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Powerful 6.6 quakes strikes Colombia
on Mar 10, 2015 ? by The City Paper Staff
A powerful earthquake struck Colombia, Tuesday at 3:55 pm, causing widespread nervousness in the capital Bogot?, as buildings were evacuated in relative calm.
The 6.6 magnitude earthquake, which lasted more than a minute, according to Colombia?s geological agency, INGEOMINAS, quake had its epicenter in Mesa de los Santos, in the department of Santander; and was felt in Colombia?s second largest city, Medellin, along the Colombian coast, in the capital of Valle, Cali, and as far south a Neiva.
News reports coming in claim that the earthquake was also felt with intensity in Caracas, Venezuela.
There are reports of structural damage to buildings in Bogot??s western neighbourhoods of Suba and Engativa.
After the initial scare, the Colombian capital has returned to an uneasy calm. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is holding an emergency cabinet meeting to analyse the situation across the nation, especially the conditions in the city of Bucaramanga, the largest urban center near the epicenter. According to residents of Bucaramanga, there is damage to the facade of one of the city?s main churches, the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus...
Powerful 6.6 quakes strikes Colombia
on Mar 10, 2015 ? by The City Paper Staff
A powerful earthquake struck Colombia, Tuesday at 3:55 pm, causing widespread nervousness in the capital Bogot?, as buildings were evacuated in relative calm.
The 6.6 magnitude earthquake, which lasted more than a minute, according to Colombia?s geological agency, INGEOMINAS, quake had its epicenter in Mesa de los Santos, in the department of Santander; and was felt in Colombia?s second largest city, Medellin, along the Colombian coast, in the capital of Valle, Cali, and as far south a Neiva.
News reports coming in claim that the earthquake was also felt with intensity in Caracas, Venezuela.
There are reports of structural damage to buildings in Bogot??s western neighbourhoods of Suba and Engativa.
After the initial scare, the Colombian capital has returned to an uneasy calm. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is holding an emergency cabinet meeting to analyse the situation across the nation, especially the conditions in the city of Bucaramanga, the largest urban center near the epicenter. According to residents of Bucaramanga, there is damage to the facade of one of the city?s main churches, the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus...
