Ducky
01-20-2010, 10:28 AM
Preliminary 6.0 magnitude quake hits Haiti, shaking buildings, sending people into streets
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A strong earthquake has hit Haiti, shaking buildings and sending people running into the streets.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the preliminary 6.0 magnitude quake hit at 6:03 a.m. Wednesday about 56 kilometres northwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince.
It says the quake struck at a depth of 22 kilometres.
AP reporters in the Haitian capital say the temblor sent scores of people fleeing into the streets.
The pacific tsunami warning centre said the earthquake was located too far inland to generate any tidal waves in the Caribbean.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100120/world/cb_haiti_earthquake_7
Boy oh boy :( Just how much devestation can these people take?
Are aftershocks been known to hang around after a week, or is this an entirely new breed of quake-demon shaking up their land now?
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A strong earthquake has hit Haiti, shaking buildings and sending people running into the streets.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the preliminary 6.0 magnitude quake hit at 6:03 a.m. Wednesday about 56 kilometres northwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince.
It says the quake struck at a depth of 22 kilometres.
AP reporters in the Haitian capital say the temblor sent scores of people fleeing into the streets.
The pacific tsunami warning centre said the earthquake was located too far inland to generate any tidal waves in the Caribbean.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100120/world/cb_haiti_earthquake_7
Boy oh boy :( Just how much devestation can these people take?
Are aftershocks been known to hang around after a week, or is this an entirely new breed of quake-demon shaking up their land now?