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Colombia-Ecuador border earthquake sparks concern of possible imminent volcano eruption

by Emil Foget October 21, 2014

Authorities in southwestern Colombia have raised alert levels on Tuesday after a 5.6M earthquake hit the border region, raising concerns that two nearby volcanoes might erupt in a matter of days. 

Colombia’s Geological Service have changed the alert level of two volcanoes from yellow to orange. The two volcanoes are Cerro Negro and Chiles, both active on Colombia’s southern border with Ecuador.

The orange alert level is defined by the Geological Service as “probable eruption in term of days to weeks.”

The earthquake that hit the border region caused a scare on both side of the border.

Officials in the Colombian town of Cumbal, near the quake’s epicenter, were quoted as saying by The Associated Press that they formed an emergency committee to survey possible damage. But so far, there were no reports of injuries in the town of 36,000 residents, the majority of them members of an indigenous tribe.

“It was really strong, every house” felt it, Jose Diomedes Juezpesan, the town’s top official, told AP.

If the volcanoes are to erupt, it will mostly affect the state Nariño. Local state government have started to take security measures in order prevent tragedies.

Nariño state officials have recommended suspending school classes, delivered a special communication system to indigenous communities in the area and offered the indigenous communities tents if the evacuate their premise while the volcanoes are on high alert.

AUDIO: El Gobernador de Nariño Raúl Delgado Guerrero anuncia decisiones a propósito del sismo ocurrido este lunes… http://t.co/Ge4zH6UUYe

— GOBERNACIÓN NARIÑO (@gobnarino) October 21, 2014

Neither one of the volcanoes have erupted in the past 160,000 years.

Sources

  • Declaran calamidad pública en Cumbal por reactivación de complejo volcánico (RCN Radio)
  • Complejo Volcánico Chiles – Cerro Negro (Colombia’s Geological Service)
  • Activity levels (Colombia’s Geological Service)
  • Chiles (Wikipedia)
  • Cerro Negro de Mayasquer (Wikipedia)
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