Loading ...When in Colombia caring for my wife , a native Colombiana , we experience occasional earthquakes , about one a year. The latest was a 5.6 centered within 20 miles from our city . That one was impressive !
In addition , there is a semi-active volcano roughly 25 miles to the East of us , the Nevado del Ruiz , which in the mid-80’s caused the Armero Tragedy , the greatest volcanic loss of life in the Western Hemisphere of the 20th century . Armero had a population of 28 000 when an eruption melted the snowcap , resulting in a mudslide which followed the valley eastward and struck Armero without adequate warning a couple of hours after sunset . The next morning Armero had about 5000 survivors !
Our town is about the same distance from the cone , but there is a protective ridge running North to South about halfway between . That area has two thermal spas taking advantage of naturally occurring mineral springs . I was in the pool at one of them on my first trip to Colombia , after a long after dark drive on a jungle road , which at the time really spooked me , thinking that I could be the next hostage of the guerillas, LOL.
BG , Maya , Maddog Thanks for your input.
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