Magnitude 7.0 - HAITI REGION

The site I go to sez there were two 7.2 earthquakes within twenty minutes of each other.

13.01.2010 - 02:26:37 4.8 Caribean Haiti
13.01.2010 - 02:11:31 4.9 Caribean Haiti
13.01.2010 - 01:57:45 5.5 Caribean Haiti
13.01.2010 - 01:55:16 5.0 Caribean Haiti
13.01.2010 - 01:36:45 5.4 Caribean Haiti
13.01.2010 - 01:32:53 5.3 Caribean Haiti
13.01.2010 - 01:16:52 5.1 Caribean Haiti
13.01.2010 - 01:05:49 4.6 Caribean Haiti
13.01.2010 - 00:59:12 5.2 Caribean Haiti
13.01.2010 - 00:43:35 5.2 Caribean Haiti
13.01.2010 - 00:23:56 4.8 Caribean Haiti
12.01.2010 - 23:47:39 4.5 Caribean Haiti
12.01.2010 - 23:35:40 4.5 Caribean Haiti
12.01.2010 - 23:27:36 4.8 Caribean Haiti
12.01.2010 - 23:12:03 5.6 Caribean Haiti
12.01.2010 - 23:07:03 4.2 Caribean Haiti
12.01.2010 - 22:12:08 7.2 Caribean Haiti
12.01.2010 - 22:01:21 5.6 Caribean Haiti
12.01.2010 - 22:00:41 5.8 Caribean Haiti
12.01.2010 - 21:53:14 6.5 Caribean Haiti
12.01.2010 - 21:53:10 7.2 Caribean Haiti

There was also just an earthquake in the bahamas
12.01.2010 - 22:01:01 6.1 Atlantic Ocean The Bahamas Acklins and Crooked Islands District Snug Corner

The largest earthquake ever recorded in the area shook Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help. Other buildings also were damaged and scientists said they expected "substantial damage and casualties.It was the largest quake recorded in the area, said USGS analyst Dale Grant, and the last major one since a magnitude-6.7 temblor in 1984.

"The sky is just gray with dust." Bahn said he was walking to his hotel room when the ground began to shake. "I just held on and bounced across the wall," he said. "I just hear a tremendous amount of noise and shouting and screaming in the distance." Bahn said there were rocks strewn about and he saw a ravine where several homes had stood: "It's just full of collapsed walls and rubble and barbed wire."

Haiti is in a huge crisis now. Even if a lot of people aren't dead/injured, a HUGE amount of people will be homeless now since many of them lived in slums with poor building structures.

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May i ask what site you go to? i'd like to check it out. my equake hasnt updated anything on the bahamas, but it's usually 15-20 mins behind on anything.

There are something around 1.300 brazilian soldiers there, leading the U.N. troops. I hope they're all fine, so they can help all those people in need.

As everyone here, i'm also praying for the people there. And hoping that the death toll isn't too high.

Pictures from yahoo news. The only pictures of the earthquake today are 1-17, The rest are pictures of Haiti before it happened. news.yahoo.com... UPDATE: i've heard from a news source that the palace has been completely destroyed

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aftershocks continue now...in the 4.5-5 range.

wait till tomorrow's death toll , and multiply that by 4.

Originally posted by drphilxr
reply to post by OneNationUnder

 

aftershocks continue now...in the 4.5-5 range.

wait till tomorrow's death toll , and multiply that by 4.

Then in the next 2 years the PTS deaths will also add up.
Disease in Haiti is already a problem too.

HOly Crap a 6.1 in the Bahamas???!!!

What the ?!?

Ok this is REALLY messed up now!

Can anyone verify the Bahamas quake??

Do we have any updates on what happened out there??

If the volcano in St Lucia erupts then we have 30 days until real disaster.

Originally posted by muzzleflash
HOly Crap a 6.1 in the Bahamas???!!!

What the ?!?

Ok this is REALLY messed up now!

Can anyone verify the Bahamas quake??

Do we have any updates on what happened out there??

Huh?
A seperate quake north of Haiti?
Are you sure?

Ok maybe this stuff about the "northern plate moving" is actually somehow coming true ??

We got Haiti falling apart, Cali got hit the other day, and now Bahamas just got slammed with a pretty big shake.

So whats next?

I am seeing that the Earth has built up some MAJOR tensions and now these are being released.

There has got to be more where this is coming from, consider the scale of energy we are talking about here.

