Teenage brothers who left their hometown after a massive earthquake in Venezuela last June have once again fallen victim to a strong earthquake in their new home of Colombia.

The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 10th (local time) on the story of Venezuelan brothers Dayvi (17) and Winder Delphin (15).

According to the NYT, the Delphin brothers survived the back-to-back magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck Venezuela last June, but lost their grandmother, mother, and younger brother.

The brothers had to spend 26 days searching for their family members' bodies at the disaster site.

Afterward, the brothers moved to Cali in western Colombia, where their father, a barber, works.

However, when a magnitude 7.4 strong earthquake hit Cali, the brothers found themselves once again in the middle of earthquake devastation.

Terrified as their home shook violently, the brothers rushed outside.

Their father, who was not at home during the earthquake, reunited with the brothers later and said, "I started crying as I remembered what the children and I went through. I just hope nothing happens to the children."

The father and the brothers were unable to enter their home and had to stay outside until the afternoon.

Delphin said, "I'm too scared to go back inside the house," adding, "But we are okay. We are alive."

Immediately following the earthquake, the Colombian government declared a state of emergency and is mobilizing all efforts for rescue and search operations.

According to Reuters, the death toll from the earthquake has reached 132 so far, with 570 injured.

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)