Posted on December 25, 2009.
8.0 Earthquake in the North Atlantic at this time? Is there damage? Anyone done? Tsunamis?
I just received this from the USGS ENS -
8.0 million - North Atlantic Ocean
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 8.0 million
Date-Time
April 2, 2010 05:38:55 UTC
April 2, 2010 01:38:55 near epicenter
April 1, 2010 23:38:55 standard time in your timezone
Location 19.053N 68.052W
Depth 13 km
Distance
84 km (52 miles) northeast (55 degrees) Higa¼ey, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic
109 km (68 miles) ENE (73 degrees) El Seybo, El Seybo, Dominican Republic
116 km (72 miles) NW (313 degrees) of Rinca³n, PR
119 km (74 miles) northeast (54 degrees) of La Romana, La Romana, Dominican Republic
209 km (130 miles) ENE (73 degrees) from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.7 km 0.8 km Vertical
Parameters Nph = 0; Dmin = 0.0 km; SGD = 0.00 seconds, Gp = 54 °
M-type = M; version = 1
Event ID DR 2 *** This event supersedes event PR10092001.
Here is something strange from Enews? read the last sentence of this report ...
Reston, VA-(ENEWSPF) - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported an earthquake of 8.0 magnitude that occurred this evening in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km, 84 km (52 miles) northeast (55 degrees) Higa¼ey, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic, 109 km (68 miles) ENE (73 degrees) El Seybo El Seybo, Dominican Republic, 116 km (72 miles) NW (313 degrees) of Rincon, PR, 119 km (74 miles) northeast (54 degrees) from La Romana, La Romana, Dominican Republic, and 209 km (130 miles) ENE (73 degrees) of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
NB This event has been removed from the USGS Web site. There is no further explanation as to why this event was reported.
No, but there was a 4.8 from Iceland to the north.
