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Major magnitude 7.3 quake hits Haiti - USGS (Breaking!)
Reuters UK ^
| 01/12/2010
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Posted on 01/12/2010 2:22:15 PM PST by Pyro7480
A major magnitude 7.3 quake hit the impoverished country of Haiti Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The epicentre of the quake, which was initially reported a magnitude 7.0 off the coast, was located inland, six miles (10 km) west of Carrefour, close to the capital Port-au-Prince and was only 20.5 miles (30 km) deep. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere....
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carribean; catastrophism; earthquake; eq; haiti; haitiearthquake; haitiquake; haitiquake2010; portauprince; seismicevent; usgs
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CNN saying there is a tsunami warning with the earthquake.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:22:16 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:23:27 PM PST
by
svcw
(The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. GW)
To: Pyro7480
To: Pyro7480
Very strange.
I didn’t think Haiti was on a fault zone.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:24:26 PM PST
by
Zathras
To: Pyro7480
This will be a massive human disaster.
7.3...only 20miles deep...oceans.
The entire Gulf of Mexico...especially Florida is at risk. In fact, if there is a tsunami, it's probably there now.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:24:26 PM PST
by
Mariner
To: Pyro7480
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:24:50 PM PST
by
KSCITYBOY
To: Pyro7480
Damn. They didn’t need that.
To: Pyro7480
As if the poor people of Haiti didn’t have it hard enough already! Prayers for the safety and comfort of the people of Haiti! God help them.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:26:12 PM PST
by
pgkdan
( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
To: pgkdan
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:27:06 PM PST
by
Jaded
(No act of kindness, no matter how small, ever goes unpunished. -HFG)
To: Pyro7480
Yikes! That is an enormous release of energy. I pray I am wrong, but the damage must be massive.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:27:18 PM PST
by
Lando Lincoln
(Gee, it looks like climate change was man-made after all!)
To: Mariner
Just speculating. Wouldn’t an earthquake under shallow water produce less of a tsunami due to the fact it wouldn’t have to move as much water?
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:27:19 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:28:24 PM PST
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Pyro7480
The quality of life - including housing - is so poor there will certainly be many fatalities.
Prayers up for all the victims.
To: pgkdan
As if the poor people of Haiti didnt have it hard enough already!
No kidding, they're already suffering under the yoke of the UN.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:28:47 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Pyro7480
For those of us who are geographically challenged:
To: Pyro7480
Prayers for the Haitians.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:29:43 PM PST
by
BJClinton
("Worse" technically is "change".)
To: cripplecreek
That is a logical thing to ask.
Being unfamiliar with the dynamics of earthquakes, tsunamis, etc., I have no idea but you ask a very good question.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:30:11 PM PST
by
mkjessup
To: Pyro7480
Prayers up people. FWIW, My Compassion International child is in the Dominican Republic. If you would, throw in a prayer for her, too.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:30:26 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: cripplecreek
There is no doubt...
*The Earth is Suffering Birth Pains*
Draw close to the LORD in these perilous times!
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:30:52 PM PST
by
TaraP
(*GOD* made love so strong, so it would carry you all the way home.....)
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