Second Earthquake Strikes Haiti...

Damocles

Damocles

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At about 6:00 AM Eastern Port Au Prince was struck by a second quake reported as 6.1 on the Richter Scale....

People fled into the streets from the few still-standing buildings.
 
Aftershocks suck, even if 1/10 of the strength of the original. Hopefully everything that's down has already been down.
 
Its a good think 6.1 is not an enormously powerful blast, but its impact will be magnified under the turmoil that currently exists there.
 
Threedee said:
Its a good think 6.1 is not an enormously powerful blast, but its impact will be magnified under the turmoil that currently exists there.
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The Richter Scale isn't the only criteria when judging the power of an earthquake. Remember that this series of quakes were close to the surface, geologically speaking.
 
Threedee said:
Its a good think 6.1 is not an enormously powerful blast, but its impact will be magnified under the turmoil that currently exists there.
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6.1 is a pretty good shake. The Earthquakes that I experienced were 6.5 and 7 on the scale and both damaged buildings that were built to withstand them and wrecked infrastructure in the US, let alone Port au Prince.
 
Damocles said:
6.1 is a pretty good shake. The Earthquakes that I experienced were 6.5 and 7 on the scale and both damaged buildings that were built to withstand them and wrecked infrastructure in the US, let alone Port au Prince.
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Yeah, I was thinking of the 6.8 that struck the Seattle area in 2001 (as punishment to Seattleites for the previous day), and it really was not a huge deal, and the only thing over 4.5 that I've ever experienced.

But someone reminded me earlier that, even on a good day, there is a world of difference between what American infrastructure can withstand and what Haitian infrastructure can stand.
 
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