7.0 in Haiti!!!

[Gustywind]

Another aftershock observed today in Haiti, with the intensity of 6 of Richter's scale.

[cycloneye]

6.1 Aftershock

Oh my.

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_rsbb_l.html

[Gustywind]

Looks like the aftershock have been really felt in the region of Jacmel given our french journalists from LCI (La chaîne info). Hopefully for the moment nothing in terms of damages, or injuried people to report. Let's hope, i will keep you informed as possible.

[Sanibel]

6.1 had to shift some concrete around. Can't be good news.

[Macrocane]

What is worrying is that it was very shallow, if it had more depth it wouldn't be so dangerous, is there any reports of damages?

[somethingfunny]

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Watch Jamaica within the coming year.

[Derek Ortt]

don't think there is anything left to damage at this point

[cycloneye]

The aftershock was downgraded to 5.9.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 10rsbb.php

[Gustywind]

http://www.stormcarib.com/reports/current/haiti.shtml
- Earth quake Late news
By Jean Came Poulard <jcpoulard at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:22:50 -0500

[b]A 6.1 afterschok this morning shake Port-au-Prince and panic the people.
Some very hard strike cities :
Leogane : 4,200 dead and 5,000 missing
Petit Goave
Grand Goave
Jacmel : 3,000 dead
Gressier

People need every thing down here. Water and food are the priorities for the survivors. But on thing I need to point on it ... the Hiatian Government officer are not credible and Organization need to over pass them and distribute what they have directly to the people. "Don't forget the 7.3 earthquake haven't destroy the corrupted system on this country.

I will inform you longer than I ca have Internet access.

Jean Came Poulard
From Port-au-Prince


Jean Came Poulard
Ingénieur informatique / Software designer
Logipam Developer manager
509 36 01 29 59
http://www.logipam.org
jcpoulard at logipam.org
[/b]

[RL3AO]

Another aftershock observed today in Haiti, with the intensity of 6 of Richter's scale.

Its the moment magnitude scale now. The Richter scale isn't used much at all anymore.

[Ptarmigan]

That has to be traumatic for the people of Haiti!

[WeatherLovingDoc]

Magnitude 4.0 - HAITI REGION
2010 January 21 00:09:17 UTC

4.0
Date-Time

* Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 00:09:17 UTC
* Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 07:09:17 PM at epicenter

Location 18.270°N, 72.917°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region HAITI REGION
Distances 70 km (45 miles) WSW of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
90 km (55 miles) E of Les Cayes, Haiti
180 km (110 miles) SSW of Cap-Haitien, Haiti
1125 km (690 miles) SE of Miami, Florida
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 3.9 km (2.4 miles); depth +/- 31.6 km (19.6 miles)
Parameters NST= 6, Nph= 11, Dmin=189 km, Rmss=0.48 sec, Gp=220°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1

Poor traumatized people. So very sorry.

[HURAKAN]

The seismograph of the 7.0 earthquake

[HURAKAN]

Two recent aftershocks:

MAP 4.8 2010/01/21 16:54:10 18.479 -72.688 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.9 2010/01/21 16:45:21 18.287 -72.877 10.0 HAITI REGION

[WeatherLovingDoc]

4.4
Date-Time

4.4

* Friday, January 22, 2010 at 12:54:16 UTC
* Friday, January 22, 2010 at 07:54:16 AM at epicenter


Location 18.762°N, 72.456°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region HAITI REGION
Distances 25 km (15 miles) NNW of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 16.5 km (10.3 miles); depth fixed by location program

Note: quite superficial in Port au Prince.

[cycloneye]

Haiti goverment ends search and rescue operations

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583706,00.html

The statement from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs came a day after an Israeli team reported pulling a man out of the debris of a two-story home and relatives said an elderly woman had been rescued. Experts say the chance of saving trapped people begins diminishing after 72 hours, but one mother still missing her children said it's too soon to give up.

