International Support Offered to Colombia After Earthquake
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- 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.
- About 55km (34 miles) from the epicentre of the earthquake, the city of Pereira saw some of the worst damage.
- Dan Cutler, 29, is from London but has been in Colombia for about two months as part of a big trip with his partner, and is currently in Cali.
- Journalist and meteorologist Luis Felipe Molina, from Manizales, was at home when the earthquake struck – about 150km from the epicentre.