{
  "id": 7786131,
  "title": "Three in Four Buildings in Colombia Are Not Earthquake-Resistant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/three-in-four-buildings-in-colombia-are-not-earthquake-resistant",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T12:32:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Colombia One",
    "slug": "colombia-one",
    "url": "https://colombiaone.com/2026/09/16/colombia-three-in-four-buildings-are-not-earthquake-resistant/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Colombia, 74.9% of buildings do not comply with current seismic resistance standards, according to data from the Global Earthquake Model Foundation. This discrepancy highlights the need for significant improvement in earthquake-resistant design, despite Colombia having one of the stricter earthquake regulations in Latin America.",
  "summary": "Three out of every four buildings in Colombia would not have up-to-date earthquake-resistant design, according to data from the Data Unit calculated from the exposure model of the Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM). The estimate indicates that 74.9% of the country’s buildings would not have been designed under the earthquake-resistant standards currently in force, a […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}