Earthquake in Colombia 1999 - a woman salvages some timber for a shelter in Calarca

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The 1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake was an earthquake that heavily affected the city of Armenia, Colombia in the Quindio department, 18 towns and 28 villages in the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis region departments. The earthquake occurred on Monday, 25 January, 1999 and had a magnitude of The epicenter was 25 miles (40 km) west south west of Ibague, Colombia.] It was the strongest earthquake to strike Colombia for 16 years.

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Location: Armenia, Colombia
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
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