Earthquake....7.4

Plex · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: Earthquake....7.4

Anyone felt it?

Magnitude 7.4

Date-Time Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 19:00:19 UTC

Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 03:00:19 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 14.951�N, 61.241�W

Depth 143.1 km (88.9 miles)

Region MARTINIQUE REGION, WINDWARD ISLANDS

Distances 23 km (14 miles) NNW (332�) from Le Morne-Rouge, Saint-Pierre, Martinique

23 km (14 miles) NW (306�) from Le Lorrain, La Trinit�, Martinique

24 km (15 miles) NNW (344�) from Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre, Martinique

42 km (26 miles) SSE (159�) from ROSEAU, Dominica

270 km (168 miles) NW (320�) from BRIDGETOWN, Barbados

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.3 km (2.7 miles); depth +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles)

Parameters Nst=202, Nph=202, Dmin=268.1 km, Rmss=0.8 sec, Gp= 40�,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2007kha5

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007kha5.php

Sheriff! · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject:

i was on d fone wit a customer from gulf city and sh said d mall was shaking.a nex costumer said he wish he was in bed wit he wife! Twisted Evil

thanks 4 d update.tuned in to emergency nets 4 info.

Plex · Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject:

Powerful Earthquake Hits Caribbean

A collapsed roof and debris litter a commercial area in Fort-de-France, Martinique, after a powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.4, was centered 26 miles (42 kilometers) southeast of Roseau, the capital of Dominica, where the shaking lasted for about 20 seconds. (AP Photo/Rodolph Lamy, France-Antilles)

A collapsed roof is seen in a commercial area of Fort-de-France, Martinique, after a powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.4, was centered 26 miles, 42 kilometers, southeast of Roseau, the capital of Dominica, where the shaking lasted for about 20 seconds. The quake was felt hundreds of miles, kilometers, away in Puerto Rico to the west, and Venezuela and Suriname to the south. (AP Photo/Rodolph Lamy, France-Antilles)

A resident checks the damages on his apartment building in the St. George parish, central Barbados, after a powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.4, was centered 26 miles, 42 kilometers, southeast of Roseau, the capital of Dominica, where the shaking lasted for about 20 seconds. The quake was felt hundreds of miles away in Puerto Rico to the west, and Venezuela and Suriname to the south. (AP Photo/Chris Brandis
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) � A powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean Thursday, sending office workers and shoppers on several islands fleeing into the streets. Minor injuries were reported on the island of Martinique.

The 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck at 2 p.m. EST and was centered 26 miles southeast of Roseau, capital of Dominica, where the shaking lasted for about 20 seconds. The temblor was felt hundreds of miles away in Puerto Rico to the west, and Venezuela and Suriname to the south.

In the neighboring island of Martinique, a government official said police and firefighters were responding to hundreds of calls for help. He said some people sustained minor injuries, but no major casualties have been reported. The official declined to give his name in accordance with government policy.

The earthquake collapsed the roofs of a bank and a store in the capital of Martinique, Fort-de-France. Ambulances were called in.

"My house shook so hard I thought it was going to fall," said a caller to Radio Martinique who identified herself only as Fannie. "The door, the windows, everything shook."

The quake struck at a depth of 90 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Web site.

"I wouldn't expect major damage because the quake has some depth," said Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said the quake was too deep to generate a destructive tsunami.

In Trinidad, the shaking sent workers streaming out of office towers into the streets of the capital, Port-of-Spain.

Thousands more ran outside in St. Maarten. Flight's at Princess Juliana International Airport were briefly suspended. In Guyana, lawmakers evacuated the South American country's parliament building.

The earthquake did not disrupt production at Trinidad's state-owned oil refinery, Petrotrin, which produces 160,000 barrels of refined gasoline, diesel and oil daily for domestic use and export to countries including the United States.

"We have not had any reports about breakdowns from our exploration and production fields," spokesman Arnold Corneal said. "We are still doing checks."

In St. Lucia, Julian Dubois, deputy director of the national emergency management organization, said the quake caused some panic and broke water lines but did not appear to cause severe damage. In the capital, Castries, people spoke of buildings swaying but not toppling. A glass door of one company was shattered.

St. Lucia resident Annie Ellis said the quake was the strongest she has experienced. "In all my years, I have never felt any earthquake so powerful," said the 100-year-old Ellis. "And it lasted such a long time."

In Antigua, islanders said the shaking lasted about 30 seconds.

"I haven't felt one like that in a while," said Jessie Kentish, a resident of the capital, St. John's. "It was a long time."

The temblor triggered a series of false quake alarms in California, with computers picking up energy coming out of the Caribbean and erroneously treating it as local seismic activity. The fake quakes began registering nine minutes after the Caribbean quake, USGS scientists said.

In September, a similar incident occurred when a massive earthquake struck off the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean and triggered six false reports of quakes in California.

Associated Press

Sheriff! · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:29 am Post subject:

thank god we eh get dammage eh plex!

Plex · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:26 am Post subject:

If we was the center of the quake i do not want to think what might happened.

Sheriff! · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject:

for real!

COMFORT · Pumpum Conqueror Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 5

YOU EVER FEEL ONE OUT ON A RIG..............................................

IT WAS'NT AH GOOD FEELIN....................................
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WE STILL LOUD..................DEAL WITH IT.

Plex · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject:

that sounding scary...

COMFORT · Pumpum Conqueror Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 5

IT REALY WAS ............................

FELT LIKE I WAS ON A BOAT IN BAD WATERS.......................
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WE STILL LOUD..................DEAL WITH IT.

Plex · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:14 am Post subject:

any reports of injuries?

COMFORT · Pumpum Conqueror Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 5

No....................................................
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WE STILL LOUD..................DEAL WITH IT.