Colombia quake death toll tops 200 as rescuers race to find survivors
Rescuers searched collapsed buildings as the death toll rose past 240 and thousands remained missing, officials said.
- On Monday, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia near San José del Palmar, killing at least 224 people as rescue crews raced through collapsed buildings in Pereira and Cali.
- Northwestern University seismologist Suzan van der Lee noted the quake's inland location and strike-slip motion amplified damage despite its 103-kilometer depth. The region was devastated by a 1999 earthquake that killed nearly 1,200 people.
- Emergency workers and volunteers dug through rubble in Cali and Pereira using excavators and bare hands to locate survivors. President Abelardo de la Espriella deployed security forces and imposed overnight curfews to prevent looting and maintain order.
- The United States committed $15.5 million in emergency aid while President de la Espriella declared a state of emergency. He decreed three-month economic relief measures for residents in the Risaralda region to support affected businesses.
- Authorities caution that more than 2,700 people remain missing, with the death toll likely to rise as search teams reach previously cut-off areas. Damage to 807 educational centers and 14 bridges complicates aid delivery across the hardest-hit provinces.
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The first aid workers extracted a survivor from the rubble, tens of hours after the earthquake in Colombia, whose death toll was revised to 216.
The earthquake caused serious damage in several cities.There are at least 240 dead and more than a thousand injured.The government declares the economic emergency as they continue to search for survivors in the rubble.
According to UN figures, the number of victims of the earthquake in Colombia has increased to more than 220. About 2,600 people have been injured, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported.
TÉMOIGNAGES - Phone seals, María del Pilar Andrade and his family tell of the panic hours in Cali City, which number 95 deaths, out of 240 across the country.
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