Woman rescued after 36 hours trapped under hotel rubble in Colombia

A woman was rescued after spending 36 hours trapped under debris from a collapsed hotel in Colombia following a 7.4 magnitude earthquake.

By Sama News Agency

August 16, 2026

Rescue workers in protective gear excavate concrete and rubble at a disaster site, with a person in blue visible among the debris. — Rescue workers carefully remove concrete debris and rubble during the recovery operation following the earthquake that collapsed the hotel in Colombia. (France 24 — English)

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A woman trapped under debris from a collapsed hotel in Pereira, Colombia, was rescued on Tuesday after 36 hours under the rubble. The rescue came as search and rescue operations continued in the country's Chocó region, which was at the epicenter of a 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday.

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