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7.0 in Haiti!!!

#1 Postby fwbbreeze » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:28 pm

Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 21:53:09 UTC
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 04:53:09 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 18.451°N, 72.445°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region HAITI REGION
Distances 15 km (10 miles) SW of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
140 km (90 miles) E of Les Cayes, Haiti
145 km (90 miles) WNW of Barahona, Dominican Republic
1140 km (710 miles) SE of Miami, Florida

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8.3 km (5.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=103, Nph=103, Dmin=365.7 km, Rmss=1.14 sec, Gp= 94°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID us2010rja6

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 10rja6.php
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#2 Postby fwbbreeze » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:30 pm

7.0 earthquake hits HaitiJanuary 12, 2010 5:17 p.m. EST
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti on Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A tsunami watch is in effect for Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic.
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#3 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:39 pm

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#4 Postby x-y-no » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:40 pm

CNN reporting a 5.9 aftershock.
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#5 Postby somethingfunny » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:41 pm

Ohhhh God. There's going to be a heavy loss of life here.
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#6 Postby HURAKAN » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:42 pm

28 minutes ago 5.5 Haiti region
39 minutes ago 5.9 Haiti region
47 minutes ago 7.0 Haiti region
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#7 Postby lester » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:50 pm

wow this is not good for haiti at all :(
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#8 Postby MGC » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:59 pm

Those poor people of Haiti. Hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, no economy to speak of........MGC
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#9 Postby cycloneye » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:08 pm

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#10 Postby caribepr » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:32 pm

I just got email asking if we are worried about a tsunami here, first I knew of this...what exactly is going on right now?
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#11 Postby Macrocane » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:34 pm

There has been a lot of seismic activity in the Americas in the last few days: California, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras and now Haiti. I read somewhere that January is one of the months with more earthquakes and the reason was one of those astronomical-geological theories, I'm kind of sckeptical to those kind of theories but it had some good arguments. My best wishes are with the people from Haiti and Dominican Republic.

By the way tomorrow is the 9th aniversary of one of the worst earthquakes in El Salvador.
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#12 Postby cycloneye » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:37 pm

caribepr wrote:I just got email asking if we are worried about a tsunami here, first I knew of this...what exactly is going on right now?



Tsunami watch has been discontinued for the areas of Cuba,Bahamas and Dominican Republic.
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#13 Postby Gustywind » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:40 pm

cycloneye wrote:
caribepr wrote:I just got email asking if we are worried about a tsunami here, first I knew of this...what exactly is going on right now?



Tsunami watch has been discontinued for the areas of Cuba,Bahamas and Dominican Republic.

Any links Luis?!
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#14 Postby msbee » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:44 pm

this was not a tsunami type earthquake accordign to the meteorologist on CNN.

here is a link to Haitian news.
initial report.

http://haitiantimes.com/bookmark/553132 ... ts%20Haiti

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/ameri ... index.html
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#15 Postby JonathanBelles » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:46 pm

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.
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#16 Postby cycloneye » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:49 pm

Tsunami Watch Cancelled

At least some good news in all of this.

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/01/12/3 ... 319-01.htm
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#17 Postby abajan » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:49 pm

From what I garner, it struck onshore and not “off” Haiti. Mods, if this is correct, please change the thread’s title accordingly.
I hate to say it but the situation looks pretty grim. Brace for bad news over the coming days.
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#18 Postby msbee » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:51 pm

yes, it should be changed. it was on or in Haiti, NOT off shore.
thankfully the tsunami watch has been canceled. and that's probably the last good news we will have.
Those poor people in Haiti. They do not need this.
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Re: 7.0 off Haiti!!!

#19 Postby cycloneye » Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:56 pm

msbee wrote:yes, it should be changed. it was on or in Haiti, NOT off shore.
thankfully the tsunami watch has been canceled. and that's probably the last good news we will have.
Those poor people in Haiti. They do not need this.


I edited title to put in
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Re: 7.0 in Haiti!!!

#20 Postby msbee » Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:00 pm

Thanks Luis
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