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TOWARDS the second half of January 1949, the new seismic station at Galerazamba was completed with newly installed Sprengnether seismographs. It is located in the northern part of Colombia between the cities of Cartagena and Barranquilla, 550 m. from the sea coast and 21 m. above sea-level, its geographical co-ordinates being 10° 47’ 08"N. and 75° 15’ 44’ W, This modern station, together with the existing seismic centre at Bogotá and the one about to be inaugurated at Chinchiná, Caldas, will constitute a triangle of first-class seismic stations in Colombia.
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RAMIREZ, J. New Seismic Station at Galerazamba, Colombia. Nature 164, 288–289 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164288a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/164288a0