00:00Well, I'm going to tell you about a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 that shook a large part of Colombia this morning.
00:07The epicenter has been near San José del Palmar, in Chocó, about 300 kilometers away as the crow flies.
00:13from Bogotá and at a depth of 90 kilometers.
00:16Here in Bogotá, we've felt it very strongly. In our office, the tables and chairs have started to move.
00:22and the ground beneath our feet.
00:23We went down to the street and everything was still shaking there too. The lampposts, the buildings, and even the
00:30asphalt.
00:30It felt like being on a boat with the ground swaying beneath our feet.
00:36Like us, many people have left buildings, offices, their homes and gone out into the streets as a precaution.
00:43Several areas of the country are currently reporting damage, including Manizales, Armenia, and Cali.
00:49But there is particular concern in Chocó, the epicenter area on the Pacific coast, where there are power outages.
00:56There were also communication failures that made it more difficult to know exactly what had happened.
01:01At the moment there is no information about possible victims.
01:04Authorities are trying to assess the damage as aftershocks continue to be reported.
01:11That's all we can tell you from Bogotá for now.
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