New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Search-and-rescue operations entered a second day in western Colombia on Tuesday as crews raced to find survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings following a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake.

Local authorities in several affected regions put the death toll at more than 200, while more than 3,000 people remain listed as missing.

Rescue workers, soldiers, volunteers and families continued digging through concrete rubble using cranes, excavators and their bare hands. Around 1,600 buildings across the affected region have been reported damaged or collapsed, while nearly 5,000 homes have been damaged.

The earthquake struck Colombia's coffee-growing heartland early Monday, with Choco near the epicentre among the wo...