A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, sending residents fleeing buildings as strong tremors were felt across the country and in neighboring Ecuador.
The epicenter was in San Jose Del Palmar, a municipality in the Choco region about 250 miles (400 kilometers) west of Colombia's capital, Bogota, the U.S. Geological Survey and Colombia's counterpart reported. The USGS said it struck at a depth of 66 miles (107 kilometers).
It was felt in Ecuador and as far away as Panama to the north, and prompted building evacuations in Bogota, AFP reporters saw.
The governor of Colombia's Choco province wrote on X that there were injuries and serious damage to buildings in the department's capital Quibdo.
The mayor of Cali, Colombia's third largest city, also reported "major damage."
