Photos: America’s TV Bachelor Couple Wed Near Pacific Ocean Despite Warnings
Posted: February 28, 2010 Filed under: Breaking News, Community, Current, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: -, 2010, 25, 27, 300, 33, 38103, 8.8, bachelor, california, ceremony, chile, coast, couple, despite, earthquake, evening, exchanged, february, guests, hit, Jason, Jason Mesnick, magnitude, Malaney, married, Mesnick, Molly, Molly Malaney, morning, ocean, outdoor, overlooking, pacific, PacificCoastNews.com, Palos, Photograph:, rain, Rancho, resort, result, saturday, Terranea, tsunami, tv, Verdes, vows, warning, wedding, wedding day, wedding dress Leave a comment »Earlier today, despite tsunami warnings to stay away from the Pacific ocean, one of America’s reality TV couples tied the knot.
PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA. Bachelor TV couple Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney are married in front of 300 guests. Mesnick, 33, and Malaney, 25, exchanged vows in an outdoor ceremony at the Terranea Resort overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes, despite evening rain and a morning tsunami warning – a result of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday. Photograph: PacificCoastNews.com. Read the rest of this entry »
JAPAN: Estimated Arrival Time of First Tsunami Waves
Posted: February 28, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Environment, NZPacific, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: 52269498, breaking, civil defence, earthquake, Emergencies And Disasters, emergency, experience, healthcare and medicine, Japan, latest, Medical procedure, natural disaster, pacific tsunami warning center, protection, sea, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka location, Shizuoka Prefectural Earthquake Preparedness Education Centre, Shizuoka Prefecture, tidal wave, tsunami wave activity, urgency, visit, Waist Up, wave 1 Comment »TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 020
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0859Z 28 FEB 2010
ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME.
LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
——————————– ———— ————
JAPAN KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0435Z 28 FEB
KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0453Z 28 FEB
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0509Z 28 FEB
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0557Z 28 FEB
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0610Z 28 FEB
Archive Photo, Japan, 2005:
SHIZUOKA, JAPAN – MARCH 3, 2005: A Tsunami wave is screened for the visitors to experience at Shizuoka Prefectural Earthquake Preparedness Education Centre on March 3, 2005 in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The Japanese Island is based on four different tectonic plates around the Shizuoka Prefecture area, the Pacific and Eurasian plates are situated underneath creating disastrous earthquakes in this area every 100 years to 150 years. The last quake hit in 1854 making the next earthquake imminent. If the next big Tokai Earthquake comes, a 2 to 10 meter high Tsunami is expected to hit the city. Many countermeasures are taken to prevent the area where most of the population live along the sea. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)
A Common Sight When Tsunami Warnings Are Issued
Posted: February 28, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Environment, NZPacific, South Pacific Region, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: alberta, anticipation, beach, bill, calgary, canada, charity and relief work, crowd, earthquake, Emergencies And Disasters, Emergency Planning, friendship, Hawaii Islands, hitting, Honolulu, horizontal, natural disaster, oahu, Pacific islands, People, possible, preparation, roof, shore, Sitting, sleeping, south, stand, supplies, tidal wave, tools, truck, usa, van, Waikiki, Waikiki Beach, Walking, watch Leave a comment »
HONOLULU, HAWAII: A crowd of people watch Oahu’s southern shore in anticipation of a possible tsunami along Tantalus Drive in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 27(Sunday 28th, NZ Time), 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Residents stocked up on food and emergency supplies in preparation for a potentially damaging tsunami, after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit central Chile which sent waves across the Pacific Ocean. Before evening Pacific Time the tsunami warning was canceled by the Tsunami Warning Center. In Chile so far over 100 deaths have been reported with numbers expected to rise. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images).
Teresa Burge and Bill Bodnar of Calgary, Alberta, Canada walk along Waikiki Beach February 27, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Jake Fender and Jason Heun sit atop their van on Round Top Drive on February 27, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii to await the tsunami.
