Colombia quake: Frantic search for survivors as over 2,700 reported missing

Rescuers are searching through collapsed buildings in western Colombia for survivors after the country's strongest earthquake this century killed at least 224 people and caused widespread devastation, according to local media.
Dozens of people were killed in Cali, located 280km (175 miles) southwest of the capital, Bogota. On Monday President De la Espriella said 35 people were killed in the city.
Local authorities farther north in the Risaralda region, where Pereira is located, said the death toll included at least 40 people killed there. Authorities also confirmed nine people killed in the Choco region, two in the Caldas region and a 73-year-old in the Antioquia region.
At least 87 people were initially reported injured, but de la Espriella later reported 700 injured in Valle del Cauca alone.
More than 2,700 people had been reported missing on citizen-run websites by Monday night although that figure does not necessarily represent the number of people confirmed missing.
De la Espriella, who assumed power on Friday, said rescuing people trapped under rubble was the government's first priority, as he declared a state of emergeny.
Much of Choco is reachable only by boat or plane, which may pose a problem for authorities in assessing the wider toll.
Colombia's Geological Service said 21 aftershocks had been recorded by late Monday as authorities warned that further tremors were possible.
Aside from extensive search and rescue efforts, Colombia declared a national state of emergency.