Colombia declares three days of mourning as search for quake survivors continues

Cover image: A rescuer sits on the rubble of a collapsed building in Cali, Colombia, which was hit by the strongest quake this century. © Joaquin Sarmiento, AFP

Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake killed more than 200 people in the west of the country. Monday's quake was the strongest to hit Colombia this century, and the search for survivors under the rubble is ongoing.

Colombia on Wednesday declared three days of mourning for victims of an earthquake that killed more than 200 people and demolished scores of buildings in the west of the country.