INFORMACION NEWS AGENCY Nelson Calder�n - Editor in Chief P.O. Box 4432 Clifton, NJ 07012-0996 Fax: (201) 692-1273 Off: (201) 692-1891 - Beeper: (800) 413-6449 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <A HREF="http://welcome.to/NelsonCalderon">WWW.WELCOME.TO./INFORMACION.NEWS </A> or: http://www.welcome.to/NelsonCalderon Visit: http://www.welcome.to/cuba -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Las opiniones expresadas por nuestros articulistas y colaboradores reflejan la opini�n de su autor y no necesariamente los de la gerencia de INFORMACION NEWS AGENCY. ================================= INFORMACION NEWS AGENCY does not claim the exclusivity of its collaborators and authorizes the reproduction of this informative material and its publication and/or its massive distribution as long as the author and the source are recognized. INFORMACION NEWS AGENCY no reclama la exclusividad de sus colaboradores y autoriza la reproducci�n de este material informativo, y su publicaci�n y/o distribuci�n masiva siempre que se reconozca al autor y la fuente. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Enviado a la redacci�n de Informaci�n News Agency por Dar�o Giraldo Cronologia De Terremotos En Ibero Am�rica 24 Jan 99-COLOMBIA: Over 440 dead and 1500 injured in an earthquake in Colombia's central coffe growing region. 06 Jun 94�COLOMBIA: Some 1,000 killed in an earthquake and mudslide in the Paez River valley in southwestern Colombia. 1 Sep 92�NICARAGUA: An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the Pacific coast and killed 120 people. Over 16,000 people were made homeless. 29 May 90�PERU: 101 people were killed when an earthquake struck 80 miles north of the town of Moyobamba. It measured 5.8 on the Richter scale. 5 Mar 87�ECUADOR: Over 1,000 people killed and several thousand missing. The epicenter of the quake was El Reventador, 50 miles east of Quito. 10 Oct 86�EL SALVADOR: 1,500 people killed, 20,000 people injured, over 300,000 homeless. The earthquake, measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale, occurred in San Salvador. 19 Sep 85�MEXICO: Between 6,000 and 12,000 killed and 40,000 people injured. The earthquake, 8.1 on the Richter scale, hit Mexico City and adjoining region. 3 Mar 85�CHILE: An earthquake struck Santiago killing 177 people. It measured 7.8 (on the 12-point Mercalli scale) and made thousands homeless. 31 Mar 83�COLOMBIA: The city of Popayan was devastated by a quake which killed at least 500 people and left over 3,000 families homeless. The quake measured 7 on the Mercalli scale. 12 Dec 79�COLOMBIA: An undersea earthquake measuring between 7.7 and 8.1 on the Richter scale struck the coast of Colombia. 600 people were killed and over 80,000 people made homeless when the Port of Tumaco was devastated by the quake and the resulting tidal wave. 4 Feb 76�GUATEMALA: A rash of quakes and resulting mudslides caused much destruction just north of Guatemala City. The quakes, measuring up to 7.5 on the Richter scale, killed 23,000 people, 80,000 were injured and 1.5 million were made homeless. 23 Dec 72�NICARAGUA: A massive earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck Managua. Between 5,000 and 7,000 people were killed. 31 May 70�PERU: An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck the towns of Yungay, Huaraz and Chimbote destroying all three as well as surrounding villages. This resulted in over 70,000 dead and 600,000 left homeless.
