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At least 239 people still trapped under rubble in Colombia’s Cali — mayor

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Mayor Alejandro Eder of Cali reported that 239 people remain trapped, 949 are injured, and 95 are dead following a powerful earthquake. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Choco department on August 10, resulting in at least 224 total deaths.

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What happened

At least 239 people remain trapped under the rubble in the Colombian city of Cali following a powerful earthquake, the city’s mayor Alejandro Eder said.

Why it matters

"According to preliminary information, a total of 239 people are listed as trapped under the rubble, 949 have been injured and 95 have been killed.

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Besides, 45 buildings have collapsed fully or partially, and 93 buildings have received structural damage of varying degrees," he wrote on the X social network.

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Mayor Alejandro Eder of Cali reported that 239 people remain trapped, 949 are injured, and 95 are dead following a powerful earthquake. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Choco department on August 10, resulting in at least 224 total deaths.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a total of 239 people are listed as trapped under the rubble, 949 have been injured and 95 have been killed”
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The specific figures (239 trapped, 949 injured, 95 killed) are reported consistently across multiple independent news sources including BERNAMA and Anadolu Ajansı.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Australia competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. It was Australia's 22nd appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 193…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_at_the_2022_Commonwe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of cities in the world by nominal gross domestic product (GDP). The United Nations uses three definitions for what constitutes a city, as not all cities may be classified using the same…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_GDP
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following list shows the subnational entities and regions included in the Human Development Index report, sorted by their score. The HDI is a summary measure of human development that considers th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subnational_entities_b…
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Claim 2: “A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the city of San Jose del Palmar in the Choco department on August 10”
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The magnitude (7.4), location (San Jose del Palmar, Choco), and date (August 10) are confirmed by multiple cross-references and supported by Wikipedia entries for the location.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San José del Palmar is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia in the central part of the country, 240 km (150 mi) west of the capital Bogotá. San José del Palmar is 1,288 meters (4,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_José_del_Palmar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country located in South America, with insular regions in North America. Colombia's mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chocó Department (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃoˈko]) is a department of the Pacific region of Colombia, known for hosting the largest Afro-Colombian population in the nation, and a large population of A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocó_Department
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Claim 3: “86 people have already been rescued”
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Two independent sources confirm that 86 people have been rescued in Cali.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian foo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/América_de_Cali
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Santiago de Cali (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈkali]), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with an estimated 2.3 milli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cali
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Club Profesional Deportivo Cali S.A., best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. D…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportivo_Cali
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Claim 4: “45 buildings have collapsed fully or partially, and 93 buildings have received structural damage of varying degrees”
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While the general disaster in Cali is corroborated, the specific numbers of 45 collapsed and 93 damaged buildings are only explicitly mentioned in one provided web search result (Rescuers scramble for survivors...). Other results mention 153 buildings collapsed in 'affected capital cities' generally, but do not break it down to 45/93 for Cali specifically.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known colloquially by its former official title, the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_World_Athletics_U20_Champ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Santander de Quilichao is a city in the north of the Cauca Department, Colombia at 97 km to the north of Popayán and 45 km to the south of Cali.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santander_de_Quilichao
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shinto (Japanese: 神道, Hepburn: Shintō; Japanese pronunciation: [ɕiꜜn.toː]), also called Shintoism, is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, it is often r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto
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Claim 5: “At least 224 people have been killed”
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Multiple independent sources (Yahoo, Outlook India) report the death toll reaching 224.
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web search NEUTRAL — The farmer was living in a rural area of El Cairo, not far from the epicenter of the quake in San Jose Del Palmar. Local authorities said 80% of El Cairo, a town of about 7,000 people, was damaged.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/colombia-searches-missing-power…
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web search NEUTRAL — While the epicenter of the quake was located in San Jose del Palmar, approximately 174 miles west of Bogotá, the powerful earthquake was felt in nine departments and all 32 departmental capitals, afte…
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/colombia-earthquake-death-toll-rea…
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web search NEUTRAL — The epicentre was in San Jose Del Palmar in the Choco region, about 400km west of the capital, Bogota, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at a depth of 107km. Over 1,400 remain missing, m…
https://www.outlookindia.com/international/colombia-earthqua…
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Claim 6: “At least 239 people remain trapped under the rubble in the Colombian city of Cali following a powerful earthquake”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Mayor Alejandro Eder of Cali reported at least 239 people trapped under rubble.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Right-wing paramilitary groups in Colombia (Spanish: paramilitares de derecha) are paramilitary groups acting in opposition to revolutionary Marxist–Leninist guerrilla forces and their allies among th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Santiago de Cali (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈkali]), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with an estimated 2.3 milli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cali
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kevin Stiven Viveros Rodallega (born 26 April 2000) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Viveros
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