The epicenter was originally placed undersea, and a tsunami was feared, but this quake has not generated one. There have been at least 12 aftershocks reported.
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The captain of a nearby Avianca flight overheard an exchange in which the doomed plane told the Medellin control tower it was short of fuel, had suffered an electrical failure and needed to land.
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