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Posted: Thu Nov 29th, 2007 09:13 pm |
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3 earthquakes have struck Martinque -- so far, no tsunmni warnings for Puerto Rico or Culebra have been posted.
Will post more in 15 minutes -- on the road right now.
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Posted: Thu Nov 29th, 2007 09:40 pm |
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To: U.S. and Canadian Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico coastal regions
From: NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center (Experimental Web Product)
Subject: Tsunami Information Statement #1 issued 11/29/2007 at 3:08PM AST
A strong earthquake has occurred, but a tsunami IS NOT expected along the coasts of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico states, and Eastern Canadian provinces. NO tsunami warning or watch is in effect for these areas.
Based on the depth of the earthquake within the earth, a widespread damaging tsunami IS NOT expected along the Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S. Atlantic, Eastern Canadian and Gulf of Mexico coasts. At coastal locations which have experienced strong ground shaking, local tsunamis are possible due to underwater landslides.
At 3:00 PM Atlantic Standard Time on November 29, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.3 occurred near the Windward Islands, Caribbean Sea. (Refer to the United States Geological Survey for official earthquake parameters.)
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii will issue messages for areas in the Caribbean outside Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
This will be the only statement issued for this event by the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center unless conditions warrant. See the WCATWC web site for basic tsunami information, safety rules, and a tsunami travel time map and table. (NOTE: Travel time maps and tables indicate forecasted times only, not that a wave was generated.)
Link to Standard Information Statement
Link to Public Information Statement
Link to XML/CAP Message
Link to Printable Message
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Posted: Thu Nov 29th, 2007 09:44 pm |
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The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred about 40 km (25 miles) NNW of FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique at 12:00 PM MST, Nov 29, 2007 (3:00 PM AST in Martinique). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available.
And just in from the BBC
 E-mail this to a friend  Printable version Strong earthquake hits Martinique  A strong earthquake measuring 7.4 magnitude has hit near the island of Martinique in the eastern Caribbean, the US Geological Survey has said. The earthquake struck at 1500 (1900 GMT) off the north-west coast of Martinique at a depth of 145.4 kilometers (90.4 miles)
No casualties have been reported and no major tsunami warning has been given.
There have been unconfirmed reports that some buildings have collapsed in Martinique's capital, Fort-de-France.
"For the moment, a building and a bank have collapsed. There is panic, but we do not know if there are casualties," a police source in Fort-de-France told the French news agency AFP.
Callers to Radio Martinique described their fear as the quake struck.
"My house shook so hard I thought it was going to fall," one caller said, quoted by AP news agency. "The door, the windows, everything shook."
There were also reports that the islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica had felt the quake strongly.
Residents on islands across the eastern Caribbean reported to the US Geological Survey that they had felt the quake.
The tremor was felt hundreds of miles away in South America. In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, some people evacuated office buildings, Reuters news agency reported.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30th, 2007 11:44 am |
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| I hear they felt it on the big island but not here.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30th, 2007 12:02 pm |
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Pam and Chuck reported feeling it for about 45 secounds up on the hill....
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Posted: Fri Nov 30th, 2007 07:44 pm |
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We felt it here (on St. John)...went on a l o n g time! We were wondering about the tsunami effect but I guess 97 miles below sea level sort of blankets that effect. Very strange...the bar we were sitting in has a canopy type frame and it just kept shakin'.
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Posted: Sun Dec 2nd, 2007 05:38 pm |
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I was in San Juan and felt it there. It was about 45 seconds to a minute. My desk started shaking and I thought there was an earthquake. I looked at one of my halogen lamps and it was shaking and the keys on the back of my door were shaking. There was no doubt we had an eathquake.
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