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Cali Earthquake Today

Can anyone provide any information about an Earthquake in Cali today. I understand that my mother in laws 9 story apartment building is still standing but the side wall are comming down. I have searched the internet but can find no conformation At this time. So if anyone has any news could you please report it here. Thanks

Michael

By Michael_B on Nov 15, 2004, 09:58 in Friendly Talkzone. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


Tinto (Moderator) says on Nov 15, 2004, 10:00:

this has a few stories http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=colombia&btnG=Google+Search

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Roncita says on Nov 15, 2004, 10:14:

This is from today's Caleño newspaper, El País:

Fuerte temblor sacudió el occidente colombiano

Colprensa

Pacientes de las clínicas Santillana y el Hospital Materno Infantil tuvieron que ser evacuados debido al temblor que se presentó esta mañana en Cali.


Un Movimiento sísmico de 6.7 grados de magnitud en la escala de Richter se registró en la madrugada de hoy en el centro y occidente del país.

Ingeominas reportó que el evento se presentó en el bajo baudó chocoano y tuvo una profundidad de 30 kilometros por lo que fue sentido con especial fuerza en en el sur occidente del país, eje cafetero y la capital de la república.

El Gobierno nacional confirmó que la afectación de la localidad chocoana de Pizarro, en el Chocó, por el sismo de esta mañana es seria. Hay cinco personas heridas, entre ellas dos menores de edad en ésta región del país.
En medio del Consejo comunal de Gobierno y entrega de subsidios de vivienda en Palmira, Valle del Cauca, voceros de la administración Uribe confirmaron que además de Pizarro, en dos localidades chocoanas más, 317 viviendas fueron destruidas y hay muchas más afectadas, además de los lesionados por los escombros que produjo el temblor.
De inmediato, el presidente Alvaro Uribe habló con el director de la oficina de Atención y Prevención de Desastres, para que a través de la Armada Nacional se desplacen hasta Pizarro y verifiquen la situación.

En Cali, tres clínicas resultaron afectadas, La Clínica Santillana y el Hospital Materno Infantil sufrieron daños, aparentemente menores, lo que obligó a la evacuación de los pacientes y el personal mientras se inspeccionan sus estructuras, según reportó Miguel Yusti, secretario de gobierno de la ciudad.

24 recién nacidos de la Clínica Materno Infantil fueron traslados a otras centros asistenciales de la ciudad.

Otros edificios altos también fueron desalojados y acordonados por las autoridades en Cali mientras se revisan sus estructuras. Entre los edificios se encuentran Alicante, Siete Maravillas,Torres Tequendama, Guaduales y Torres de Ricaurte.

El presidente de la República, �lvaro Uribe Vélez, dispuso de apartamentos incautados al narcotráfico fueran utilizados para albergar a las personas que han sido evacuadas de sus viviendas.

En el valle del cauca varios hechos: En Buenaventura 9 viviendas se desplomaron; en Jamundí una vivienda quedó semidestruida y en el municipio del Cerrito el desplome de una pared causo heridas leves a una persona.

En Risaralda, sólo pánico y la interrupción momentánea en el suministro de energía ocasionó el movimiento telúrico según informó el secretario de gobierno departamental, German Darío Saldarriaga, luego de establecer comunicación telefónica con cada uno de los alcaldes.

En Bogotá y Medellin, aunque se sintió con fuerza el movimiento telúrico, las autoridades no reportan daños que lamentar.

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Hunter says on Nov 15, 2004, 10:14:

English news links: Here is a link to Colombian news in English, I check them out most days, there are several news items there on the Colombian Earthquake.

http://caribenet.com/cartagena/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index&req=viewlink&cid=3

Actually I felt it here in Medellin, I woke up at about 4am and my bed was shaking, very slightly for about 10 seconds, I guessed what it was and went back to sleep, had in confirmed when I read the news reports on the above link.

Hunter

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Nov 15, 2004, 10:16:

I have just received an e-mail from a friend in Cali telling about the quake. Several buildings were damaged, including Clinica Materno-Infantil (a hospital)but no deaths have been reported. This friend drove by my house and says that my house is still there...
Cheers,
Desi

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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Dave McLennan says on Nov 15, 2004, 10:17:

Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time Monday, November 15, 2004 at 09:06:55 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Monday, November 15, 2004 at 4:06:55 AM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 4.632°N, 77.542°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE WEST COAST OF COLOMBIA
Distances
95 km (60 miles) NNW of Buenaventura, Colombia
155 km (95 miles) SW of Quibdo, Colombia
160 km (100 miles) WNW of Tulua, Colombia
385 km (240 miles) W of BOGOTA, Colombia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4 km (2.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=210, Nph=210, Dmin=895.9 km, Rmss=0.71 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usqwat
Felt Reports Two people injured, two houses destroyed and eight damaged at Pizarro; one person injured and four houses destroyed at Usaraga; about twelve houses destroyed in the Buenaventura area. Slight damage and power and telephone service interrupted at Cali. Felt at Armenia, Bogota, Pereira, Quibdo and in much of western Colombia.

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sydneygirl says on Nov 15, 2004, 15:12:

I felt a small shake in Bogota We had a restless sleep last night and I was tossing and turing when the bed had a little shake, my first earthquake.

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Atrevido says on Nov 15, 2004, 15:34:

Our House in La Flora (Cali) shook for about ten seconds but not enough to make us get out of bed and run outdoors. From what I've been hearing it was worse in the south end with real damage to some buildings.

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Michael_B says on Nov 15, 2004, 16:45:

Thanks Thank you for all the posted the news links, It was a big help. My Mother-in-Law is currently with us in North Carolina and the photos I posted were of her apartment bldg in Southwest Cali. Information is slow in comming in but it appears that her building is not repairable because of the structial damage. Her apartment was only 4 blocks from the hospital that was evacuated. I hope that the rest of you have faired better.

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