At least 82 people were killed after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia early on Monday, collapsing buildings in several cities and trapping people under rubble.
The 7.4 magnitude earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey, struck at a depth of 107 kilometres near San Jose del Palmar in Choco province on Colombia’s Pacific coast. The tremor was felt across the country.
The US Geological Survey warned that “significant casualties
