DHA-GENEVA 95/0106
1. EARTHQUAKE WAS OF MAGNITUDE 6.4 IN
RICHTER SCALE ACCORDING TO STATE GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, WHICH ALSO REGISTERED
40 AFTERSHOCKS (11 OF WHICH SUBSTANTIAL). IT WAS ABOUT 90 KM DEEP,
LASTED 13.4 (OR 40 ACCORDING TO REUTERS) SECONDS, AND WAS THE MOST DEADLY
SINCE 1983 POPAYAN EARTHQUAKE. TOLL: 38 DEATHS (REUTERS: UNDP
GIVES 35 DEATHS AND 6 MISSING), 283 INJURED (UNDP) ALMOST 700 HOUSES DESTROYED
(REUTERS: UNDP QUOTES 769 HOUSES DAMAGED/DESTROYED), SOME 4, 000
PEOPLE AFFECTED (3,747 ACCORDING TO UNDP), INCLUDING 3,000 HOMELESS (REUTERS).
2. COLOMBIAN GOVT ALLOCATED NATIONAL RESOURCES VALUED AT USD 185,000, EXCLUDING TRANSPORT COSTS, FOR FIRST PHASE OF EMERGENCY THROUGH NATIONAL DISASTER FUND AND MINISTRY OF HEALTH. THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MUCH LARGER ALLOCATIONS FROM REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS.
3. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT AN AMOUNT OF 2.36 MILLION WOULD BE DEVOTED TO RECONSTRUCTION.
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