Off topic Earthquakes
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Off topic Earthquakes
I just read that the Dominican Republic got hit by some quakes 2 days ago. They had a 6.5, 5.1, 4.4, and 4.7. Some damage pictures here http://www.livio.com/terremoto/ 3 dead 15 injuried.
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I was thinking about posting that myself but wasn't sure if it was "weather" related
it sure is a force of nature though,just like hurricanes!
this is a report from stormcarib.com by a local DR correspondent:
Natural forces happen... we remember very well the pass of hurricane George
on Sept. 22 in 1998. It did a lot of damage to our country, however they
aren't the only natural force that cause damage and panic...
On Sept. 22, at 12:45am we dominicans had to deal with an important
earthquake that shaked hard enough to tear down schools, stores, many
houses, and minor damage in general, the vibrations felt nation wide.
Our country is like a spinal cord of the caribbean. The biggest mountain
system are here, they connect all caribbean islands including the arc of the
lesser antilles. Three tectonic failures lines (two on the north coast and
one in south-west coast), are active. Santo Domingo have changed a lot since
last major earthquake, develop can be seen. We are starting to grow
vertical, we are starting to build complex transit system. My fear is that
we must work on our seismologic code, all that we are building, all our
dreams to reach a modern country could fall in barely seconds. Thanks God
there were no big numbers of dead, only 3, two of them because of heart
attack, two ppl impressed by the situation.
What i am very sad about is that education structures were the must
affected... about 18,000 students doesn't have schools to learn now and they
are being relocated.
After this, we don't want a hurricane, we don't need that, of course we
never and so the other ppl on the island want a hurricane to cross over,
but specially this country that the same date that hurricane George made lot
of damage, we got an earthquake.
I hope natural destructive forces let us in peace, at least for a while.
it sure is a force of nature though,just like hurricanes!
this is a report from stormcarib.com by a local DR correspondent:
Natural forces happen... we remember very well the pass of hurricane George
on Sept. 22 in 1998. It did a lot of damage to our country, however they
aren't the only natural force that cause damage and panic...
On Sept. 22, at 12:45am we dominicans had to deal with an important
earthquake that shaked hard enough to tear down schools, stores, many
houses, and minor damage in general, the vibrations felt nation wide.
Our country is like a spinal cord of the caribbean. The biggest mountain
system are here, they connect all caribbean islands including the arc of the
lesser antilles. Three tectonic failures lines (two on the north coast and
one in south-west coast), are active. Santo Domingo have changed a lot since
last major earthquake, develop can be seen. We are starting to grow
vertical, we are starting to build complex transit system. My fear is that
we must work on our seismologic code, all that we are building, all our
dreams to reach a modern country could fall in barely seconds. Thanks God
there were no big numbers of dead, only 3, two of them because of heart
attack, two ppl impressed by the situation.
What i am very sad about is that education structures were the must
affected... about 18,000 students doesn't have schools to learn now and they
are being relocated.
After this, we don't want a hurricane, we don't need that, of course we
never and so the other ppl on the island want a hurricane to cross over,
but specially this country that the same date that hurricane George made lot
of damage, we got an earthquake.
I hope natural destructive forces let us in peace, at least for a while.
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ColdFront77
msbee wrote:I was thinking about posting that myself but wasn't sure if it was "weather" related it sure is a force of nature though,just like hurricanes!
Discussions on earthquakes show up in weather forums. Meteorology and Geology are two of the Earth Sciences.
Last edited by ColdFront77 on Thu Sep 25, 2003 7:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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I debated about posting it and thought it might have a tie in down the road. That being if a cane did hit the area that was damaged it might cause more problems now that a quake has damaged many buildings. I can not remember a quake hitting the DR so that's what caught my eye. Plus the lack of media attention concerned me a little, unless I just missed the story.
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You're welcome, msbee. 
I was going to add (last night) that The Weather Channel used to [for awhile] have an earthquake report late at night/overnight for the west coast... including Alaska and if there were other reports in the other portions of the United States (and worldwide) they would mention those too. I haven't seen it in recent weeks.