BREAKING: TSUNAMI WARNING CANCELLED FOR ALL EXCEPT JAPAN AND RUSSIA
Posted: February 28, 2010 Filed under: NZPacific | Tags: Breaking News, earthquake, tsunami warning alert Leave a comment »TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 018
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0012Z 28 FEB 2010
… THE TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSIA / JAPAN …
THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS NOW CANCELLED FOR
CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA /
COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / PITCAIRN / HONDURAS / EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / FR. POLYNESIA / MEXICO / COOK ISLANDS / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / NIUE / NEW ZEALAND / TONGA / AMERICAN SAMOA /
SAMOA / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / FIJI /
AUSTRALIA / HAWAII / PALMYRA IS. / JOHNSTON IS. / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / WAKE IS. / TUVALU / VANUATU / HOWLAND-BAKER /
NEW CALEDONIA / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / KOSRAE / PAPUA NEW
GUINEA / POHNPEI / CHUUK / MARCUS IS. / INDONESIA /
N. MARIANAS / GUAM / YAP / BELAU / PHILIPPINES / CHINESE
TAIPEI
A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
RUSSIA / JAPAN
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME – 0634Z 27 FEB 2010
COORDINATES – 36.1 SOUTH 72.6 WEST
DEPTH – 55 KM
LOCATION – NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
MAGNITUDE – 8.8
LATEST TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY: All Affected Pacific Islands Issued Tsunami Warning
Posted: February 28, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Environment, NZPacific, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: 11:03, 2010, 27th, 38100, 6am, a, Affected, alerting, beach, beaches, Binns, boats, bottom, Breaking News, Chilean, clearing, coast, county, earthquake, evacuate, evacuation, february, ground., hawaii, higher, hit, homes, hours, hundreds, islands, latest updates, lifeguards, maui, meassures, ocean, pacific, PacificCoastNews.com, People, Photograph:, planet, police, PST., raced, residents, saturday, seen, serious, Sirens, sounding, state, the, threatening, top.Maui, triggered, tsunami, tsunami wave activity, U.S, warning, waves, West, will Leave a comment »Issued to governments and registered news media outlets at 11.42am, Sunday, NZ Time.
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 017
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2241Z 27 FEB 2010
CODE:
- LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
- LON – LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
- TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
- AMPL – TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.IT IS …NOT… CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT. VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
- PER – PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
——————- —– —— —– ————— —–
NUKUALOFA TO 21.1S 175.2W 2024Z 0.10M / 0.3FT 62MIN
KAWAIHAE HAWAII 20.0N 155.8W 2211Z 0.52M / 1.7FT 24MIN
BARBERS PT HI 21.3N 158.1W 2140Z 0.19M / 0.6FT 76MIN
KAUMALAPAU HAWAII 20.8N 156.9W 2136Z 0.18M / 0.6FT 56MIN
KAHULUI MAUI 20.9N 156.5W 2147Z 0.98M / 3.2FT 22MIN
NAWILIWILI KAUAI 22.0N 159.4W 2151Z 0.28M / 0.9FT 44MIN
PAGO PAGO AS 14.3S 170.7W 2132Z 0.66M / 2.2FT 12MIN
MONTEREY HARBOR CA 36.6N 121.9W 2031Z 0.32M / 1.1FT 56MIN
SANTA MONICA CA 34.0N 118.5W 2035Z 0.41M / 1.4FT 32MIN
SANTA BARBARA CA 34.4N 119.7W 2029Z 0.22M / 0.7FT 48MIN
SAN DIEGO CA 32.7N 117.2W 2036Z 0.13M / 0.4FT 20MIN
APIA UPOLU WS 13.8S 171.8W 2018Z 0.16M / 0.5FT 16MIN
