The Government of the United States has communicated this Monday that it will mobilize more than 13 million euros to cover temporary shelters, food supplies, protection actions, and damage assessment work, after the earthquake of magnitude 7.4 on the Richter scale that has shaken several areas of Colombia in recent hours.
"After the devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.4 that occurred today in various regions of Colombia, the Trump Administration is committing 15.5 million dollars (about 13.4 million euros) to finance emergency shelters, food, protection measures, and assessments of the damage caused by the earthquake," the U.S. State Department has pointed out in a message on social media.
Subsequently, Washington has reiterated that it is "willing" to "support the president" of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella --who took office on August 7 in the city of Cali-- and his Executive, while they analyze the most urgent needs on the ground.
According to the latest balance disseminated by the head of the Colombian Government himself, the tremor recorded this Monday, whose epicenter was located near the town of San José del Palmar, in the department of Chocó, in the northwest of the country, has caused the death of more than a hundred people.