DHA-GENEVA 95/0115
1. EARTHQUAKE REGISTERING 5.1 ON RICHTER
SCALE, SHOOK TOWN OF PASTO AND NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES 180 MILES (300KM)
SOUTHWEST OF BOGOTA AT 6.23PM LOCAL TIME (2323 GMT) ON SATURDAY, 4 MARCH
1995. EARTHQUAKE, OF SUPERFICIAL DEPTH (1.7 MILES) WAS FOLLOWED BY UP TO
250 MINOR AFTERSHOCKS AND ITS EPICENTER WAS ABOUT 4KM FROM CRATER OF GALERAS
VOLCANO, BUT LOCAL EXPERTS DENIED ANY RELATION WITH LATTER'S VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.
2. DHA-GENEVA WAS IMMEDIATELY IN CONTACT WITH DIRECCION NACIONAL PARA LA PREVENCION Y ATENCION DE DESASTRES, WHOSE DIRECTOR LUIS FERNANDO VELASCO ASSESSED DAMAGE AND NEEDS IN AFFECTED AREA ON 5 MARCH.
3. AS SEARCH AND RESCUE ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY WITH ASSISTANCE OF RED CROSS, 8 DEAD AND 4 INJURED IDENTIFIED SO FAR. ROADS BEING CLEARED AFTER EARTHQUAKE PROVOKED MUDSLIDES. ACCORDING TO REDCROSS, 51 HOUSES DAMAGED/DESTROYED.
4. NO INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE REQUESTED.
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