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At least 111 people are dead after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake rattled western Colombia Monday.<\/p>\n
One survivor recalls the moment the ground moved, and he rushed to safety.<\/p>\n
“You hear the screams, you hear the people crying, and them running down the stairs and outside of my building. I saw a lot of people outside,” said Marcus Majors.<\/p>\n
Marcus described the scene outside his high-rise apartment in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, which is about 175 miles from the reported epicenter of the magnitude 7.4 earthquake.<\/p>\n
“Medell\u00edn felt it, but there\u2019s a lot of areas in the coffee region of Colombia that felt it even more,” said Majors.<\/p>\n
The powerful earthquake has destroyed buildings and left many trapped under debris.<\/p>\n
Marcus says he\u2019s felt his share of earthquakes after moving to Colombia four years ago from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
“Today was a crazy day, honestly. You know, living in Los Angeles, you\u2019ve been through many earthquakes, right? I don\u2019t think any of them were the magnitude of today, though.”<\/p>\n
Less than two months ago, Colombia\u2019s neighboring country, Venezuela, was struck by two powerful earthquakes of similar magnitude.<\/p>\n
“To think of the big earthquake as just the shaking is a mistake,” said renowned seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones in June.<\/p>\n
Shortly after the Venezuela earthquakes, Dr. Jones reminded people that massive earthquakes have a massive impact, often triggering fires, landslides, power outages and other disasters.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s why we\u2019re pushing for resilience, why the work that Edison is doing right now to strengthen its grid for earthquake resilience is important. They\u2019re doing a lot, and it\u2019s important because it\u2019s way more than just the earthquake itself,” said Jones.<\/p>\n
Marcus is safe, but says he feels for many who lost loved ones or are looking for loved ones in Colombia.<\/p>\n
“There are places that really got hit and got destroyed,” said Majors. “Prayers up for the people in Colombia and the families that were affected,” said Majors.<\/p>\n
On social media, the LA County Office of Emergency Management said, “Our thoughts are with the people of Colombia and anyone affected by this latest earthquake activity.”<\/p>\n
The agency also reminded the public that earthquakes are also a part of life in LA County, adding, “Preparing for a major earthquake is vital.”<\/p>\n
Click here<\/a> for more information and resources on earthquake preparedness from Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n Earthquakes<\/a>California<\/a>World<\/a>Instastories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least 111 people are dead after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake rattled western Colombia Monday. One survivor recalls…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1184,3934,2444,48,52,51,47,50,49,100,425,1181,19,8074],"class_list":["post-429389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-earthquakes","tag-instastories","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-news","tag-series","tag-us","tag-weather","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}