Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake in Colombia: National Disaster Declared Three Days After Espriella's Inauguration

Germany

incl. 2 state outlets

5 SOURCES

Diplomacy and Citizen Protection · 5 of 20 countries

Berlin is gauging the extent of the Colombian earthquake in light of seismic differences and welcomes the immediate mobilization of European aid.

Argentina

5 SOURCES

Emerging Governance Review · 6 of 20 countries

Buenos Aires is gauging this seismic event in terms of its own time difference with Bogotá and is closely watching the crisis management of a Colombian president who has been in office for just three days.

Bolivia

5 SOURCES

Emerging Governance Review · 6 of 20 countries

La Paz is assessing the worsening toll of the Colombian earthquake while praising the immediate commitment of President Abelardo de la Espriella, who took office just three days before the disaster.

Canada

3 SOURCES

Victim Count Without Reconciliation · 6 of 20 countries

Ottawa is assessing the scope of the Colombian earthquake through a growing human toll that climbs by the hour and is closely watching the response of a president who took office just three days earlier.

Chile

3 SOURCES

Regional Analysis by Geographic Proximity · 3 of 20 countries

Santiago is analyzing the Colombian earthquake through the lens of its own seismic expertise, comparing the quake to major Chilean tremors and ruling out any connection to neighboring Venezuelan earthquakes.

China

2 SOURCES

Emerging Governance Review · 6 of 20 countries

Beijing is closely watching the new Colombian president's trial by fire, assessing crisis management based on the numerical damage reports rather than political rhetoric.

Colombia

3 SOURCES

Emerging Governance Review · 6 of 20 countries

Bogotá is facing a double shock: a historic earthquake striking just three days after the inauguration of Abelardo de la Espriella, who is being called upon to prove his government's capacity to respond in an emergency.

Ecuador

3 SOURCES

Regional Analysis by Geographic Proximity · 3 of 20 countries

Quito is assessing the impact of the Colombian earthquake, which was felt as far as its own provinces, and welcomes the initial aid offered by Ecuador to its neighbour.

Spain

4 SOURCES

Emerging Governance Review · 6 of 20 countries

Spain is assessing the extent of the Colombian disaster and watching the first test of newly sworn-in President Abelardo de la Espriella.

United States

5 SOURCES

Diplomacy and Citizen Protection · 5 of 20 countries

The United States government confirms its support for Bogotá, just three days after pledging $1 billion in security aid to the new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, whose administration is facing its first major crisis.

France

incl. 1 state outlet

7 SOURCES

Diplomacy and Citizen Protection · 5 of 20 countries

France is assessing the severity of a disaster that occurred just three days after Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration, and through Emmanuel Macron, is relaying French solidarity to the Colombian people.

India

3 SOURCES

Victim Count Without Reconciliation · 6 of 20 countries

New Delhi is particularly concerned about the uncertainty surrounding the human toll and the USGS warning of a possible thousand casualties, amid on-the-ground accounts and reactions from global celebrities.

Italy

2 SOURCES

Emerging Governance Review · 6 of 20 countries

Rome is assessing the impact of the earthquake that struck Colombia just three days after Abelardo de la Espriella's inauguration, amid a rising human toll and the new president's first governance test.

Mexico

3 SOURCES

Diplomacy and Citizen Protection · 5 of 20 countries

Mexico City is actively engaging in crisis diplomacy with Bogotá and assessing the economic impact of the earthquake on Colombia's coffee industry.

Peru

4 SOURCES

Victim Count Without Reconciliation · 6 of 20 countries

Lima is closely watching a death toll that is rising by the hour and is relaying the voice of its Colombian community that is based there.

United Kingdom

4 SOURCES

Victim Count Without Reconciliation · 6 of 20 countries

London is grappling with the confusion over the conflicting human toll estimates, which its own newsrooms are struggling to reconcile, ranging from 111 to 132 fatalities, while also identifying a British national who was present in the affected area.

Russia

STATE MEDIA

2 SOURCES

Victim Count Without Reconciliation · 6 of 20 countries

Moscow coolly takes note of the extent of the Colombian earthquake, citing the toll of 132 dead and 570 injured relayed by local radio and the discrepancies between seismological institutes, without providing a geopolitical commentary.

Switzerland

2 SOURCES

Victim Count Without Reconciliation · 6 of 20 countries

Bern is reviewing the evolving human toll of the Colombian earthquake and examining the discrepancy between initial seismic estimates and the final magnitude of 7.4.

Uruguay

3 SOURCES

Diplomacy and Citizen Protection · 5 of 20 countries

Montevideo is actively engaging in solidarity diplomacy with Bogotá while verifying that none of its own citizens were affected.

Venezuela

4 SOURCES

Regional Analysis by Geographic Proximity · 3 of 20 countries

Caracas is gauging the Colombian earthquake in light of its own traumatic experience, walking a fine line between official solidarity and rejection of comparisons to the La Guaira disaster.