DHA-GENEVA 95/0102
1. ACCORDING TO THE FIRST ASSESSMENT
CARRIED OUT BY COLOMBIAN NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (DIRECCION
NACIONAL PARA LA PREVENCION Y ATENCION DE DESASTRES) EARTHQUAKE CAUSED
22 FATAL CASUALTIES AND INJURED 128 PERSONS. 1,200 PERSONS HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE WHICH DESTROYED 22 AND SERIOUSLY DAMAGED 182
HOMES. 4 SCHOOLS AND 22 COMMUNITY CENTRES WERE DAMAGED AND ONE HIGHWAY
WAS BLOCKED. FURTHER ASSESSMENT IS UNDERWAY.
2. THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA HAS NOT/NOT REQUESTED ANY INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
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