Fuerte Sismo sacude Haiti y Rep. Dom.

Para: ListaRD (ListaRD@livio.com)

SANTO DOMINGO.- Un fuerte temblor de tierra de 7.0 grados en la escala de Ritcher se sintió poco antes de las 6 de la tarde en diferentes zonas de la República Dominicana, provocando pánico en miles de personas.
Hasta el momento no se han reportado daños ni víctimas. Su epicentro estuvo 15 kilómetros (diez millas) al suoreste de Puerto Príncipe, Haití. y a 145 kilómetros de Barahona, en la República Dominicana.

El movimiento telúrico duró aproximadamente 34 segundos. Reportes procedentes de las provincias indican que se sintió de manera fuerte en Pedernales, Santiago, Azua, Barahona, Montecristi

El reporte del terremoto es el siguiente:

Magnitude7.0
Hora: 61:53:09

Location 18.451°N, 72.445°W
Depth10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region HAITI REGION
Distances15 km (10 miles) SW of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
140 km (90 miles) E of Les Cayes, Haiti
145 km (90 miles) WNW of Barahona, Dominican Republic
1140 km (710 miles) SE of Miami, Florida

Magnitude 7.0 HAITI REGION
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 21:53:09 UTC


Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green


Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green


Map of HAITI

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver



La Primera replica

Magnitude 5.9 - HAITI REGION
2010 January 12 22:00:42 UTC
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Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.9
Date-Time Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 22:00:42 UTC
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 05:00:42 PM at epicenter

Location 18.271°N, 72.862°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region HAITI REGION
Distances 34 km (21 miles) W (276°) from Jacmel, Sud-Est, Haiti
55 km (34 miles) WSW (238°) from Carrefour, Ouest, Haiti
64 km (40 miles) WSW (241°) from PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.6 km (8.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 94, Nph= 94, Dmin=611.2 km, Rmss=1.16 sec, Gp= 86°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID us2010rja7

10-degree Map Centered at 20°N,75°W
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