Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) <http://www.info.usaid.gov/ofda/coleqfs1.html> Background: On January 25, 1999 at 1:19 p.m. EST, the epicenter of an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale struck central Colombia at 4.29N…

Washington, January 27, 1999 - The State Department's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance dispatched an Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) team to Colombia, South America yesterday. The 64-member team from Dade County, Fla. will assist local officials in the search…

On January 25 at 1.20 p.m. (local time) the Departments of Quindio, Risaradla and Caldas in Colombia were hit by an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale. The cities of Armenia and Pereira were the worst hit areas…

COLOMBIA QUAKE - LOCAL RED CROSS SWINGS INTO ACTION Walter Cotte, the Colombian Red Cross (CRC) rescue team leader, has just returned to the capital from a day spent directing operations and assessing needs in the quake zone. "I'd say about…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cathy MacCaul (253) 815-2163, Kathleen Brown (202) 608-1842 SEATTLE - World Vision has dispatched relief workers along with medicine and other emergency supplies to Armenia in central Colombia, devastated by a 6.0 earthquake Monday. World Vision is…

ORGANIZACIÓN DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS C-007/99 - 26 de enero de 1999 El Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), César Gaviria, deploró profundamente la tragedia que enluta a Colombia como consecuencia del terremoto que asoló ayer la…

IOM NEWS RELEASE IOM Director General Brunson McKinley is on a five-day tour of Central America to witness at first hand the devastation from Hurricane Mitch and its consequences, especially in the field of migration. During his visit to Nicaragua…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 35 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs SITUATION: The death toll from a powerful earthquake that leveled large areas of western Colombia on Monday has surpassed 1,000, and officials fear the number…

Colombia Earthquake, January 1999 - EHA Update 26.1.99 Population: Armenia: 250,000 people in its urban centre. I - Health As is usual in an earthquake situation, there is a high incidence of trauma cases implying high surgical demand and blood safety measures.…

Earthquake in Colombia The following list was produced by InterAction, a coalition of more than 160 US-based private relief, development and refugee assistance agencies. InterAction members have agreed to abide by a set of standards to ensure accountability to donors,…