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annieb says on May 24, 2008, 13:49:

They said it was 33 miles east-southeast. I hope that helps.

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durito says on May 24, 2008, 13:52:

"El ministro del Interior, Carlos Holguín, confirmó que el epicentro fue ubicado a 10 kilómetros de El Calvario, en el norte del Meta y tuvo una magnitud de 5.5 en la escala de Richter."

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Cerealkiller says on May 24, 2008, 13:56:

apparently it was 5.7 and only 3.5 km deep. No deaths or damages have been reported yet.

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aNdReSk says on May 24, 2008, 13:59:

http://www.iris.washington.edu/seismon/zoom/?view=eveday&lon=-73&lat=5

here it is O_o

omg my building was fucking shaking >_>
I barely had time to clean myself up and pack my laptop lol and flee like an ant

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dwmte7 says on May 24, 2008, 14:44:

thanks, annie....east-southeast of where?

dwmte

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annieb says on May 24, 2008, 14:47:

Bogota

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kat1 (Moderator) says on May 24, 2008, 15:27:

Villavicencio, la ciudad más próxima a la zona del epicentro del movimiento telúrico ocurrido a las 2.20 de la tarde de hoy, no tuvo mayores afectaciones, salvo el susto de los 380 mil habitantes de esta capital.

En los supermercados hubo objetos que cayeron de los estantes, mientras que las lámparas se movían al vaivén del temblor, mientras que algunos clientes buscaban con desesperación las salidas.

En El Calvario, al norte del Meta, zona montañosa de la cordillera Oriental, hubo un movimiento sísmico previo sobre las 12:09 de la tarde, sin que hasta ahora se reporten daños o víctimas. Sin embargo, el movimiento produjo la congestión de las líneas telefónicas.

La vía al llano tiene ongestión vial por cuenta de un derrumbe que se registró en cercanías de Puente Quetame.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on May 24, 2008, 15:28:

the road Bogota- Villavicencio is been closed

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Colombiano_81 says on May 24, 2008, 15:29:

I have family i villabo and they say it was terrible there..buildings and a church damaged.. i felt it my building was shakin too my girlfriend thought she was having a dizzy attack or something had to rush out with the baby...

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kat1 (Moderator) says on May 24, 2008, 15:29:

my family is ok thanks God

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tejasmarcos says on May 24, 2008, 16:20:

prayers out to all the people who may be suffering from the quake...

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

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angelcanada says on May 24, 2008, 18:05:

It was in Bogota.

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Medellin Traveler says on May 24, 2008, 18:36:

*** UPDATE ***

BOGOTA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed when a 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted central Colombia Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

They died in landslides caused by the quake, which also injured at least 11 others, they said.

The epicenter of the earthquake was at 54 kilometers east-southeast of Bogota at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Robert Jorge says on May 24, 2008, 22:43:

Were the deaths on the road that goes between Villavo and Bogota? I figure places like Guyabetal (sp?) would not be a fun place to be during a serious quake. Anybody that has been on that route knows what I am talking about. One side of the road is mountainside, the other is a cliff over looking a river. Yikes.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on May 25, 2008, 04:45:

near the tunnel dosquebradas, some stones fell down from the mountain crashing some cars,

My mum said there were 3 earthquakes one little at the beginning then the big one then a little one.
she said the windows of her house were shaking extremely hard and she heard thing crashing down from her neighbors house, but luckily no one was hurt.

I remember being in Bogota in the 90's and there was an earthquake it was 5.9 ,

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dwmte7 says on May 25, 2008, 05:15:

GOD help the injured and needy in these terrible hours.

being from central california, i've went through many a quake and tremor. in just moments, everything can change...permanently. the lingering effects are horrible. loss of home, income, family members, all of it, tragic.

this is a perfect time for those ex pats in colombia with time on their hands to do something for the effected...volunteer.

dwmte

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kat1 (Moderator) says on May 25, 2008, 05:40:

my dad used to work in El Calvario and i tell i would have hated being on that road at that moment, if RJ think the road to Villavo is bad enough this is worse.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on May 25, 2008, 05:47:

A 5.7 earthquake has killed at least six people in central Colombia, causing landslides and shaking buildings.

Its epicentre was located about 55km (34 miles) from the capital Bogota, near the town of Villavicencio, the US Geological Survey reports.

Bogota residents ran outside fearing buildings would fall, then stood around dazed in the rain, correspondents say.

The victims are reported to have been killed when rocks from a landslide hit the cars they were travelling in.



At least 15 houses and a church were reported to have been damaged, says the Efe news agency.

Cololmbian President Alvaro Uribe said the six people, including two children, were killed on the road between Bogota and Villavicencio.

They were travelling in two cars that were hit by landslides, he told reporters.

At least eight other people were reported injured.

Evacuation

Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno told local radio some buildings in the city were slightly damaged.

"The report we have so far is that it was strong and some structures have suffered damage," he said.

One government building in Bogota was evacuated after the quake sent a shower of bricks tumbling off one of its walls, Reuters adds.

In 1999, a earthquake measuring six struck Colombia's coffee-growing region, killing about 1,000 people.

The last comparable death toll from a Colombian quake prior to that was in 1875 when about 1,000 people died near Cucuta.

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webmanco says on May 25, 2008, 07:41:

Que vaina co Villavaina.

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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Brians says on May 25, 2008, 11:47:

Good article I was actually reading last week and timely after yesterday. Anyway take a couple of minutes to read so you know what to do in an earthquake as most people seem to have bad information:
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: "TRIANGLE OF LIFE"

My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.

I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries.

I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.

The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under something.

Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is what I call the "triangle of life". The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.

TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

1) Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers" WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.

2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.

3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.

4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on The back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.

5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.

6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!

7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different "moment of frequency" (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.


8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible - It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.

9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.

10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.

Spread the word and save someone's life... The Entire world is experiencing natural calamities so be prepared!

"We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly"

In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul , University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did "duck and cover," and ten mannequins I used in my "triangle of life" survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover.

There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the "triangle of life." This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe , and it was seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV

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