Tsunami alert in Colombia

brazilianhottie says on Aug 15, 2007, 19:41:

3 more have been found dead..so they are currently up to 20 :(
espero q no pase mas de eso

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honey says on Aug 15, 2007, 20:03:

Thank God the tsunami alert has been lifted.

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goin_south says on Aug 15, 2007, 20:43:

In Colombia, President Alvaro Uribe ordered the partial evacuation of the southern city of Tumaco in response to the warning.

In a press conference, Uribe said residents living along the coastal areas of Tumaco, Colombia's southernmost city near the border with Ecuador, should immediately move to higher ground as a preventive measure in case a tsunami strikes.

"The reports we received about a possible tsunami are contradictory so we've asked that, according to emergency disaster plans, authorities immediately begin the partial evacuation of Tumaco," said Uribe.

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slguy says on Aug 15, 2007, 20:44:

I was talking online to a friend in Lima this evening. She was frightened. I thought it was her typical....overreaction. Apparently not. I need to go read about this more....

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goin_south says on Aug 15, 2007, 20:49:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20288105/

there ya go, slguy

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scotty says on Aug 15, 2007, 21:13:

just saw it on the local news, looks like it was a 7.9 and was close to Lima.

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slguy says on Aug 15, 2007, 21:54:

Thanks for the link, GS.

Did you catch the "estimated 10 inch tsunami" part? WTF? My big ass makes bigger waves than that, no problem!

Sorry to joke about a serious situation - but a 10" tsunami? A bit of a stretch, maybe? jajajja

I'm eager to hear from friends in lima that are silent so far, but I guess communications are down all over the city...

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goin_south says on Aug 15, 2007, 22:32:

I think they must have meant ten foot, eh?

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toneloc24 says on Aug 15, 2007, 22:56:

Communications are still down in Lima, as of local time 1 am. Tsunami warnings have since been lifted.

Had some friends in Cartagena whose family lives on the southern coast of Colombia who were very frightened about the situation. Not sure what the local news was saying, but I did much more towards calming them down from my relaying of the situation from CNN, than the local news apparently was.

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goin_south says on Aug 15, 2007, 23:05:

their gringo muy tranquilidad, eh?

I gotta be wondering too, (no earth science expert here)... if this might have a lil (or, more) affect on the Vulcan Galeras in Pasto... might stir it up a bit...and is't there an active volcano somewhere in Peru, also?

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goin_south says on Aug 15, 2007, 23:06:

hey, codaffi.... you think those girls can make the Earth Shake this weekend up there in Riohacho?

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goin_south says on Aug 15, 2007, 23:25:

Tsunami warnings follow Peru quake

9:47 p.m. ET 8/15/2007
The Associated Press


LIMA, Peru (AP) -- The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for the coasts of Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia, and a tsunami watch from Panama to Mexico following a powerful earthquake in Peru Wednesday.

It also issued a tsunami advisory for Hawaii. The center said it did not know if a tsunami had been generated.

The earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital on Wednesday, toppling some houses in Lima and causing alarmed residents to flee into the street for safety. A tsunami warning was issued for South America's Pacific coast based on the strength of the quake.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.5 magnitude temblor hit about 90 miles southeast of Lima at a depth of 25 miles. It was followed by two strong aftershocks that registered at magnitudes 5.8 and 5.9.

There were no immediate reports of injuries. Associated Press reporters said the quake shook Lima for more than a minute and that some homes had collapsed in the city's center.

Firefighters said some street lights and windows shattered in Lima and that hundreds of workers were evacuated from office buildings and remained outside, fearing aftershocks.

The quake also knocked out telephone service and mobile phone service in the capital. Firefighters were called to put out a fire in a shopping center.

Callers to Radio Programas, Peru's main news station, said parts of several cities in southern Peru had been hit with blackouts.

The last time a quake of magnitude 7.0 or larger struck Peru's central coast was in 1974 when a magnitude 7.6 hit in October followed by a 7.2 a month later.

The latest Peru quake occurred in a subduction zone where one section of the Earth's crust dives under another, said USGS geophysicist Dale Grant at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.

Some of the world's biggest quakes strike in subduction zones including the catastrophic Indian Ocean temblor in 2004 that generated deadly tsunami waves.


Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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scotty says on Aug 16, 2007, 00:01:

they are saying now that the count has reached 48 dead and 350 injured, these numbers will probably going to go much higher.

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goin_south says on Aug 16, 2007, 00:36:

but, that's colombian tv, and I'm certain they are sensationalizing again.

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scotty says on Aug 16, 2007, 02:25:

Im getting all my news from you guys and yahoo.com, the TV news channels dont really have much info and i havent seen any pictures yet.

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