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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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To: Richard Kimball
I also suspect that a lot of their concrete is stretched with too much sand and sure as hell doesn’t have any fiberglass adjuncts either.
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:05:52 PM PST
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: Strategerist
CNN got it wrong...it’s the largest RECORDED/MEASURED (by instruments) earthquake in the region.
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:07:48 PM PST
by
halo66
To: Richard Kimball
Hey, we’re all one big family here!!!
In good times and bad, we’ve got to cover everyones backs!!
Heading home from the store now. Will catch coverage if CNN is still on it....
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:09:54 PM PST
by
cleveland gop
(SARAH, SARAH, SARAH!!!)
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:10:21 PM PST
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the occupation media.)
To: Pyro7480
Presidential Palace
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:12:51 PM PST
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the occupation media.)
To: SE Mom
Watching CNN- still doing live coverage. I also watched the CNN coverage. Larry King covered it, but Fox wasn't covering it at that time.
To: PA Engineer
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:17:25 PM PST
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: PA Engineer
I feel so bad for them. The woman on that video left off with "The world is coming to an end". If that doesn't move people, nothing will.
sw
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:18:00 PM PST
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife (11/02/10)
To: big'ol_freeper
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:25:37 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: Strategerist
Supernatural causes are not removed from very real physical effects.
We might be good stewards of the physical realm in which we have authority by studying science and engineering, but this doesn’t remove or destroy the existence of very real supernatural powers.
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:26:56 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: VirginiaMom
Dear Lord! Those poor people.
The death toll will be very high.
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:29:31 PM PST
by
Palladin
(Obama as President? "Totally unacceptable.")
To: Strategerist
We've discovered, by much painstaking labor, that quakes are associated with faults, and mostly with plate boundaries. Supernatural explanations for their occurrence are no longer necessary.We also have discovered, by much painstaking labor, that many explosions are associated with explosives and also artillery. Interestingly, they also are associated with persons with very real volition and decisive action.
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:32:27 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: cleveland gop; knittnmom; justsaynomore; Petronski; big'ol_freeper; ...
This is Prisilla:
![](http://idisk.mac.com/stephenacook/Public/Prisilla.jpg)
I've heard the Dominican Republic felt shocks but have heard no reports of damage from there, but there's no way of course to contact her. Prayers are appreciated.
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:37:04 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: cleveland gop; All
To: svcw
This is just tragic. Those poor people, if there grinding poverty isn't enough :(
I think I heard that this was the largest earthquake ever recorded for that area.
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:52:44 PM PST
by
MsLady
(If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
To: Zathras
I thought the same thing. Goes to show it could happen anywhere.
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:53:29 PM PST
by
MsLady
(If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
To: pgkdan
Amen to that!!!! The first person to get word out, that I heard was a Missionary. He said he could hear people crying out for help in collapsed buildings. But, it’s dark there now and they have no help, no fire department, no 911. It’s just tragic. Prayers going up for everyone there.
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posted on
01/12/2010 7:55:43 PM PST
by
MsLady
(If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
To: Strategerist; SunkenCiv; All
Port Royal, now there was a bad one. The whole port sank 20 feet under water.
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