Colombia health workers evacuate hospital patients after strong quake

Colombian health workers from the Clinica Meta hospital in Villavicencio evacuate patients, some in hospital beds, after a strong earthquake hit the country. A strong earthquake shook the Colombian capital Bogota on Thursday, but apparently without causing injuries or material damage.

The Colombian Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 6.1.The Colombian agency said the earthquake struck at 12:04 pm , with its epicenter in the town of El Calvario in the center of the country, 40 kilometers southeast of Bogota.