Colombia: 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Leaves Over 100 Dead, Hundreds Injured

A
powe ful
7.4-mag itude
ea thquake
st uck
weste
Colombia
o
Mo day,
causi g
widesp ead
dest uctio
a d
leavi g
mo e
tha
100
people
dead
a d
hu d eds
i ju ed.
The
epice te
was
ea
Sa
José
del
Palma
i
the
Chocó
egio ,
while
st o g
t emo s
we e
felt
ac oss
majo
cities
i cludi g
Cali,
Pe ei a,
Ma izales,
Bogotá
a d
Medellí .
The
ea thquake
caused
buildi gs
to
collapse,
damaged
oads
a d
vehicles,
a d
t apped
people
u de
ubble.
Rescue
teams
a e
wo ki g
a ou d
the
clock
to
sea ch
fo
su vivo s,
with
CCTV,
heavy
equipme t
a d
othe
esou ces
bei g
used
i
the
elief
ope atio .
I
a
ema kable
escue,
a
woma
a d
he
i fa t
we e
epo tedly
pulled
alive
f om
the
ubble
i
Cali,
p ovidi g
a
mome t
of
hope
amid
the
devastatio .
Colombia& squo;s
p eside t
decla ed
a
atio al
eme ge cy
a d
o de ed
autho ities
to
p io itize
escue
a d
elief
effo ts.
T emo s
we e
also
felt
i
eighbo i g
cou t ies.
The
disaste
has
become
o e
of
Colombia& squo;s
st o gest
ea thquakes
i
ece t
histo y.

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