Massive Earthquake rocks Haiti...felt in Jamaica as well

[evanovitch]

Earthquake Unit confirms that quake rocked sections of JA

Earthquake Unit confirms that quake rocked sections of JA
2010-01-12 17:54:05 | (4 Comments)

The earthquake unit has confirmed that an earthquake rocked sections of Jamaica shortly before 5 p.m.

The earthquake unit was not immediately able to say the magnitude of the quake

The CNN is reporting that Tsunami watch is now in effect for the region following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti.

[mangoskin]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

tremors also felt in Inagua (southern Bahamian island 70 miles from Haiti)
CNN reporting that tsunami warnings lifted.

Last tsunami to hit the Bahamas was in the 19th century they said

The poor Haitians, the survivors will be flooding the rickety boats to escape.

[evanovitch]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

yep the Haitians cannot get a break to save dem...dem flood out and now dem sinking into di ground...dang...how much can one people go tru..fi real

CNN interview the unofficial President of Haiti, Wyclef,who said he was on the phone talking to someone there,when the person said that they were feeling an earthquake and the phone went dead...he says that he has yet to reconnect with them

i know he will be arranging rescue and donations along wid Bill CLinton...but dang....

[Cultcha]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

Poor Haiti, they are one cursed nation sah!

[mangoskin]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

the wutlis voodoo gods an ting cant keep dem safe an prosperous-dem mus give refunds

[evanovitch]

Haiti earthquake feared to have killed many ..BBC reports

Haiti earthquake feared to have killed many

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake which struck off the coast of Haiti is feared to have caused major loss of life in and around the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Haiti's envoy to the US said it was a "catastrophe of major proportions".

Buildings, including a hospital, are reported to have collapsed, with streets said to be blocked by rubble.

The quake, which struck about 15km (10 miles) south-west of the capital, was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude.

The tremor hit at 1653 (2153 GMT), the US Geological Survey said.

A Reuters reporter in Port-au-Prince said he had seen "dozens of dead and injured people" in the rubble of fallen buildings.

Karel Zelenka, a Catholic Relief Services representative in Port-au-Prince, told colleagues in the US "there must be thousands of people dead".

The aid worker had managed to phone his colleagues before communication links to the country failed.


The BBC's Nick Davies in neighbouring Jamaica says the ground apparently shook for more than a minute in Haiti.

Local people, he said, were using anything they could get their hands on - including farm equipment - to help release those trapped in the quake.

Our correspondent adds that, as the poorest country in the western hemisphere, Haiti is likely to need international aid in order to cope with the quake's impact.
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'Three million affected'</span>

US President Barack Obama said in a statement that his &quot;thoughts and prayers&quot; were with the people of Haiti and America stood ready to assist them.



US Department of Agriculture official, visiting Haiti
UN officials said they were having trouble contacting their mission in Haiti to get a clear picture of the aftermath.

&quot;We are trying to get in touch with our people on the ground but we are experiencing communication problems, which is not unusual in a disaster such as this,&quot; spokeswoman Stephanie Bunker told AFP news agency in New York.

Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the US, told CNN: &quot;I think it is really a catastrophe of major proportions.&quot;

He said he had just spoken to a government colleague in Port-au-Prince:

&quot;He had to stop his car just about half an hour ago, and take to the streets, start walking, but he said houses were crumbling on the right side of the street and the left side of the street.

&quot;He does not know whether he would reach his home, not knowing what he would find, because he had a bridge to cross to get there.&quot;

Mike Blanpied of the US Geological Survey said that, based on the location and size of the quake, about three million people will have been severely shaken by its impact.

&quot;This quake occurred under land as opposed to off-shore, so a lot of people were directly exposed to the shaking coming off that earthquake fault, which was quite shallow,&quot; he told the BBC.

He added that as the quake had occurred near a highly populated urban area, the aftershocks could cause additional damage to already shaken buildings.

<span style="font-weight: bold">'Rubble and wire'</span>
An Associated Press cameraman saw the wrecked hospital in Petionville, a hilly suburb of the capital, and Henry Bahn, a visiting official from the US Department of Agriculture, said he had seen houses which had tumbled into a ravine.


&quot;Everybody is just totally, totally freaked out and shaken,&quot; said Mr Bahn, who described the sky as &quot;just grey with dust&quot;.

He said he had been walking to his hotel room when the ground began to shake.

&quot;I just held on and bounced across the wall,&quot; he said.

&quot;I just hear a tremendous amount of noise and shouting and screaming in the distance.&quot;

He said rocks were strewn all over the place, and the ravine where several homes had fallen in was &quot;just full of collapsed walls and rubble and barbed wire&quot;.

BBC News website readers in the Dominican Republic, which borders Haiti on the island of Hispaniola, said they had also felt the quake.

&quot;My family is on the 8th floor of a tower in downtown Santo Domingo,&quot; wrote Max Levine.

&quot;We felt a swaying of the building for 5-10 seconds. All the lamps were swinging. There was a 20-second pause and then another similar sway. We rushed out of the building with many others to the street.&quot;

In the immediate aftermath of the quake, a tsunami watch was put out for Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas, but this was later lifted.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8455629.stm

[britisha]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

...mi juss get off di phone an mi fambly a seh, all up a Sint Mary dem feel it...

May Gaawd haff mercy on our sister nation Ayiti....still cannot get through to friends,,, ...

Smaddie dun call mi an seh di prayer meeting at the church that has a mission in Ayiti packed, as we speak, and donations start pouring in arreddi..


(((Ayite Cherie)))

[X]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

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[X]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

u may watch live stream and participate in the local and intl haitian chat line here &gt;

http://www.livestream.com/Haiti_Pal

[Nanook]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

How awful.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

The only thing I understood was &quot;the world is commingto an end'.
Thye are still superstitious withh all the reality that is facing them. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: xKs</div><div class="ubbcode-body">u may watch live stream and participate in the local and intl haitian chat line here &gt;
http://www.livestream.com/Haiti_Pal </div></div>

[britisha]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nanook</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> How awful. </div></div>

How awful is right...thanks for the Live Stream XKS....thanks.

[X]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

its heart wrenching to image these homes pancaking onto each other and the souls snuffed out and trapped in them
there must be something practical and effective we can do to help them recover and rebuild..

[Nanook]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica

ABC news is saying there must be thousands dead. Humanitarian Disaster they are saying.

[halfwaytree]

Re: Tremor felt in Kingston, Jamaica



Two of the expected thousands of victims.