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LatinTimes Staff Reporter

MAP of Affected Area: Two Days After Colombia's Biggest Quake in Decades, Casualty Count Continues to Climb

Epicenter of the Aug. 10, 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia. (Credit: USGS.gov)

Rescue crews in western Colombia pushed into a third day of digging on Wednesday, working against the outer edge of the window in which trapped survivors can realistically be found alive. Two days after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake tore through the country's coffee belt and Pacific lowlands, casualty figures still won't sit still — official, unofficial, and local numbers keep pulling in different directions depending on who's doing the counting.

The toll depends entirely on the source

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