Colombia quake death toll tops 200 as rescuers race to find survivors
Emergency crews searched collapsed buildings as officials said the disaster has left 224 dead and dozens of structures flattened.
- 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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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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PEREIRA, Colombia (AP) — The search for survivors in the rubble of Colombia’s powerful earthquake grew more desperate on Wednesday, two days after the quake…
The search for survivors continues in Colombia, following the earthquake of a magnitude of 7.4, which took place on Monday, killing 216 people. Switzerland grants emergency aid of 1 million francsIn the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the rescuers extracted a survivor of the rubble of a collapsed building in Pereira, tens of hours after Monday morning the most deadly earthquake of the century in Colombia, whose record has been revised downwards t…
The death toll from the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia has risen to at least 254. Search and rescue operations continue to reach those trapped under the rubble, while more than 100 aftershocks have been recorded and thousands have been left homeless.
Rescuers search for survivors after earthquake kills 216 people in Colombia
BOGOTA — Emergency responders are racing to find survivors after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia, killing more than 200 people, acocrding to officials. The government declared a national disaster and world leaders have offered assistance.Rescuers pulled a 32-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building Tuesday, sparking cheers and applause as exhausted crews raced to find more survivors from the country's stron…
Rescuers in Colombia, which was hit by a 7.4-magnitude earthquake on Monday, continue to search for possible survivors. A 32-year-old woman was rescued from the rubble in the eastern city of Cali on Tuesday, nearly 30 hours after the quake.
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