At least 80 people dead as magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits Colombia

A powerful earthquake measuring seven point four in magnitude struck central and western Colombia on Monday morning, killing at least eighty people, according to El País. The Colombian Geological Service says the tremors lasted four minutes, with the epicenter located in San José del Palmar, a rural, mountainous municipality in the Chocó department.

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