RAROTONGA CK 21.2S 159.8W 1907Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 24MIN
ACAPULCO MX 16.8N 99.9W 1931Z 0.62M / 2.0FT 26MIN
DART SAN DIEGO 4641 32.2N 120.7W 1931Z 0.06M / 0.2FT 24MIN
LOTTIN PT NZ 37.6S 178.2E 1934Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 10MIN
RAROTONGA CK 21.2S 159.8W 1918Z 0.32M / 1.0FT 06MIN
CABO SAN LUCAS MX 22.9N 109.9W 1833Z 0.36M / 1.2FT 12MIN
DART TONGA 51426 23.0S 168.1W 1844Z 0.04M / 0.1FT 30MIN
HIVA OA MARQUESAS 9.8S 139.0W 1741Z 1.79M / 5.9FT 12MIN
PAPEETE TAHITI 17.5S 149.6W 1810Z 0.16M / 0.5FT 10MIN
NUKU HIVA MARQUESAS 8.9S 140.1W 1745Z 0.95M / 3.1FT 04MIN
MANZANILLO MX 19.1N 104.3W 1705Z 0.32M / 1.0FT 24MIN
DART MANZANILLO 434 16.0N 107.0W 1611Z 0.07M / 0.2FT 24MIN
RIKITEA PF 23.1S 134.9W 1559Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 22MIN
DART MARQUESAS 5140 8.5S 125.0W 1531Z 0.18M / 0.6FT 18MIN
QUEPOS CR 9.4E 81.2W 1416Z 0.24M / 0.8FT 52MIN
BALTRA GALAPAGS EC 0.4S 90.3W 1452Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 14MIN
EASTER CL 27.2S 109.5W 1205Z 0.35M / 1.1FT 52MIN
ANCUD CL 41.9S 73.8W 0838Z 0.62M / 2.0FT 84MIN
CALLAO LA-PUNTA PE 12.1S 77.2W 1029Z 0.36M / 1.2FT 30MIN
ARICA CL 18.5S 70.3W 1008Z 0.94M / 3.1FT 42MIN
IQUIQUE CL 20.2S 70.1W 0907Z 0.28M / 0.9FT 68MIN
ANTOFAGASTA CL 23.2S 70.4W 0941Z 0.49M / 1.6FT 52MIN
DART LIMA 32412 18.0S 86.4W 0941Z 0.24M / 0.8FT 36MIN
CALDERA CL 27.1S 70.8W 0843Z 0.45M / 1.5FT 20MIN
TALCAHUANO CL 36.7S 73.4W 0653Z 2.34M / 7.7FT 88MIN
COQUIMBO CL 30.0S 71.3W 0852Z 1.32M / 4.3FT 30MIN
CORRAL CL 39.9S 73.4W 0739Z 0.90M / 2.9FT 16MIN
SAN FELIX CL 26.3S 80.1W 0815Z 0.53M / 1.7FT 08MIN
VALPARAISO CL 33.0S 71.6W 0708Z 1.29M / 4.2FT 20MIN
EVALUATION
SEA LEVEL READINGS CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS THREAT. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.
A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE.
FOR ALL AREAS – WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Tsunami Warning Includes All Islands In Pacific Ocean
Posted: February 28, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Environment, South Pacific Region, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: 11:03, 2010, 27th, 38100, 6am, a, Affected, alerting, all pacific islands affected by tsunami warning, beach, beaches, Bestof, Binns, boats, bottom, Breaking News, charity and relief work, Chilean, clearing, coast, county, earthquake, Emergencies And Disasters, Emergency Planning, evacuate, evacuation, february, ground., hawaii, Hawaii Islands, higher, hit, homes, Honolulu, horizontal, hours, hundreds, islands, lifeguards, maui, meassures, natural disaster, ocean, pacific, Pacific islands, PacificCoastNews.com, People, Photograph:, planet, police, PST., raced, rear, residents, Sandbag, saturday, seen, serious, Sirens, sounding, state, supplies, the, threatening, tidal wave, tools, top.Maui, topics, Topix, triggered, tsunami, TSUNAMI WARNING, U.S, usa, Waikiki Beach, warning, waves, West, will Leave a comment »Pacific Island nations are included in the 53 tsunami warning issued. Please check below:
FR. POLYNESIA / MEXICO / COOK ISLANDS / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / NIUE / NEW ZEALAND / TONGA / AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / FIJI / AUSTRALIA / HAWAII / PALMYRA IS. / TUVALU / VANUATU / HOWLAND-BAKER / NEW CALEDONIA / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / KOSRAE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / POHNPEI / WAKE IS. / CHUUK / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / INDONESIA / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / YAP / BELAU / JAPAN / PHILIPPINES / CHINESE TAIPEI.