[Gustywind]

http://www.stormcarib.com/reports/current/haiti.shtml

Help Haiti! The situation is very bad for poor Haiti. Donate now... It's easy since you can now 'text' with your cellphone/mobile (see homepage). Otherwise visit websites of the Red Cross, United Nations, Clinton Foundation, Wycleff Jean's Yele Haiti, and many others as listed on MSNBC. Just do it. Now. No excuses. Thanks, Gert

People Registry - The International Committee of the Red Cross has an on-line database where you can register yourself and say that you are ok or you can search for the status of your relatives. The website is called: Family News Network of the International Committee of the Red Cross. You can also use Google's Person Finder application which is very easy to use. However, I would have preferred just one central list, instead of two different ones. Of the two I would pick the Red Cross one, since they also have an office on the ground in Port au Prince where people can walk in and register. -Gert

Operational Challenges Reliefweb.int has an interesting map showing the humanitarian operational challenges. It looks indeed not easy to get the relief to the right places. So although it seems like 'ages' for aid to arrive, I am sure people are doing their best to get stuff moving. There are some more interesting articles regarding the quake on the Reliefweb.int website. -Gert

- a poem from a friend who was in Haiti last week.
By lucienscd at aol.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:51:31 EST

I was in a small town outside of Port au Prince during the recent earthquake. Though the ground was shaking, I felt the palpable faith of the Haitian people. I heard them wail in the streets as they grieved the deaths of family and friends. I watched them walk into town lonely, lost and hungry. I saw people who were starving share their food with strangers. Through it all I heard them praise God and depend on his personal presence in their lives. We sang the song Great is thy faithfulness (the lyrics appear in bold letters below) together on the morning that we were evacuated from the city. I will never forget that moment for as long as I live.



Connie Peterson, Ph.D., Nursing Faculty, Concordia College, Minnesota



Fanmi nan Kris (“Family in Christ”)



Great is Thy faithfulness

I see Your face in their trusting eyes and white tooth grins….

They are starving…..Jesus can you see them?

I hear Your joy in their lilting voices…

They are hurting….Jesus can you hear them?

I sense Your love in their gracious hearts and humble service…

They are dying….Jesus can you feel them?

I feel your hands in their work worn fingers and giving spirits…..

They are lonely….Jesus can you touch them?



Great is Thy faithfulness

I feel their faith in Your mercy and covenant…

Jesus they are thankful.

I feel their passion when they praise Your name…

Jesus they are faithful.

I feel their trust in their treasure in heaven…

Jesus they are waiting.



All that I needeth Thy hand hath provideth

Yeah though they walk through the valley of the shadow of death

they fear no evil, for Thou art with them.

Thy rod and Thy staff comfort them….

And they shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever



Great is thy faithfulness

Jesus loves them this I know.





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- Jan. 23 Haiti relief update
By lucienscd at aol.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:24:55 EST

Enclosed is today's update from Haiti, at least our view of it.
Thanks for your ongoing interest...
Blessings,
Debbie Lucien

[cycloneye]

"Hope for Haiti Now" telethon raises over $57 Millon and counting

Here in Puerto Rico,our local Telethon raised $3.4 millon.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/ ... eakingnews

Organizers for the all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon say the event raised $57 million - and counting.

[Macrocane]

I really hope that all the collected money helps to build a better Haiti than it was before the earthquake though I know it will be a hard task but not impossible.

[Stephanie]

"Hope for Haiti Now" telethon raises over $57 Millon and counting

Here in Puerto Rico,our local Telethon raised $3.4 millon.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/ ... eakingnews

Organizers for the all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon say the event raised $57 million - and counting.

My favorite performance was "Lean On Me" performed by Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow and Keith Urban. They were great and I think that they should collaborate on something else together.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCi9X4btx38&feature=PlayList&p=6C2BEBC83B2FD8A8&index=66[/youtube]