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Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132⁣ ⁣ Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands and buckets to search for survivors early Tuesday after the country's strongest earthquake in a decade killed at least 132 people and smashed dozens of buildings.⁣ ⁣ The 7.4-magnitude quake struck cities across Colombia's western region shortly after 7:30 am (1230 GMT), sending panicked residents onto the streets, AFP journalists saw.⁣ The quake killed 132 people and injured more than 570 as of Monday afternoon, according to the Colombian Association of Capital Cities, a group coordinating major cities across the country.⁣ Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella -- just three days after being sworn into the job -- declared a state of emergency and vowed a concerted rescue effort.⁣ De la Espriella said earlier the death toll was 111.⁣ The city of Pereira, which was among those hit hardest, was mostly plunged into darkness amid power outages on Monday nig...
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