A powerful earthquake struck Colombia's Pacific coast on Monday, causing injuries and significant damage in the province of Choco and rattling the capital Bogota, according to provincial governor Nubia Carolina Cordoba-Curi.
The tremor was felt as far away as the border with Venezuela, according to Reuters witnesses. The death toll has risen to at least 77, authorities said. In Pereira, 18 people were killed and others were trapped in buildings that collapsed, mayor Mauricio Salazar told Caracol Radio, while two people were killed in Manizales, mayor Jorge Eduardo Rojas said in an interview with Blu Radio, according to Reuters.
