Colombia declares three days of national mourning after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes the west of the country, killing more than 200 people and demolishing buildings. The government announces the mourning on Wednesday as rescue teams continue searching for survivors under rubble.
The quake, which occurs on Monday, is described by outlets as the strongest to hit Colombia in about a century or this century. While all reports focus on the death toll and ongoing rescue efforts, the coverage varies slightly in emphasis: one outlet highlights the government’s formal mourning declaration, while others stress the scale of destruction and that survivors are still being sought.
Overall reporting agrees on the timing and magnitude of the earthquake, the location in western Colombia, the death toll reaching over 200, and that the search for survivors remains active as Colombia observes mourning.