We are having some major tectonic events, this is actually very exiting although terribly frightening.

I have NEVER lived through anything of this nature. I have no precedent to go with here.

This is becoming very unique and highly dangerous.

***Prays*** Please make it stop!!!

if a tsunami happens how long will it take to affect?? poor people

Originally posted by JJay55

Huh?
A seperate quake north of Haiti?
Are you sure?

517.111 posted the info at the top of this page.

12.01.2010 - 22:01:01 6.1 Atlantic Ocean The Bahamas Acklins and Crooked Islands District Snug Corner

There you go.

A 6.1. I need to just ignore all sources of media I'm starting to kinda flip out here , wtf is going on.

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Well, i've read a couple of things on it now too, but USGS is remaining silent. But it's updated a 2.5 in CA and a 2.7 in Baja California, mex, so i dont know - if the 6.1 in Bahamas WAS real i would think that USGS would have been on it asap.

Originally posted by Supernatural
Haiti is in a huge crisis now. Even if a lot of people aren't dead/injured, a HUGE amount of people will be homeless now since many of them lived in slums with poor building structures.

That is going to be a big part of the long term after effects from this quake. So many buildings must have been brought down.

Where is all of the debris going to go from this? How are the Haitians going to house themselves in the short term? in the medium term?

If there are 10's of thousands of dead..... well.. how do you dispose of the bodies before diseases start to fester on the dead and spread to the living?
Cremation is an option that would be quick and cheap, but very degrading to those who have died. Mass burials are not much better.

I was just looking at the weather in Port au Prince and it looks like the weather is going to cooperate with the rescue efforts. 8 days of partly cloudy, with temps in the high 80's to mid 90's.

weather in Haiti


I would love to help, but it seems there is nothing I can do. I do not have a job, so that negates monetary donations. I do not know how I could travel there to help, nor to I have the specialized skills that would needed in this situation.

my heart goes out to all of those affected.

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Can you tell us where you got this from?

12.01.2010 - 22:01:01 6.1 Atlantic Ocean The Bahamas Acklins and Crooked Islands District

There was supposedly no tsunamis so that's a little bit of good news.

I can already tell that this year will be full of disastrous earthquakes.

forum.prisonplanet.com...


Can someone "decode" that for me?

About HAARP and Haiti

Magnitude: 6.1
Mercalli scale: 7
Date-Time [UTC]: 12 January, 2010 at 22:01:01 UTC
Local Date/Time: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 22:01 in the evening at epicenter
Location: 22° 43.800, 73° 29.400
Depth: 10 km (6.21 miles)
Region: Atlantic Ocean
Country: Bahamas
Distances: 45.92 km (28.53 miles) of Snug Corner, Acklins and Crooked Islands District

Originally posted by 517.101
Magnitude: 6.1
Mercalli scale: 7
Date-Time [UTC]: 12 January, 2010 at 22:01:01 UTC
Local Date/Time: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 22:01 in the evening at epicenter
Location: 22° 43.800, 73° 29.400
Depth: 10 km (6.21 miles)
Region: Atlantic Ocean
Country: Bahamas
Distances: 45.92 km (28.53 miles) of Snug Corner, Acklins and Crooked Islands District

Thanks! But from what source did you get it?
USGS is still only showing this:

MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 03:31:57 18.254 -72.922 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 2.7 2010/01/13 03:30:39 32.445 -115.159 27.6 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.6 2010/01/13 03:17:12 18.398 -72.997 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.6 2010/01/13 02:54:20 18.393 -72.974 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 02:43:48 18.484 -72.984 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 2.5 2010/01/13 02:43:38 36.395 -117.870 0.2 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.8 2010/01/13 02:26:35 18.470 -72.836 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 02:17:58 18.451 -72.956 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.9 2010/01/13 02:11:31 18.445 -73.026 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.4 2010/01/13 01:57:35 18.459 -72.924 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.0 2010/01/13 01:55:17 18.397 -72.824 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.4 2010/01/13 01:36:34 18.595 -72.892 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.3 2010/01/13 01:32:45 18.384 -72.950 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 01:24:33 18.494 -72.811 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.1 2010/01/13 01:16:52 18.431 -72.856 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.6 2010/01/13 01:05:50 18.537 -72.666 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.2 2010/01/13 00:59:06 18.257 -72.914 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.0 2010/01/13 00:43:28 18.541 -72.486 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.8 2010/01/13 00:23:57 18.410 -72.716 10.0 HAITI REGION


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