A powerful earthquake rocked western Colombia on Monday morning, rattling much of the country and setting off a desperate search for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings in several major cities.

周一上午，一场强烈的地震袭击了哥伦比亚西部，震动了该国大部分地区，人们在几座主要城市中倒塌建筑的废墟里急切地寻找生还者。

At least 111 people were killed and 87 others were injured, according to Colombia’s president, Abelardo De La Espriella, who said that at least 1,575 homes, 18 health centers and 52 schools had been damaged. The death toll was likely to rise as rescue crews and residents continued to dig through flattened buildings.

哥伦比亚总统阿韦拉多·德拉埃斯普列拉表示，至少有111人遇难，另有87人受伤。他还表示，至少有1575所房屋、18个医疗中心和52所学校受损。随着救援人员和居民继续在被夷为平地的建筑物中挖掘，死亡人数可能还会上升。

The 7.4-magnitude earthquake, which struck at 7:34 a.m. local time, was the strongest recorded in Colombia in the last decade, according to the Colombian Geological Survey. The agency said that two aftershocks with magnitudes of 2.8 and 4.8 had been recorded and that the quake was felt in neighboring countries, including Panama, Ecuador and Venezuela, which is still recovering from devastating twin quakes just weeks ago that killed more than 6,000 people.

据哥伦比亚地质调查局称，这场7.4级地震发生在当地时间上午7点34分，是哥伦比亚过去十年来录得的最强地震。该机构表示，已录得两次余震，震级分别为2.8级和4.8级，巴拿马、厄瓜多尔和委内瑞拉等邻国均有震感。委内瑞拉几周前刚遭遇毁灭性的双重地震，造成6000多人死亡，目前仍在恢复之中。

The epicenter, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, was about 3 miles east of San José del Palmar, a town of about 5,000 people in the Chocó region, one of the poorest parts of Colombia.

据美国地质调查局称，震中位于圣何塞德尔帕尔马以东约五公里处，这是乔科省一个约有5000人口的城镇，该省是哥伦比亚最贫穷的地区之一。

Videos showed partially collapsed buildings in Cali, Colombia’s third largest city, with about two million residents, as well as in Pereira and Manizales, two cities that are hubs of Colombia’s coffee-growing region.

视频显示，卡利以及佩雷拉和马尼萨莱斯都有建筑物部分倒塌。卡利是哥伦比亚第三大城市，有约200万居民；佩雷拉和马尼萨莱斯是哥伦比亚咖啡种植区的两个中心城市。

In the town of Calima El Darién, three children were killed when a wall collapsed, according to the region’s governor, Dilian Francisca Toro. Ms. Toro said that one hospital had also collapsed, another had been overwhelmed with victims and that patients had been evacuated from a third hospital.

据该地区行政长官迪利安·弗朗西斯卡·托罗称，在卡利马埃尔达里恩镇，一面墙倒塌导致三名儿童丧生。托罗说，一家医院倒塌，另一家医院人满为患，第三家医院的患者已被疏散。

The city of Pereira, which is home to about 500,000 people and lies just 35 miles from the epicenter, was also hard hit. The mayor, Mauricio Salazar, told a national radio station that at least 18 people had been killed there.

拥有约50万人口、距离震中约56公里的佩雷拉市也遭到了重创。市长毛里西奥·萨拉查对国家广播电台表示，该市至少有18人遇难。

In Cali, Francisco González, 34, said he was riding on his motorbike when he saw a motel called the Molino Rojo crash to the ground in a cloud of dust. He immediately became part of a volunteer rescue effort involving 20 to 30 people clawing through the rubble to find survivors.

在卡利，34岁的弗朗西斯科·冈萨雷斯说，他当时正骑着摩托车，突然看到一家名为“红磨坊”的汽车旅馆在尘土中轰然倒塌。他立即加入了一个由20至30人组成的志愿者救援队，他们在废墟中奋力挖掘，寻找幸存者。

“A young woman, she had fractures in her legs, and she was the first one we got out,” he said. “Her husband came out from under her. He was in worse shape. He had passed out.”

