BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, causing serious damage to buildings in the region and prompting evacuations as far away as the capital, Bogotá. The regional governor said there had been an unspecified number of injuries. The epicentre was in San José del Palmar, a community of about 4,800 people in the Choco region about 250 miles (400 kilometres) west of Bogotá, the US Geological Survey and Colombia’s counterpart reported.

Colombia had initially put the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.6.

A powerful earthquake has shaken western Colombia and neighboring Ecuador, prompting evacuations. The United States Geological Survey reports a 7.4 magnitude with the epicenter in…