At least 169 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years.
The death toll is likely to rise, with more feared trapped under collapsed buildings.
The magnitude 7.4 quake struck at 07:34 (12:34 GMT) at a depth of 103km (64 miles) in Chocó province, the country’s geological service said. It was felt across an enormous area, stretching for hundreds of miles across western Colombia.
Many of the deaths have been concentrated in Cali, Colombia’s third most populous city.
At least 900 people were injured in the quakes, Colombia’s Association of Capital Cities (Asocapitales) wrote in an update on Tuesday.
The epicentre of the quake was near the village of San José del Palmar, in Chocó province, but local mayor León Fabio MarÃn Moncada said that there had miraculously been no deaths or injuries – despite the roads in and out being damaged.
According to Asocapitales, most of the fatalities where in cities.
Cali, located about 200km from the epicentre, was the worst affected with 85 dead.
Dan Cutler, 29, is from London but has been in Colombia for about two months as part of a big trip with his partner, and is currently in Cali.
Being woken by the earthquake, he told the BBC: “I’ve never experienced anything like it.”
“We sprinted outside in our pyjamas. There’s no major structural damage to the hotel, but there are surface cracks in the walls, and paint and plaster have peeled off,” he says.
In Pereira, in Colombia’s coffee-growing region, 66 people died. Videos verified by the BBC show at least one building collapsing in Plaza BolÃvar, Pereira’s main square, with scattered debris and dust across the open space where many people had gathered.
