Watch: Moment powerful earthquake shakes Colombia and crumbles buildings
Latest update from CBS News: 4 magnitude earthquake rocks Colombia, over 100 dead, president says. Latest update from Al Jazeera: Video from Pereira airport in Colombia shows violent shaking during a magnitude 7. Latest update from Reuters: At least 111 killed after powerful earthquake hits western Colombia - Reuters. Authorities in the western Colombian cities of Cali, Armenia and Manizales have announced curfews in the aftermath of the quake, with Cali’s mayor saying threats of looting had forced him to deploy police and military personnel to the streets. President Abelardo de la Espriella promised 1,000 additional security personnel for the city, the largest in western Colombia. As night fell in Colombia, rescue workers and volunteers with headlamps have hurried to find people still trapped under rubble. Video broadcast by Caracol Television showed a group of people pulling a small baby covered in dust from under a pile of debris. The six-month-old girl and her mother were rescued from under a five-story building in Cali, it reported.
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