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Strong 6.8 earthquake hits Colombia west coast
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-09-10 14:43
BOGOTA?-- A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near the west coast of
Colombia on Sunday night, the US Geological Survey said, but local
authorities said there were no immediate reports of serious damage.
Map of Colombia. A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near the west
coast of Colombia on Sunday night, the US Geological Survey said, but
local authorities said there were no immediate reports of serious damage.
[Reuters]
Officials in coastal Narino Province said they had no news of damaged
buildings or injuries, but they were still contacting remote rural areas.
Residents told local radio the shock knocked out electricity in some
areas.
"For now, the checks conducted by operational units show no reports of
any impact, but we will have to wait for the results of monitoring," said
Luz Amanda Pulido, national director of Colombia's disaster prevention
office.
An aftershock of 3.8 magnitude rattled the area shortly after the initial
quake, Colombian authorities said.
Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in
Hawaii, told Reuters by telephone: "At this moment we are not giving any
warning to any area. There might be small waves locally."
The quake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles and its epicenter was 95 miles
southwest of the Colombian port city of Buenaventura, the USGS said.
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