Colombia: Earthquake - Feb 1995 Updates

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...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0103 1. DEATH TOLL INCREASING AND REPORTED AT 27. 2. MOST OF THE DAMAGE AND CASUALTIES CONCENTRATED IN AND AROUND COFFEE-PROCESSING CITY OF PEREIRA (300,000 INHABITANTS) 90 MILES (150...

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...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0104 1. DISASTER'S LATEST TOLL ACCORDING TO UN RESIDENT CO-ORDINATOR/UNDAC LATIN AMERICA: 1,000 HOUSES DAMAGED OF WHICH 250 DESTROYED. 34 DEATHS, 7 MISSING, MORE THAN 200 INJURED. 2...

DHA-GENEVA 95/0101 1. AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 6.5 ON THE RICHTER SCALE HIT CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN COLOMBIA AT 18.40 GMT (13.40 LOCAL TIME) ON 8 FEBRUARY 1995. ACCORDING TO UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL...