Reside ts
a d
escue
wo ke s
sea ch
th ough
the
ubble
of
a
collapsed
buildi g
A
powe ful
ea thquake
st uck
weste
Colombia
o
Mo day,
causi g
i ju ies
a d
sig ifica t
damage
ac oss
seve al
cities,
i cludi g
Quibdo,
Pe ei a
a d
Cali,
while
dis upti g
ope atio s
at
multiple
ai po ts.
The
t emo
was
felt
i
the
capital
Bogota
a d
as
fa
away
as
eighbou i g
Ve ezuela
a d
Ecuado .The
ea thquake
caused
sig ifica t
damage
ac oss
weste
Colombia
with
at
least
47
dead
with
estimates
stati g
that
it
could
c oss
1,000
i
the
comi g
days.
18
people
have
bee
epo ted
dead
i
Pe ei a,
acco di g
to
the
city’s
mayo
while
at
least
th ee
killed
i
Ma izales,
thei
mayo
told
Blu
Radio,
as
quoted
by
Reute s.
Mea while,
o e
pe so
died
i
Bue ave tu a,
Colombia’s
mai
Pacific
po t;
while
seve al
people
a e
t apped
i
buildi g
collapses.
I
Cali
also,
20
buildi gs
collapsed,
with
people
epo ted
t apped
i side,
the
city’s
mayo
said.Late ,
27
people
i
the
Valle
de
Cauca
depa tme t
we e
epo ted
dead,
whe e
Colombia’s
thi d-biggest
city,
Cali,
is
located.Damage
was
epo ted
at
ai po ts
i
Pe ei a,
Ma izales,
Quibdo,
A me ia,
Ca tago
a d
Bue ave tu a,
whe e
ai
ope atio s
we e
suspe ded,
Colombia’s
aviatio
autho ity
said.
The
U ited
States
Geological
Su vey
(USGS)
a d
Colombia’s
geological
se vice
epo ted
the
ea thquake
at
mag itude
7.4.
The
epice t e
was
ea
Sa
Jose
del
Palma ,
about
400
km
west
of
Bogota,
at
a
depth
of
96
km
(60
miles).
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P eside t
Abela do
de
la
Esp iella
said
i
a
post
o
X
that
he
will
pe so ally
supe vise
ecove y
effo ts
a d
i stall
a
eme ge cy
ce te
i
Sa
Jose
del
Palma .
“I
have
di ectly
assumed
leade ship
of
the
eme ge cy
espo se
i
Sa
José
del
Palma .
I
have
o de ed
the
establishme t
of
a
U ified
Comma d
Post
to
coo di ate
the
atte tio
to
the
damages
a d
the
affected
i dividuals.
I
have
equested
f om
the
di ecto
of
the
UNGRD
a
detailed
epo t
o
the
situatio
a d
the
most
u ge t
eeds.
I
will
also
be
pe so ally
i
Pe ei a
to
accompa y
the
affected
people
a d
ve ify
the
Gove me t’s
espo se,”
he
said
(t a slated
f om
Spa ish)
Choco
Gove o
Nubia
Ca oli a
Co doba-Cu i
said
the e
we e
i ju ies
a d
sig ifica t
damage
to
buildi gs
i
the
p ovi cial
capital,
Quibdo,
while
autho ities
bega
assessi g
the
impact.
She
also
wa ed
of
possible
afte shocks.
“We
have
just
expe ie ced
a
majo
ea thquake
i
the
depa tme tof
Choco.
We
a e
co ce ed
about
afte shocks.
Although
the
epice te
was
ea
Sa
Jose
del
Palma ,
the e
a e
i ju ies
a d
sig ifica t
damage
to
buildi gs
i
the
capital,
Quibdo.
We
a e
al eady
ca yi g
out
a
damage
assessme t
a d
will
issue
the
fi st
official
epo t
sho tly,”
gove o
Nubia
Ca oli a
Co doba-Cu i
said
o
X.
Gove o
of
Chocó
gives
update
o
ea thquake
Additio ally,
the
gove o
of
eighbo i g
Risa alda
p ovi ce,
Jua
Diego
Pati o,
told
local
Blu
Radio
the e
was
“se ious
damage
to
some
buildi gs”
i
Pe ei a,
the
p ovi cial
capital.
“What
has
just
occu ed
is
ve y
seve e.
The
images
a e
t uly
shocki g,
with
people
i ju ed
a d
buildi g
facades
collapsed,”
he
said.Mea while,
Bogota’s
mayo ,
Ca los
Gala ,
said
o
X
the e
was
o
majo
damage
i
the
capital.
Five
platoo s
of
escue
soldie s
a e
bei g
deployed
to
a eas
ac oss
Colombia
that
may
equi e
atte tio
followi g
the
ea thquake
this
mo i g,
the
Colombia
A my
said
i
a
post
o
X.
“With
specialized
sea ch
a d
escue
capabilities
i
collapsed
st uctu es,
ou
soldie s
have
high-p ecisio
tech ological
mea s
a d
ca i e
bi omials
t ai ed
fo
the
specific
sea ch
fo
people.”“We
keep
ou
capacities
available
to
espo d
i
a
timely
ma e
a d
p otect
the
lives
of
Colombia s,”
it
added.Mo e
tha
2
millio
people
we e
exposed
to
ve y
st o g
shaki g
du i g
the
ea thquake
i
Colombia,
acco di g
to
the
US
Geological
Su vey
(USGS).
The
shaki g,
ated
7
out
of
10
o
the
USGS
scale,
could
cause
“co side able
damage
i
poo ly
built
st uctu es”
a d
slight
to
mode ate
damage
to
well-built
buildi gs,
epo ted
CNN.Za zal,
Pe ei a
a d
A me ia
we e
amo g
the
most
populated
cities
likely
affected.
USGS
estimated
the
widesp ead
damage
could
esult
i
“sig ifica t
casualties”,
with
oughly
a
o e-i -th ee
cha ce
that
fatalities
could
exceed
1,000.
