7.0 in Haiti!!!

[HUC]

No more news at this time;it's night!!! But ,we are afraid of the sunrise tomorow.Hospital and a lot of houses collapsed.Pray and hope at this time.
Here in the carribean,we have all to be prepared for a major earthquake. One day or an other,each of us will be in the HAITIAN SITUATION. That is THE NATURE RULE IN OUR PARADISIAC ISLANDS....

[cycloneye]

CNN is doing a non-stop coverage.They are saying that is chilling that little information has comed out so far.

[Gustywind]

Tsunami Watch Cancelled

At least some good news in all of this.

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/01/12/3 ... 319-01.htm

Thanks Luis

[HUC]

Latest news trom " Agence France Presse " :the cthedral,the hospital,athe governement palace,and other public buldings,all collapsed......Oh mon Dieu...

[Gustywind]

No more news at this time;it's night!!! But ,we are afraid of the sunrise tomorow.Hospital and a lot of houses collapsed.Pray and hope at this time.
Here in the carribean,we have all to be prepared for a major earthquake. One day or an other,each of us will be in the HAITIAN SITUATION. That is THE NATURE RULE IN OUR PARADISIAC ISLANDS....

Yeah you're definitely right HUC, hope the best from this earthquake for our friends of HAITI. Is that a warning for us? we have Soufrière Hills and this quake in vicinity, hummm let's keep our fingers crossed.

[Macrocane]

The lack of news is very stressing, I guess in a couple of hours we're going to have more info, I hope that this hurricane season won't bring any cyclone near this island, that could be absolutely catastrophic.

[WeatherLovingDoc]

Came here immediately upon hearing this tragic news. Joining the others in lamentations for those affected. I'm sure the American Red Cross and other agencies will be asking for donations tomorrow. I visited St. Kitts this summer, and have been watching the nearby volcanic action, thinking of you all down there.

Will say a special evening prayer for the Haitians and others. Hope to contribute in the a.m.

WLD

[HeartofNC]

(CNN) -- A major earthquake struck southern Haiti on Tuesday, knocking down buildings and inflicting a catastrophe on the impoverished Caribbean nation, its ambassador to the United States said.

"The only thing I can do now is pray and hope for the best," the ambassador, Raymond Joseph, told CNN.

The magnitude 7.0 quake struck about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince shortly before 5 p.m. Joseph said he had little information about the extent of damage from the quake, but one government official -- the only one he was able to reach -- told him houses had crumbled "on the right side of the street and the left side of the street."

"He said it is a catastrophe of major proportions," Joseph said.

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A hospital collapsed from the quake, The Associated Press reported. Also, damage was done to an airport and the presidential palace, and a hotel collapsed, Haitian radio reported.



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The quake damaged several other government buildings, including the parliament building, and a cathedral in the capital, according to Agence France-Presse, citing Haitian TV.

Frank Williams, the Haitian director of the relief agency World Vision International, said the quake left people "pretty much screaming" all around Port-au-Prince. He said the agency's building shook for about 35 seconds, "and portions of things on the building fell off."

"None of our staff were injured, but lots of walls are falling down," Williams said. "Many of our staff have tried to leave, but were unsuccessful because the walls from buildings and private residences are falling into the streets, so that it has pretty much blocked significantly most of the traffic."

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The quake was centered about 6 miles (10 kilometers) underground, according to the USGS. A magnitude 5.9 aftershock followed soon afterward, about 30 miles further west, followed by a 5.5 aftershock closer to the location of the first quake.

"There is a kind of wail as people are very frightened by it," Williams said of the aftershocks. "But most people are out in the streets and just kind of looking up."

The Rev. Kesner Ajax, executive director of a school in the southwestern city of Cayes, said several people were hurt when they rushed to get out of the building. Two homes in the area collapsed and the top of a church collapsed in a nearby town, he said, but he did not know of any fatalities.

