Embassy in Colombia receives no appeals from Russian citizens regarding earthquake — envoy

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 11, 2026 · 147 words

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What to know about Embassy in Colombia receives no appeals from Russian citizens regarding earthquake — envoy

The Russian embassy in Colombia reports that no Russian citizens have contacted their hotline following a magnitude 7.4 earthquake on August 10. Ambassador Nikolay Tavdumadze stated that embassy staff are coordinating with local authorities to verify reports of potentially affected citizens.

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What happened

The Russian embassy in Colombia has not received any appeals from Russian citizens regarding the earthquake in the country, and embassy staff are in contact with the authorities to verify information about allegedly affected Russian citizens, Russian…

Why it matters

"As of the current moment, no appeals have been received on the embassy's hotline from Russian citizens regarding the earthquake that occurred in Colombia on the morning of August 10," the diplomat noted.

Common ground

"At present, embassy staff are in contact with regional authorities to verify information about allegedly affected compatriots.

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Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Embassy in Colombia receives no appeals from Russian citizens regarding earthquake — envoy?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck near the city of San Jose del Palmar in the Choco department on August 10?
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Low risk. This article shows minimal use of propaganda techniques.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 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 magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck near the city of San Jose del Palmar in the Choco department on August 10.”

CORROBORATED

The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference (TASS), a YouTube news report, a Solace Global alert, and a specific earthquake report mentioning San José del Palmar in the Chocó department on August 10.

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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 — 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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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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Claim 2: “According to Colombia’s El Tiempo newspaper, at least 1,310 people have been injured in the calamity.”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

While Wikipedia confirms that El Tiempo is a major Colombian newspaper, none of the provided evidence contains the specific figure of 1,310 injured people reported by El Tiempo. One source mentions a death toll of 331 and a revised number of injured, but the text is cut off and does not mention 1,310.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aventuras en el tiempo (English: Adventures in Time) is a Mexican comedy drama telenovela produced by Rosy Ocampo for Televisa in 2001. On March 19, 2001, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aventuras_en_el_tiempo

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Claudio Cataño Porras (born 18 September 1985) is a Colombian actor and director. In 2024, he played Colonel Aureliano Buendía in the Netflix television series One Hundred Years of Solitude, based on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Cataño

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — El Tiempo (English: "Time" or "The Times") is a Colombian newspaper founded on January 30, 1911, by Alfonso Villegas Restrepo. It is currently the newspaper with the largest circulation in Colombia an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tiempo_(Colombia)

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Claim 3: “embassy staff are in contact with the authorities to verify information about allegedly affected Russian citizens”

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Only one web search result mentions that embassy staff are in contact with authorities to verify information about affected Russian citizens. Other search results discuss different earthquakes or unrelated embassy services.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colombia–Russia relations are the bilateral relations between the Republic of Colombia and the Russian Federation. Colombia first established diplomatic relations on 25 June 1935 when Russia was then …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia–Russia_relations

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate, and commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU, is the foreign…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU_(Russian_Federation)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian mafia (Russian: ру́сская ма́фия, romanized: russkaya mafiya [ˈruskəjə ˈmafʲɪjə] or росси́йская ма́фия, rossiyskaya mafiya [rɐˈsʲijskəjə ˈmafʲɪjə]), also known as bratva (братва́, bratva [b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_mafia

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Claim 4: “The Russian embassy in Colombia has not received any appeals from Russian citizens regarding the earthquake in the country”

CORROBORATED

Two separate web search results explicitly state that the Russian embassy in Colombia has received no appeals from Russian citizens regarding the August 10 earthquake.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 August to 31 December 2024.
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