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After the earth quaked

After the earth quaked armenia , the capital of Quindio province, about 300 kilometres west of the Colombian capital Bogota. On January 25, 1999, at 1:20 pm, the earth shook. The Richter scale said 6.0. At least 20 towns and villages in five provinces were badly hit, with Armenia bearing the brunt. The epicentre of the earthquake was Buenavista, about 25 km southwest of Armenia. At least 940 people died

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