Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 240

The 7.4-magnitude quake was Colombia's strongest in a century, according to the US Geological Survey

PEREIRA (COLOMBIA) - Colombian volunteers on Tuesday dredged through rubble, searching for survivors from an earthquake that killed at least 240 people and leveled more than a hundred homes and office buildings.

The quake struck several cities across Colombia's western coffee-growing region and Pacific belt at 7:34 am (1234 GMT) Monday, toppling structures, swaying towers and tossing roof tiles to the ground.