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Colombia declares national disaster after 7.4 quake kills over 70 nationwide; President de la Espriella chairs disaster response committee. Toll includes 29 in departmental capitals.

Colombia declared a state of national disaster on Monday after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the country's west earlier in the day, killing more than 70 people nationwide, including 29 in departmental capital cities, according to Asocapitales. President Abelardo de la Espriella chaired a special disaster management committee meeting and announced the decision.

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