A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, shaking the South American nation and neighboring Ecuador and prompting people to evacuate homes and buildings.
The epicenter was in San José del Palmar, a municipality in the Choco region about 250 miles (400 kilometers) west of Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, the U.S. Geological Survey and Colombia’s counterpart reported. The USGS said it struck at a depth of 66 miles (107 kilometers).
Choco Gov. Nubia Córdoba said on social media that in the regional capital, “there are injuries and serious damage to buildings,” without providing further details.
The quake follows two back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes in Venezuela in late June, which destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed more than 5,000 people.
The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) issues tsunami alerts and information for the continental U.S. and Canada, and confirmed just after 6 a.m. PST that there was no tsunami threat on the U.S. West Coast, including Washington state.
Contributing: Associated Press