Posted on 05/28/2009 3:27:15 AM PDT by xcamel
Magnitude 7.1
Date-Time Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 08:24:45 UTC
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 03:24:45 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 16.783°N, 86.166°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region OFFSHORE HONDURAS
Distances 130 km (80 miles) NNE of La Ceiba, Honduras
225 km (140 miles) N of Juticalpa, Honduras
320 km (200 miles) NNE of TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras
1170 km (730 miles) SSW of Miami, Florida
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=119, Nph=119, Dmin=323.9 km, Rmss=0.88 sec, Gp=104°,
M-type=(unknown type), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2009heak
Tsunami?
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Honduras ‘Quake Sparks Tsunami Alert
That’s a pretty good shake.
indeed.. I think they’re revising it up a couple tenths.
“1STLEAD:Strong quake rocks Honduras - alert to several countries”
Posted : Thu, 28 May 2009 10:17:45 GMT
Posted : Thu, 28 May 2009 10:17:45 GMT
Author : DPA
Category : Environment
SNIPPET: “Hamburg/Tegucigalpa - A strong quake measuring at least 7.1 points struck offshore from the Central American country of Honduras early Thursday. US seismology officials put the strength of the quake at 7.1 points, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said it measured 7.3 points.”
SNIPPET: “The 30-second quake was caused by a collision between the Caribbean and North American plates, said seismography expert Gonzalo Carias from the Honduras National Autonomous University.
US seisomology officials said the quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres and some 320 kilometres north-east of the capital Tegucigalpa.
The quake occurred at a distance of 63 kilometres from the touristic Roatan Islands, according to reports in Spain.”
It’s been a couple of hours. We should have seen by now, I think.
That is impressive.
i hope no cigars were damaged
Yo! That’s in the Caribbean!! Scary!
That may possibly be close enough to afect water in the Panama Canal.
We have friends who live in Honduras. I had an email from them early this AM. They said they all ran out of their home because it was so intense, and they are far away from where that earthquake hit, way up in the mountains. They’re due to travel to the one of othe major cities today, with no way to check on the roads before they go, so they might have to end up just turning around and coming home.
Gesundheit!
any tsunami warnings?
I have friends from there as well. Haven’t been able to communicate with them for a long time so I have no way to check.
God be with them. AT least the wife knows The Lord.
Prayers for your friends, and everyone affected.
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