Colombia scrambles to find survivors after deadly earthquake

At least 254 deaths have been reported so far, as rescue workers continue to sift through collapsed buildings.

PEREIRA (COLOMBIA) - Colombian volunteers on Tuesday dredged through rubble, searching for survivors from an earthquake that killed at least 240 people and leveled more than a hundred homes and office buildings.

By Monday night, more than 2,700 people had been reported missing.

Colombian volunteers and rescuers yesterday cleared rubble with their bare hands to search for survivors after the country’s strongest earthquake in a decade killed at least 169 people and smashed dozens of buildings.The magnitude 7.4 quake struck cities across Colombia’s western region shortly after 7:30am on Monday,

Dogs and drones have been deployed to search for those trapped under collapsed buildings, with local authorities reporting at least 150 deaths from the nation's strongest earthquake in a decade.

A powerful 7.4-magnitude Colombia earthquake has killed at least 132 people. Rescuers are scrambling to find survivors amidst widespread destruction.