The earthquakes that occurred in the Caribbean islands did indeed happen in the tropics, so to a degree this was the appropriate forum to post the information in. The off-topic forum would have been good, too.
I was going to add (last night) that The Weather Channel used to [for awhile] have an earthquake report late at night/overnight for the west coast... including Alaska and if there were other reports in the other portions of the United States (and worldwide) they would mention those too. I haven't seen it in recent weeks.
The earthquakes that occurred in the Caribbean islands did indeed happen in the tropics, so to a degree this was the appropriate forum to post the information in. The off-topic forum would have been good, too.
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TOKYO - A strong quake with a magnitude of 8 rocked the northern Japan island of Hokkaido early Friday, injuring more than 160 people, knocking out power, derailing a train and touching off an industrial fire.
Public broadcaster NHK reported that at least 164 people were hurt, including at least two seriously, in the quake, mostly by falling objects in their homes. It blacked out 16,000 homes and capsized fishing boats.
The quake struck at 4:50 a.m. and was centered in the Pacific, about 60 miles off Hokkaido's eastern shore. The U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) in Golden, Colo., said the temblor had a preliminary magnitude of 8.
An earthquake (news - web sites) of that magnitude is capable of causing tremendous damage.
A powerful aftershock of magnitude 7 followed shortly after 6 a.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said from Golden, Colo. Another aftershock was reported at 8 a.m. Its magnitude was not immediately known.
Japan's Central Meteorological Agency initially estimated the quake's magnitude at 7.8, but later revised that to 8.0.
The government warned local residents to avoid coastal areas due to the possibility of tsunami, or ocean waves caused by seismic activity. The meteorological agency said tsunami as high as 3 feet had hit the city of Kushiro.
The quake was focused off Hokkaido's eastern shore. It was strong enough to rock buildings on the island and shake books and other objects off shelves.
NHK reported that most of the injuries were caused by falling shelves and other toppled objects. One 70-year-old woman suffered a broken leg while trying to leave her house through a window, it said.
A fire started at an industrial plant in the city of Tomakomai, but no workers were reported injured, said Hokkaido prefectural police official Kuniyoshi Omori.
NHK showed giant flames and black plumes of smoke pouring from the site, which police said belonged to Idemitsu Co. Streams of water were aimed at the flames.
Omori said one person was injured when a local train carrying about 39 passengers derailed. Kushiro airport was closed temporarily after part of a roof caved in, and several roads were blocked by landslides, NHK said.
Hiroaki Tanaka, a Kushiro fire department official, said 50 people were treated there for bruises and broken bones. Hokkaido government official Hiroyuki Nakao said 31 people were injured, two of them seriously, in towns outside Kushiro.
He said the number was certain to increase as many areas had not yet reported damages.
NHK said a man cleaning up broken glass in a street was hit by an oncoming car and died, but there were no other immediate reports of deaths.
Huge cracks forced the closure of local highways, and blackouts of wide swaths of the island were reported. Regional airports also were closed for inspection.
Hokkaido Electric Power Co. official Yoshihiro Akiyama said it was unclear when power could be restored to the homes, mostly in the vicinity of Kushiro.
Television footage showed an office where books were knocked off shelves, and desks and computers swayed back and forth as the quake hit.
"We are now trying to collect information on the extent of the damage," local official Sadayuki Kano said. "There are no reports of other major damage."
The meteorological agency said the earthquake was focused 36 miles under the seabed.
In September 1923, a magnitude 8.3 quake hit Tokyo and Yokohama, killing at least 140,000 people.
In January 1995, a magnitude 7.2 temblor in Kobe killed more than 6,000 people.
Thursday's quake struck in the Pacific Ocean, about 65 miles south-southwest of Kushiro and 495 miles north-northeast of Tokyo, said John Minsch, a USGS (news - web sites) geophysicist. The quake was shallow.
"That makes it more likely to be a tsunami, and there's most likely to be a great amount of damage," Minsch said.
