A almighty earthquake has caused important harm successful Colombia's Pacific coast, officials say.
Nubia Carolina Córdoba, politician Chocó province, said radical had been injured but did not specify however many. She besides said she was acrophobic astir imaginable aftershocks.
The magnitude-7.4 quake struck astatine 07:34 (12:34 GMT) astatine a extent of 96km (60 miles), Colombia's geological work said.
The quake comes little than 2 months aft duplicate quakes devastated the northbound of neighbouring Venezuela, sidesplitting much than 6,100 people.
The epicentre of Monday's quake was 5km eastbound of the colony of San José del Palmar, but could beryllium felt hundreds of kilometres to the eastbound successful the capital, Bogotá, wherever respective buildings were evacuated.
Colombian paper El Tiempo shared footage it was taken successful the metropolis of Manizales, successful the country's java region, showing a collapsed gathering and radical shouting to those they fearfulness could beryllium trapped underneath.
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