HONOLULU, HAWAII: Eli Cantu and Scott Liang make sandbags along Waikiki Beach in back of the Westin Moana Surfrider February 27, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Residents are stocking up on food and emergency supplies in preparation for a potentially damaging tsunami, after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit central Chile which sent waves across the Pacific Ocean. Warning sirens have been reported to be going off near the coast and the state is under a tsunami warning but there is no evacuation planned at this time. So far over 100 deaths in Chile have been reported and that number is expected to rise. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images).
Shoppers line up in front of a grocery store as they wait for it to open February 27, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
8.5 EARTHQUAKE HITS NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE; TSUNAMI WARNING FOR CHILE & PERU; TSUNAMI WATCH FOR ECUADOR
Posted: February 27, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Environment, NZPacific, South Pacific Region, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: Breaking News, chile, earthquake Leave a comment »TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0646Z 27 FEB 2010
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA… WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
… A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT …
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
CHILE / PERU
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
ECUADOR
FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN… IT IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME – 0634Z 27 FEB 2010
COORDINATES – 36.1 SOUTH 72.6 WEST
DEPTH – 55 KM
LOCATION – NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
MAGNITUDE – 8.5
EVALUATION
IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.
ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
7.3 EARTHQUAKE SHAKES RYUKYU ISLANDS JAPAN
Posted: February 27, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Environment, NZPacific, South Pacific Region, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: Breaking News, earthquake Leave a comment »TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2044Z 26 FEB 2010
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME – 2031Z 26 FEB 2010
COORDINATES – 26.1 NORTH 128.5 EAST
DEPTH – 29 KM
LOCATION – RYUKYU ISLANDS JAPAN
MAGNITUDE – 7.3
EVALUATION
NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
HOWEVER – EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION… THE MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.
Photos: The Faces of Haiti After The Quake
Posted: January 21, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Community, Current, Politics, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: 12, 14, 19, 2010, adult, aftermath, agencies, aid, Army Soldier, baby, Bestof, capital cities, center, challenge, charity and relief work, crowded, day, deadly, devastating, Dufour/ABACAPRESSCOM, earthquake, Emergencies And Disasters, essential, Faced, flag, following, getting, Haiti, Haiti's, home finances, horizontal, january, logistic, Major, men, natural, Nautical Vessel, photo, picture, port, Port-au-Prince, PortauPrince, relief, Sebastien, ship, shore, showing, Sitting, stand, street, support, survivors, topics, Topix, UN, us military, Waist Up, warned 3 Comments »
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: A Haitian man holds the photo of his dead son at the GOC university ruins on January 19, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Humanitarian aid is beginning to reach many of the survivors of last week’s deadly magnitude 7.0 earthquake amid fatalities estimated in the tens of thousands and widespread devastation. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
Miche Guerieri, 21, sits on a boat with her six-week-old baby after spending three days on a crowded ship off the coast of Port-au-Prince January 20, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of displaced Haitians have taken refuge on ships in Haiti’s damaged port inlets, waiting for boats to help them escape from the squalid, earthquake-damaged capital.
Aid has started trickling out to Haitians devastated by last weeks earthquake that ravaged the country, though many fear not enough will reach desparate citizens in time to prevent humanitarian catastrophe. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images).
Haitians wait in line for the distribution of food by members of the 2nd brigade of the 82nd Airborne January 19, 2010 in the town of Terra Noire just outside Port-au-Prince.
Scenes in Haiti This Week
6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ROCKS HAITI EARLY MORNING; AFTERSHOCK
Posted: January 21, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Current, NZPacific, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: 6. magnitude, 6.1 magnitude, aftershocks, early morning quake, earthquake, Haiti, tremors Leave a comment »FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER:
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME – 1104Z 20 JAN 2010
COORDINATES – 18.6 NORTH 72.9 WEST
LOCATION – HAITI REGION
MAGNITUDE – 6.0
EVALUATION
A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI WAS NOT GENERATED BASED ON EARTHQUAKE AND HISTORICAL TSUNAMI DATA. THIS EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED TOO FAR INLAND TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI IN THE CARIBBEAN.
Your Words