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Colombia earthquake death toll rises to 265

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Colombia's president declared an economic emergency on Wednesday and vowed the country would rebuild after a massive earthquake that he said had now killed 265 people.
"We will do what is necessary," Abelardo de la Espriella said in a statement, vowing to "emerge again as a country and as a society" following Monday's 7.4-magnitude quake that also injured almost 3,500 people.
Official estimates suggest the 7.4-magnitude quake, which struck the South American country just after 7am local time on Monday, also injured 3,770 people, destroyed more than 9,550 homes and impacted more than 30,300 families.
In Cali, Colombia's third-largest city, 56 buildings collapsed, killing at least 95 people and injuring close to 1,000 others, according to data from Asocapitales, the country's capital cities association.
Pereira, deep in the coffee-growing region and some 55 kilometres from the quake's epicentre, counted at least 79 dead, according to Asocapitales. The mayor's office said 300 people were missing.