nearly a week after a powerful earthquake devastated cities and towns across the country's west,

Colombian pop star Shakira on Monday pledged financial support to help rebuild schools damaged by the devastating earthquake in her home country. The singer visited the badly affected Chocó

Colombia's 7.4-magnitude quake struck shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Monday, with ⁠its ⁠epicenter in San Jose del Palmar ⁠in the province of Choco. It ​toppled apartment block

At least 265 people died in the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck the country's west on Monday. The devastation has tested Colombia's new president, Abelardo de la Espriella.

A week after a deadly quake, Colombia turns from rescue efforts to shelter, aid and rebuilding.

Over 800 N95 masks were collected by Decatur students to support emergency workers following a powerful earthquake in Colombia.

In Chocó, a predominantly Afro-Colombian and Indigenous region, “pain, hunger and homelessness await” survivors of last week’s earthquake, the governor says.

"Millions of times larger than the energy produced by the HAARP array."