00:00Also, in Valle del Cauca, two deaths were confirmed in Zarzal, following the 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
00:12Also, three people were reported injured in the municipality of El Cairo and the school building collapsed in Calima, El
00:19Darien.
00:20These are the first officially confirmed deaths since the earthquake struck western Colombia at 7.34 local time, with this
00:28epicenter located in Jos茅 del Palmar, in Choc贸.
00:34Also, the Colombian National Army stressed throughout his ex-account that in response to the earthquake recorded in the last
00:47few hours,
00:48five platoons of rescued soldiers from military engineers.
00:51They are on standby to deploy to areas that might require assistance with specialized capabilities in search and rescue in
00:59collapsed structures.
01:00Our soldiers have high-precision technology and can in teams train specifically for the search for people.
01:07We keep our capabilities ready to respond promptly and protect the lives of Colombians.
01:17What is known about the impact of the strong earthquake in Colombia at this moment is that the earthquake had
01:24a magnitude of 7.4 according to the Colombian Geological Survey.
01:29At least one person died and others were injured and three more are reported missing in the department of Choc贸.
01:37According to the newspaper El Espectador, sitting in the regional office of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management.
01:46The earthquake was felt in nine departments and in all 32 of Colombia's capital city.
01:52According to Javier Pava, director of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, at least 20 buildings collapsed in the
02:00city of Cali.
02:01According to the city's mayor Alejandro Eder, rescue teams and local residents are searching for people who may have been
02:09trapped under the rubble or buildings that collapsed as a result of the initial disaster.
02:15According to the Caracol Television Network, air operations also were suspended at the airports in Pereira, Manizales, Quibdo, Armenia, Cartago
02:24and Buenaventura.
02:25According to the country's civil aviation authority.
02:30At this moment there is no threat of a tsunami on Colombia's Pacific coast following the earthquake according to the
02:37National Unit for Disaster Risk Management.
02:40This is all the current information according to the Colombian authorities and also Julio Fierro Morales, head of the Colombian
02:54Geological Service, declares the next information.
03:01Good morning from Colombia's National Seismological Network, operated by the Colombian Geological Service.
03:08We report that at 7,034 a.m., today an earthquake measuring 7-4 earthquake at a depth of 88
03:15kilometers.
03:16This is the strongest earthquake recorded in the country in recent history, and there is a history of earthquakes in
03:22that area.
03:22In particular, on November 23, 1979, there was a 7.2.
03:28We have recorded two aftershocks, one measuring 2.8 and another 4.8, which occurred recently.
03:35The earthquake was detected in other countries.
03:37There are reports that it was felt in Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama, and it was felt throughout Colombia.
03:43We are aware of damage, not through official channels but through social media, in the cities of Manizales and Pereira.
03:50We will continue to provide updates from the Colombian Geological Service, and we recommend that the public, of course, remain
03:57calm and obtain information through the official channels of the Colombian Geological Survey and the National Risk and Disaster Management
04:06Unit.
04:09This is information also from Julio Fierro.
04:14He is the head of the Colombian Geological Service that declared that information we were hearing.
04:20We are on the internet basically saying that information we are calling from a response to the Spanish懈褌
04:21point and we're starting to take it from the French announced.
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