Nicaragua rattled by 2 large earthquakes in less than 24 hours

Nicaragua rattled by 2 large earthquakes in less than 24 hours
Posted on April 11, 2014 by The Extinction Protocol

April 2014 – NICARAUGA – Less than 24 hours after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Nicaragua, a second earthquake shook the country Friday. The 6.6-magnitude quake struck near the city of Granada at 2:29 p.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. People rushed into the streets after the latest quake, but there were no immediate reports of new casualties of damage. Earlier, the government raised the number of injured people from 23 to 200 after the Thursday evening quake. It also said that a 23-year-old woman had died of an apparent heart attack after the quake. In the capital city of Managua, 300 homes were damaged and at least 20 were destroyed by the shake, said one of the mayor’s deputies, Fidel Moreno. Authorities ordered the demolition of two old buildings that had withstood the earthquake of 1972 that killed 10,000 people. The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday’s quake struck at 5:27 p.m. local time (23:27 GMT), and was centered about 11 miles southeast of the city of Larreynaga. It had a depth of 6.2 miles. Authorities suspended classes on Friday in the cities of Leon and Managua. Below are the latest reports on the earthquake from social media. –Weather C

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7.1 magnitude earthquake and powerful aftershock shake Papua New Guinea
Posted on April 11, 2014 by The Extinction Protocol

April 2014 – PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck off Papua New Guinea, US officials said. The US Geological Survey says the quake was measured at a depth of around 50 kilometers and was about 52 kilometers from the town of Panguna on Bougainville Island. A 6.7-magnitude aftershock has followed the quake off the island of Bougainville. “They would have gotten a strong shake across the island, and there’s the possibility of some damage,” David Jepsen from Geoscience Australia said. Residents in the northern town of Buka and the southern town of Buin say they felt the quake. A local journalist says two water tanks have been damaged near Buin. There have been no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. The Global Disaster and Coordination System has issued an alert for a small tsunami with a maximum height of 40 centimeters after the first quake. While the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has ruled out the threat of a Pacific-wide destructive tsunami, Mr Jepsen says there is a possibility of a local tsunami in PNG. He says the depth of the quake could not be accurately defined except that it was under 50 kilometers. “If it’s really shallow like 10 (kilometers deep), there’s more possibility of (local) tsunami,” he said. –ABC News

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