Any news of surrounding islands?... My sister and BIL are missionaries on the Island of St. Vincent... By the looks of the map provided, I'm worried.
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Any news of surrounding islands?... My sister and BIL are missionaries on the Island of St. Vincent... By the looks of the map provided, I'm worried.
American aid worker in the northern coast of Haiti says he felt the "whole world shaking" - NBC News
Haiti Ambassador to U.S says quake is a "major catastrophe."
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Do any of you adept at quake science know if this is par for Haiti, highly unusual or somewhere in between?
Ephesians 2:8-9
8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
AFP: A powerful 7.0 quake that hit Haiti on Tuesday was a "catastrophe of major proportions" the country's ambassador to the United States.
CNN: Haiti Secretary of State: Quake damage is "a catastrophe;" Haitian Ambassador "definitely" asking for U.S. help.
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This one sounds really really bad.
Semper Fi!Thank you for praying for the salvation of my son Jedadiah!!! He gave his life to Jesus and was saved on 10/24/10!!!
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Does anyone know how far in miles that a tsunami is probable? The island my sister is on is 824 miles from there and the island is only 18 miles long, (tiny).
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Praying!
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 1 Timothy 6:8
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"Major Caribbean Earthquakes And Tsunamis A Real Risk"
ScienceDaily (Feb. 8, 2005)
A dozen major earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have occurred in the Caribbean near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, in the past 500 years, and several have generated tsunamis. The most recent major earthquake, a magnitude 8.1 in 1946, resulted in a tsunami that killed a reported 1,600 people.
With nearly twenty million people now living in this tourist region and a major earthquake occurring on average every 50 years, scientists say it is not a question of if it will happen but when. They are calling for the establishment of tsunami early warning systems in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean, and better public education about the real tsunami threats in these regions.
In a new study published December 24, 2004 in the Journal of Geophysical Research from the American Geophysical Union, geologists Uri ten Brink of the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole and Jian Lin of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) report a heightened earthquake risk of the Septentrional fault zone, which cuts through the highly populated region of the Cibao valley in the Dominican Republic. In addition, they caution, the geologically active offshore Puerto Rico and Hispaniola trenches are capable of producing earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and higher. The Indonesian earthquake on December 26, which generated a tsunami that killed (to date) an estimated 150,000 people, came from a fault of similar structure, but was a magnitude 9.0, much larger than the recorded quakes near the Puerto Rico Trench.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0205102502.htm
JUST IN -- No sea level readings yet from this 7.0 earthquake. Readings from the nearest gauges should be received within the next hour.
Haiti officials unable to communicate with each other at the moment, terrible infrastructure damage.
Haitian Presidential palace damaged, says Sky News.
REU: BUILDINGS COLLAPSED IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, PEOPLE SCREAMING, DEAD AND INJURED UNDER RUBBLE AFTER HAITI QUAKE -REUTERS WITNESS
Many dead, many injured, catastrophic damage, per Reuters
An AFP correspondent in Petionville said one three-story building, housing two offices, was toppled. A tractor was at the scene trying to dig out victims as people fled into the streets in panic.
REU: U.S says landlines and mobile communications are down in Haiti capital.
REU: "Everything started shaking, people were screaming, houses started collapsing ... it's total chaos." - Witness
Dozens dead or injured at just one location says a Reuters reporter.
U.S. state department says 'all landlines and cell phones are reportedly down' in Haiti capital after quake - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34829978...news-americas/
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A powerful earthquake hit the impoverished country of Haiti on Tuesday. A hospital and other buildings collapsed and people were screaming for help.
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7 and was centered about 10 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
It was followed a short time later by two powerful aftershocks of magnitude 5.9 and 5.5, the USGS said.
An Associated Press videographer saw a wrecked hospital in Petionville, a suburb near the capital, and a U.S. government official reported seeing houses that had tumbled into a ravine.
In Washington, the U.S. State Department said early reports from Port-au-Prince indicated a building collapsed across the street from the American Embassy but there was no word of any damage at the embassy.
No further details on any casualties or other damage were immediately available.
"Everybody is just totally, totally freaked out and shaken," said Henry Bahn, a visiting official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "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 all over the place and he saw a ravine where several homes had been built. "It's just full of collapsed walls and rubble and barbed wire," he said.
Radio Metropole in Port-au-Prince reported the quake lasted more than a minute, overturning vehicles in the street. Communications were severely disrupted on the island.
In the suburb of Petionville, a building of at least three floors collapsed. The building housed at least two private offices, and a tractor was on the scene trying to clear debris and recover any survivors, according to Radio Metropole.
Luke Renner, an American humanitarian worker based in the city of Cap-Haitien on the north coast of the island, told NBC News he felt the "whole world shaking." He said he thought trees were going to fall down but there did not appear to be any major structural damage in that city.
It was the strongest quake ever recorded in the region, the USGS said. The previous record was a 6.7 temblor in June 1984.
Statement by the President on the Earthquake in Haiti
Obama was informed of the earthquake at 5:52pm
Obama: "My thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been affected by this earthquake. We are closely monitoring the situation."
Obama: "We are closely monitoring the situation and we stand ready to assist the people of Haiti."
The President asked his staff to make sure that embassy personnel are safe, and to begin preparations if humanitarian assistance is needed.
The Department of State, USAID and the United States Southern Command have begun working to coordinate an assessment and any such assistance.
Red Cross: no communication with staff in Haiti.
Witness in Port Au Prince - "all roads are blocked, retaining walls have collapsed over roads"
US Troops stationed at Gitmo and detainees are 'safe' following powerful earthquake, senior US official tells Upfront News.
Senior Haitian official says buildings are 'crumbling right and left' after quake, aftershocks - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34829978...news-americas/
Picture - http://twitpic.com/xukwy
USGS reports third aftershock, magnitude 5.1, about 20 miles southwest of Haiti capital
(BNO NEWS) -- Third aftershock, around a 5.1-magnitude earthquake, rocks Haiti's capital. - http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...us2010rjbg.php
American Airlines tells CNN they had a flight boarding at the airport in Port-au-Prince when the quake struck.
The flight was 1908 to Miami, with 176 passengers and 11 crew members. No word of any of them being injured at this point.
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My first thought was "earthquakes in diverse places and these are just the beginning of sorrows. My heart breaks for these people that have it very tough on good days. Praying!
Mar 13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these [are] the beginnings of sorrows.
Jeremiah 8:20
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
A local employee for the U.S. charity Food for the Poor reported seeing a five-storey building collapse in Port-au-Prince - Report
God have mercy..
(4th aftershock) 4.8 magnitude aftershock strikes - http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...us2010rjbk.php
World Vision International official: Quake left people "pretty much screaming" all around Port-au-Prince, Haiti - http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stor...topicId=293965
URGENT -- A TSUNAMI MEASURING 12 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH WAS RECORDED AT SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Very small tsunami recorded in Santo Domingo. Tsunami watch canceled.
URGENT -- TSUNAMI WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED
Sky News: Haiti's presidential palace, other buildings, collapse after quake -Haiti TV
Tsunami warning for U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay has expired. Quake was felt there but no injuries reported.
URGENT -- A TSUNAMI LESS THAN 1 CM CREST-TO-TROUGH WAS RECORDED ON A DEEP OCEAN GAUGE IN THE EAST-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN
Cuba evacuated some towns as a precaution after the tsunami watch.
Catholic Relief Services talked briefly to their representative in Port au Prince before call went dead, described "total disaster."
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