Colombia has declared three days of national mourning following a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake—the country's strongest in a century—which killed more than 200 people, injured nearly 2,600, and flattened buildings across western regions. Newly elected President Abelardo de la Espriella has declared a state of emergency as local rescuers, volunteers, and incoming international emergency teams from the U.S., Mexico, the European Union, and El Salvador race against time to search for survivors beneath the rubble in severely impacted cities like Cali and isolated rural areas like Choco.