Kyle Sooley-Brookings
One person dead after earthquake in Colombia
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On Thursday a 6.3 magnitude earthquake occurred 16 km north of Cumaral, Colombia.
The earthquake occurred at 1:04 pm local time and was at a depth of 10 km.
Officials said one woman had died as a result of the earthquake. There was damage to buildings in the capital of Bogota.
When the earthquake began, residents fled from buildings into the streets.