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Powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquakes strikes Guatemala killing at least 48
Posted on November 8, 2012
November 8, 2012 – GUATEMALA – A magnitude 7.4 earthquake
struck Guatemala on Wednesday, killing at least 48 people, injuring
about 150 and leaving 23 unaccounted for, government officials said.
They warned that the official toll was preliminary and could rise.
“This is the largest earthquake we have had since the one in 1976,”
President Otto Pérez Molina said at a news conference, recalling the
temblor that killed about 23,000 people. The earthquake on Wednesday,
centered off the Pacific Coast of Guatemala, struck at 10:35 a.m.,
leveling houses and damaging government buildings, schools and roads.
“It was too strong,” said Yesenia Miranda, 30, a pastor at a church in
the department of San Marcos, the area hardest hit. “We’ve never lived
through anything like this.” During the earthquake, the church’s walls
cracked and its windows broke, said Ms. Miranda, who is helping operate a
relief center out of the rooms that were not damaged. The city’s
hospital, she said, had extensive damage and was operating at less than
capacity. After a wall at a local prison fell, breaching security, 98
inmates were taken to a jail in nearby Quetzaltenango. Although no major
damage was reported outside of Guatemala, shaking could be felt in
buildings as far as San Salvador and Mexico City. Mr. Pérez Molina
placed San Marcos, adjacent to the border with Mexico, under the highest
disaster alert level and traveled there to assess the damage. Saying
that aftershocks were likely, he asked people to evacuate buildings,
especially those made of adobe. Shortly after the earthquake was felt,
Twitter users began posting photographs of homes with deeply cracked
walls, surrounded by small mounds of debris and buried cars. In some
pictures, roads leading to San Marcos appeared to be entirely blocked by
landslides. In a dizzying video, lamps were swinging and a panicked dog
could be heard in the background. –NY Times
This is the seventh 7.0+ magnitude earthquake to strike the planet in 90 days.
6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near Vancouver Island
Posted on November 8, 2012
November 8, 2012 – VANCOUVER - A 6.3-magnitude
earthquake occurred off Vancouver Island Wednesday night. The U.S.
Geological Survey reports that the quake occurred about 182 kilometres
southwest of Port Hardy, B.C. around 9 p.m. ET. There were no immediate
reports of any damage. No tsunami warnings have been issued. A number of
tsunami warnings were issued when a 7.7-magnitude quake struck off
B.C.’s coast on Oct. 27, but all were later downgraded. At that time,
the coastal area from the north tip of Vancouver Island to Cape
Decision, Alaska was in potential danger. The quake was felt across
north-central B.C. and some low-lying communities were evacuated as a
precaution. –CTV
California-Oregon Earthquake: 4.2 Quake Strikes Off The Coast
Posted on November 8, 2012
November 8, 2012 – PORTLAND, Oregon — A 4.2-magnitude
earthquake has struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon and
California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck early
Wednesday roughly 140 miles west of Gold Beach, Ore., just north of the
California border. The sheriff’s office in Curry County says there are
no immediate reports of shaking or damage. –Huffington Post
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Posted on November 8, 2012
November 8, 2012 – GUATEMALA – A magnitude 7.4 earthquake
struck Guatemala on Wednesday, killing at least 48 people, injuring
about 150 and leaving 23 unaccounted for, government officials said.
They warned that the official toll was preliminary and could rise.
“This is the largest earthquake we have had since the one in 1976,”
President Otto Pérez Molina said at a news conference, recalling the
temblor that killed about 23,000 people. The earthquake on Wednesday,
centered off the Pacific Coast of Guatemala, struck at 10:35 a.m.,
leveling houses and damaging government buildings, schools and roads.
“It was too strong,” said Yesenia Miranda, 30, a pastor at a church in
the department of San Marcos, the area hardest hit. “We’ve never lived
through anything like this.” During the earthquake, the church’s walls
cracked and its windows broke, said Ms. Miranda, who is helping operate a
relief center out of the rooms that were not damaged. The city’s
hospital, she said, had extensive damage and was operating at less than
capacity. After a wall at a local prison fell, breaching security, 98
inmates were taken to a jail in nearby Quetzaltenango. Although no major
damage was reported outside of Guatemala, shaking could be felt in
buildings as far as San Salvador and Mexico City. Mr. Pérez Molina
placed San Marcos, adjacent to the border with Mexico, under the highest
disaster alert level and traveled there to assess the damage. Saying
that aftershocks were likely, he asked people to evacuate buildings,
especially those made of adobe. Shortly after the earthquake was felt,
Twitter users began posting photographs of homes with deeply cracked
walls, surrounded by small mounds of debris and buried cars. In some
pictures, roads leading to San Marcos appeared to be entirely blocked by
landslides. In a dizzying video, lamps were swinging and a panicked dog
could be heard in the background. –NY Times
This is the seventh 7.0+ magnitude earthquake to strike the planet in 90 days.
6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near Vancouver Island
Posted on November 8, 2012
November 8, 2012 – VANCOUVER - A 6.3-magnitude
earthquake occurred off Vancouver Island Wednesday night. The U.S.
Geological Survey reports that the quake occurred about 182 kilometres
southwest of Port Hardy, B.C. around 9 p.m. ET. There were no immediate
reports of any damage. No tsunami warnings have been issued. A number of
tsunami warnings were issued when a 7.7-magnitude quake struck off
B.C.’s coast on Oct. 27, but all were later downgraded. At that time,
the coastal area from the north tip of Vancouver Island to Cape
Decision, Alaska was in potential danger. The quake was felt across
north-central B.C. and some low-lying communities were evacuated as a
precaution. –CTV
California-Oregon Earthquake: 4.2 Quake Strikes Off The Coast
Posted on November 8, 2012
November 8, 2012 – PORTLAND, Oregon — A 4.2-magnitude
earthquake has struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon and
California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck early
Wednesday roughly 140 miles west of Gold Beach, Ore., just north of the
California border. The sheriff’s office in Curry County says there are
no immediate reports of shaking or damage. –Huffington Post
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