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Quake Toll of 133 in Colombia and Mass Rescue Efforts
A powerful earthquake off Colombia's coast killed 133 and injured up to 2,000 as rescuers scoured six coastal towns. The epicenter lay about 20 miles offshore, with Charco and Tomaco among the hardest hit. Turbay ordered the army to aid, and officials battled power and communications outages while aftershocks followed the initial quake.
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