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4 stories for“earthquake safety”
A magnitude 7.4 struck western Colombia at 7.34am local time, 110 km beneath Choco. It was felt in 32 departmental capitals, brought down a cathedral tower in Manizales, and the toll is still moving.
Aug 12, 2026
After every major earthquake, a prediction resurfaces that appears to have called it. Here is how that trick works, why seismologists say prediction is not currently possible, and what forecasting can actually do.
Aug 12, 2026
Depth is usually protective. But a deep earthquake shakes a far wider area, and what determines whether buildings fall is not magnitude at all. It is ground motion, soil, and how the structure was built.
Aug 12, 2026