Cayes, a city of about 400,000 people, is about 225 kilometers southwest of Port-au-Prince.Luke Renner, an American staying in Cap-Hatien, a city nearly 100 miles north of Port-au-Prince, said he was sitting at his home when "the whole world started to shake."

"It felt like our whole house was balancing on a beach ball," Renner said. "We heard the whole community screaming and in an uproar during that whole 20- to 30-second window."

"I haven't seen any structural damage here," Renner continued. "With the sun setting it may be difficult to tell. In the morning we'll know for sure."The disaster is the latest to befall Haiti, which has a population of about 9 million people and is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Hurricane Gordon killed more than 1,000 people in 1994, while Hurricane Georges killed more than 400 and destroyed the majority of the country's crops in 1998.

In 2004, heavy rains from Hurricane Jeanne -- which passed north of the country -- caused landslides and flooding that killed more than 3,000 people, mostly in the northwestern city of Gonaives. Gonaives was hit heavily again in 2008, when four tropical systems passed through.

A tsunami watch for Haiti, the Dominican Republic and parts of Cuba following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Haiti has been canceled, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

[caribepr]

I waited as long as I could and while good news for many, it looks like very bad news for many also...

[LSU2001]

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-381153

Some early pics starting to come in.
tim

[HURAKAN]

Many countries also felt the earthquake

[CajunMama]

Steagle (our member from chat and the board) is from in or around San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic, on the other side of the island. Hopefully he's ok. He does lose power quite easily. Keep him in your thoughts please.

[Derek Ortt]

CNN is doing a non-stop coverage.They are saying that is chilling that little information has comed out so far.

no news usually means no news is able to be given.

That is what happened in Dade during Andrew. The initial reports were the area was really lucky... until it was realized that there was no news from South Dade. We found out why. The lack of news leads me to believe that first light will show a situations at least an order of magnitude worse than Flora

[Crostorm]

Here are some pictures on Twitter

http://twicsy.com/?search=haiti&sort=date

[cycloneye]

Steagle (our member from chat and the board) is from in or around San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic, on the other side of the island. Hopefully he's ok. He does lose power quite easily. Keep him in your thoughts please.

CM,this is in spanish from the Dominican Republic but I can translate.There are some power outages in parts of the country but no reports of damage nor deaths so far.The goverment will help Haiti with humanitarian aid.

http://www.elnuevodia.com/dominicanahac ... 58954.html

[vbhoutex]

We have some members in Haiti. I hope we hear from them that they are safe.
Follow this link for much more information. http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=107368&p=1958733#p1958733

[srainhoutx]

CNN is doing a non-stop coverage.They are saying that is chilling that little information has comed out so far.

no news usually means no news is able to be given.

That is what happened in Dade during Andrew. The initial reports were the area was really lucky... until it was realized that there was no news from South Dade. We found out why. The lack of news leads me to believe that first light will show a situations at least an order of magnitude worse than Flora

I agree Derek. My thoughts are with everyone in Haiti and DR as well as Caribbean Islands tonight. Very sad.

[caribepr]

CNN is running a live stream in French if you understand French

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live ... am=stream3

[vbhoutex]

We have a member who is quite active in the chatroom (steagle), and he lives in the DR, and he left at the time of the quake according to those in the chatroom at the time. I'm quite worried about him, and the other many millions of people in the DR and in Haiti.

We also have a few members in Haiti IIRC. I pray they are ok. I believe they are located on the North side of the island. The pictures coming out are very disheartening!! Many prayers going out for those affected.

[Macrocane]

CM,this is in spanish from the Dominican Republic but I can translate.There are some power outages in parts of the country but no reports of damage nor deaths so far.The goverment will help Haiti with humanitarian aid.

http://www.elnuevodia.com/dominicanahac ... 58954.html

Cycloneye, sorry if it has been asked before but was the earthquake felt in Puerto Rico or in some areas of the island?