“一位年轻女士的腿骨折了，她是我们救出的第一个人，”他说。“她的丈夫从她身下被拉了出来。他的情况更糟，已经昏迷了。”

Four survivors were pulled from the rubble, but Mr. González was worried that others might still be buried underneath. By midmorning, rescue workers were clambering over the rubble, calling down into holes, “Is there anyone there?”

有四名幸存者从废墟中被救出，但冈萨雷斯担心可能还有其他人被埋在下面。到了上午十点左右，救援人员在废墟上攀爬，向下面的洞穴里呼喊：“有人在吗？”

At least 26 buildings in Cali had collapsed, according to its mayor, Alejandro Eder. He said that officials had dispatched rescue teams and were asking for donations of helmets, work gloves, water and safety goggles.

据卡利市长亚历杭德罗·埃德尔称，该市至少有26栋建筑物倒塌。他表示，官方已派出救援队，并呼吁公众捐赠头盔、工作手套、水和护目镜。

At the scene of one collapsed apartment building in Cali, residents used wooden poles and their bare hands to move slabs of broken concrete.

在卡利一栋倒塌的公寓楼现场，居民们用木棍和双手搬开破碎的混凝土板块。

“Everyone went running to help,” said Eder Figueroa, 48, who said he lived in the building next door. “The lady who sells ice cream, the lady who sells juices.”

“大家都跑去帮忙，”48岁的埃德尔·菲格罗亚说，他说自己住在隔壁那栋楼。“卖冰淇淋的女士，卖果汁的女士，大家都去了。”

He added, “We think there are three people alive inside, because we can’t find them, including two children.”

他还说：“我们认为里面还有三个人活着，因为我们找不到他们，其中有两个孩子。”

In Cali, searches at several collapsed buildings were punctuated by calls for silence as rescue workers and civilians strained to hear the cries of survivors.

在卡利，几栋倒塌建筑的搜救现场不时响起保持安静的呼声打断，救援人员和市民们正竭力倾听幸存者的呼救声。

The quake presented an immediate challenge for the president, Mr. De La Espriella, a right-wing lawyer with no previous political experience, who took office on Friday. He had campaigned on a promise to shrink government and crack down on resurgent armed groups and rampant crime and earned the endorsement of President Trump, who had repeatedly clashed with Mr. De La Espriella’s leftist predecessor, Gustavo Petro.

这场地震给总统德拉埃斯普列拉带来了一项迫在眉睫的挑战。他是一位此前毫无从政经验的右翼律师，于周五刚刚上任。他在竞选时承诺精简政府，严厉打击死灰复燃的武装团体和猖獗的犯罪活动，并获得了特朗普总统的支持——特朗普曾与德拉埃斯普列拉的左翼前任古斯塔沃·佩特罗多次发生冲突。

Mr. De La Espriella said on social media on Monday that he had “personally assumed leadership” of the emergency response to the quake. “You are not alone,” he wrote. “The state is present and taking action.” He later briefed the public at a news conference and promised to provide updates every few hours.

德拉埃斯普列拉周一在社交媒体上表示，他已“亲自接管”应对地震的紧急响应领导工作。“你们并不孤单，”他写道。“国家就在这里，正在采取行动。”随后他在新闻发布会上向公众通报了情况，并承诺每隔几小时通报一次最新情况。

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on social media that the Trump administration “stands ready to support the people of Colombia” and the De La Espriella administration.

美国国务卿鲁比奥在社交媒体上表示，特朗普政府“准备好支持哥伦比亚人民”以及德拉埃斯普列拉政府。

In the capital, Bogotá, about 150 miles from the epicenter, Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán said preliminary inspections had found no structural damage from the earthquake. He added that Bogotá was preparing to send 100 rescuers and rubble-removal equipment to harder-hit cities. “Now is a moment for solidarity,” he said in a video on social media. “Bogotá is ready to help however it can.”

在距离震中约240公里的首都波哥大，市长卡洛斯·费尔南多·加兰表示，初步检查未发现地震造成的结构性破坏。他补充说，波哥大正准备向受灾更严重的城市派遣100名救援人员和废墟清理设备。“现在是团结的时刻，”他在社交媒体上的一段视频中说。“波哥大已准备好尽其所能提供帮助。”