Colombia Declares State of Emergency Following Earthquake

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• Watu 132 wamepoteza maisha na wengine zaidi ya 570 wakiripotiwa kujeruhiwa kutokana na tetemeko la ardhi lilioikumba Colombia Agosti 10.
• Mwaka 1999 Colombia ilikumbwa na tetemeko la ardhi lenye ukubwa wa magnitudi 6.2 lilosababisha vifo vya watu 1000.
• BOGOTÁ: AT least 132 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years.
• More than 480 people were injured in the quakes, Colombia’s Association of Capital Cities wrote in a statement update on Monday.
• Tetemeko hilo lilikuwa na ukubwa wa 7.4 na lilipiga maeneo ya magharibi mwa Colombia, na kusabibisha kuanguka kwa majengo, uharibifu wa miundombinu na kuwaacha baadhi ya watu wakiwa wamenaswa chini ya vifusi.