Buildings Collapse After Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Strikes Colombia – At Least 70 People Dead (VIDEOS)

A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday.

At least 70 people are dead.

The epicenter of the quake was in San Jose Del Palmar about 250 miles west of Bogota.

People ran as buildings collapsed.

The AP reported:

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 69 people, trapping residents under debris of collapsed buildings and forcing people to evacuate their homes as far as the capital of Bogotá.

The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar, a community of about 4,800 people in the Choco region about 250 miles (400 kilometers) west of Bogota, the U.S. Geological Survey and Colombia’s ...