At least 111 killed after powerful earthquake hits western Colombia(Reuters) At least 111 people were killed after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia ​on Monday, toppling buildings across several cities, damaging hospitals and infrastructure and trapping people beneath the rubble in what authorities called the ‘s strongest earthquake of the century. De La Espriella said preliminary reports indicated 111 dead and 87 injured, along with dozens of collapsed buildings ⁠and damaged homes. Reports from Choco, near the epicenter, were slowed by communications outages, with some areas still lacking cellphone service ​hours after the earthquake. Pereira, the department’s capital, suffered extensive damage, with rescue workers continuing to search collapsed buildings for survivors. Colombia’s coffee region was devastated ​by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in 1999 that killed more than 1,000 people, particularly around Armenia and Pereira.