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Post by elexpatriado on Sept 13, 2016 23:52:06 GMT -5
I felt it here in my Apartment in Manizales., way far from the epicentre near Bucaramanga So I am sure you guys near Bogota must have felt it.
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Post by billforce on Sept 14, 2016 2:17:38 GMT -5
My wife came and got me to tell me it was an earthquake and I live in Barbosa Antioquia. We had gone through the big one in Pereira when I first came to Colombia. Did a lot of damage in Pereira but not like Armenia, it darned near flattened Armenia.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 5:27:18 GMT -5
We didn't feel it in El Oriente, but the in-laws in Medellin let us know they felt it.
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Post by marazul on Sept 14, 2016 5:59:25 GMT -5
We felt it in Medellin. My first earthquake, more unsettling than anything.
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Post by scumbuster on Sept 14, 2016 6:44:02 GMT -5
5.9 magnitude quake rocks Colombia, hundreds flee homes MEDELLIN, Colombia, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- An magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck Colombia near the city of Medellin Tuesday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The preliminary magnitude was measured at 5.9 nearest to the small town of Mutata, about 24 miles from the epicenter. About 400 people were evacuated from Citadel Sevilla, Medellin, with the quake -- which struck at 8 p.m. -- reportedly lasting about 30 seconds and followed by large aftershocks. Local officials forced the evacuations with recent heavy rain raising anxiety about landslides. The quake was felt as far away as Bogota. www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/09/14/59-magnitude-quake-rocks-Colombia-hundreds-flee-homes/7411473838675/
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Post by entonces on Sept 14, 2016 7:10:43 GMT -5
Sept. 14 7:00 am. I just felt another shake rattle and roll here in Laureles. My swivel chair moved my head around like one of those doggies in the rear window of the car.
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Post by elexpatriado on Sept 14, 2016 8:03:32 GMT -5
Later news reports said epicentre in Northern Antioquia and 6.1 Richetr
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Post by elexpatriado on Sept 14, 2016 8:10:54 GMT -5
These are a dime a dozen.Happen every year in Colombia. Scares the crap out of me though. I am real sensitive to these. Have experienced tremors in Japan, Guatemala, several in Colombia, and quake in California. Even felt the real small ones from oilfield water flooding (not fracing) in Alberta (4.0)
Was in the SF one in 88 (I think it was) when the Bay Bridge and freeway in Oakland collapsed.
My sister was in Japan a couple years ago when the big one with the tsunami occurred. Near the epicenter, but inland.She describe the Japanese actions as very calm and stoic.
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Post by wildstubby on Sept 14, 2016 8:41:54 GMT -5
I was talking to a woman on WhatsApp last night and she said about feeling it there in Medellin also. She said it happened aroung 8:30?
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Post by ozgringo on Sept 14, 2016 8:45:28 GMT -5
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Post by coolcoil on Sept 14, 2016 9:00:52 GMT -5
We didn't feel it in El Oriente, but the in-laws in Medellin let us know they felt it. There must be something in the geologic structure that shielded El Oriente. I didn't feel it in La Ceja either, and I've felt quakes with epicenters that were much further away.
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Post by entonces on Sept 14, 2016 11:02:13 GMT -5
Sept. 14 10:58 am. My building is noticeably rocking back and forth now.
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Post by dandl93 on Sept 14, 2016 11:12:44 GMT -5
I didnt feel a thing at my home last night or this morning that is a good sign, and it is for sale.jajajajajajaja
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Post by livinginmedellin on Sept 14, 2016 11:43:51 GMT -5
Nothing felt in Sabaneta and I talked to neighbors living in nearby buildings that also felt nothing. When I previously lived in Belén I recall once that the apartment building noticeably swayed a bit during a quake felt in Medellín.
In modern high-rises they are designed to withstand lateral loads from wind which may be much higher than those from earthquakes. I wouldn't want to be in a low-rise building in Colombia during a quake.
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Post by suba on Sept 14, 2016 12:13:45 GMT -5
Nothing in Bogotá.
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Post by sedelen on Sept 14, 2016 20:13:00 GMT -5
Well I sure as hell felt it. It was long enough and rough enough that I was getting a little nervous about it.
Actually, I was looking at the door thinking it might be time to make a quick exit. Apartment building 5th floor up, but only one flight of stairs down to the main entrance/exit. This was on mountain ridge in San Diego.
I have a friend in Belen and he said he felt it there also, and he said it was strong.
I felt tremors several times before in Alaska. One time in the middle of the night it woke me up from a deep sleep, strong enough to where stuff was falling of the walls. As I laid there thinking, what should I take on my way out the door, and it stopped.
The tremor last night wasn't as strong but it lasted longer.
Never gave much thought to earthquakes in Colombia, till now.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2016 18:14:00 GMT -5
Reason why we moved out of Vina de Mar in Chile, although probably one of the most beautiful and safe places in LatAm I have ever lived.
One month we got earthquakes 15 times a month > 6-7. You can´t react at the moment itself, because you have to crawl on your knees out of the bed and thus not think, always having a back pack with a lamp at the door to run or drive up to mountain if it really gets crazy. The worst thing is the aftershocks that can reach 100 or more a day after each initial quake, which is always tense and especially the built up with small quakes synchronously, waiting for the big hit again.
Once our cleaning lady explained us that the filthy line close to the ceiling was due to a tsunami my wife wanted to leave.
Happy to live in Colombia now.
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