Hokkaido is the northernmost and most sparsely populated of Japan's major islands. Sapporo is the prefecture's capital.
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. It sits atop four tectonic plates, slabs that move across the earth's surface.
Geophysicist Doug Given in Pasadena, Calif., said the region is "part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, the zone of very large earthquakes (news - web sites) and volcanoes that rings the Pacific Rim."
Tsunami warnings and watches were issued throughout the Pacific but they later were canceled.
Public broadcaster NHK reported that at least 164 people were hurt, including at least two seriously, in the quake, mostly by falling objects in their homes. It blacked out 16,000 homes and capsized fishing boats.
The quake struck at 4:50 a.m. and was centered in the Pacific, about 60 miles off Hokkaido's eastern shore. The U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) in Golden, Colo., said the temblor had a preliminary magnitude of 8.
An earthquake (news - web sites) of that magnitude is capable of causing tremendous damage.
A powerful aftershock of magnitude 7 followed shortly after 6 a.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said from Golden, Colo. Another aftershock was reported at 8 a.m. Its magnitude was not immediately known.
Japan's Central Meteorological Agency initially estimated the quake's magnitude at 7.8, but later revised that to 8.0.
The government warned local residents to avoid coastal areas due to the possibility of tsunami, or ocean waves caused by seismic activity. The meteorological agency said tsunami as high as 3 feet had hit the city of Kushiro.
The quake was focused off Hokkaido's eastern shore. It was strong enough to rock buildings on the island and shake books and other objects off shelves.
NHK reported that most of the injuries were caused by falling shelves and other toppled objects. One 70-year-old woman suffered a broken leg while trying to leave her house through a window, it said.
A fire started at an industrial plant in the city of Tomakomai, but no workers were reported injured, said Hokkaido prefectural police official Kuniyoshi Omori.
NHK showed giant flames and black plumes of smoke pouring from the site, which police said belonged to Idemitsu Co. Streams of water were aimed at the flames.
Omori said one person was injured when a local train carrying about 39 passengers derailed. Kushiro airport was closed temporarily after part of a roof caved in, and several roads were blocked by landslides, NHK said.
Hiroaki Tanaka, a Kushiro fire department official, said 50 people were treated there for bruises and broken bones. Hokkaido government official Hiroyuki Nakao said 31 people were injured, two of them seriously, in towns outside Kushiro.
He said the number was certain to increase as many areas had not yet reported damages.
NHK said a man cleaning up broken glass in a street was hit by an oncoming car and died, but there were no other immediate reports of deaths.
Huge cracks forced the closure of local highways, and blackouts of wide swaths of the island were reported. Regional airports also were closed for inspection.
Hokkaido Electric Power Co. official Yoshihiro Akiyama said it was unclear when power could be restored to the homes, mostly in the vicinity of Kushiro.
Television footage showed an office where books were knocked off shelves, and desks and computers swayed back and forth as the quake hit.
"We are now trying to collect information on the extent of the damage," local official Sadayuki Kano said. "There are no reports of other major damage."
The meteorological agency said the earthquake was focused 36 miles under the seabed.
In September 1923, a magnitude 8.3 quake hit Tokyo and Yokohama, killing at least 140,000 people.
In January 1995, a magnitude 7.2 temblor in Kobe killed more than 6,000 people.
Thursday's quake struck in the Pacific Ocean, about 65 miles south-southwest of Kushiro and 495 miles north-northeast of Tokyo, said John Minsch, a USGS (news - web sites) geophysicist. The quake was shallow.
"That makes it more likely to be a tsunami, and there's most likely to be a great amount of damage," Minsch said.
Hokkaido is the northernmost and most sparsely populated of Japan's major islands. Sapporo is the prefecture's capital.
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. It sits atop four tectonic plates, slabs that move across the earth's surface.
Geophysicist Doug Given in Pasadena, Calif., said the region is "part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, the zone of very large earthquakes (news - web sites) and volcanoes that rings the Pacific Rim."
Tsunami warnings and watches were issued throughout the Pacific but they later were canceled.
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