M7.4 earthquake hits western Colombia, serious damages reported from Cali, Quibdo and Manizales
M7.4 earthquake hits western Colombia, serious damages reported from Cali, Quibdo and Manizales : An M7.4 earthquake hit western Colombia on Monday, leaving collapsed buildings in the cities of Cali and Manizales. The earthquake struck around 7:30 and had its epicenter in San Jose del Palmar, a municipality in the Choco province. In the hour that followed, locals began reporting collapsed buildings in the cities of Cali, Pereira and Manizales, where a tower of the cathedral collapsed. In Cali, an unknown number of people would be trapped under the rubble of two buildings and the local airport was reportedly closed. Large parts of the roof of the Pereira airport came down, according to local media. In Quibdo, the capital of Choco, a four-story building reportedly collapsed. Multiple people would have been injured, Governor Nubia Carolina Cordoba said on social media platform X. The earthquake was also felt strongly in the capital Bogota and in Medellin where...
