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May 2008 Colombia earthquake
Posted Date: 30 May 2008 Resource Type: News/Announcements Category: General
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Posted By: b.thirumaya prabhu Member Level: Gold
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The May 2008 Colombia earthquake occured in central Colombia on May 24, 2008. It was registered at 5.9 Mw on the Richter scale. The earthquake occured at 02:20:46 p.m. (19:20:46 UTC) at the epicenter (El Calvario, Meta). The depth was 35 km; it was superficial according to Ingeominas report. The epicenter was located 35 km from Villavicencio and 50 km from Bogotá. 11 were killed, 54 seriously injured, and over 4,000 total injured in the quake.[2]
Moments before, at 12:08 local time (17:08 GMT), another quake was registered. It registered 4.0 Mw on the Richter scale and its epicenter was near San Juanito, in the Cundinamarca Central Department, at a depth of 30 km.
A partial pull-down of the building of "Lotería de Bogotá" was reported, with no major consequences. The emergency network in the Capital District was put on maximum alert. A collape of fixed phone lines and cell phones occured, due to the great quantity of people who are making calls to find out about their relatives. The quake was also felt in cities as far away as Medellín and Bucaramanga.
SOME MORE INFORMATIONS:
Date May 24, 2008
Magnitude 5.9 Mw[1]
Depth: 35 kilometres (22 mi)
Epicenter location: 4.447° N 73.670° E
Countries/
regions affected Colombia
Tsunami: none
Casualties: 11 dead[2]
4,181 injured
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