Zware aardbeving treft Caraïben
Magnitude
5.0
Date-Time
* Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 19:34:45 UTC
* Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 03:34:45 PM at epicenter
Location
15.102°N, 61.308°W
Depth
142.6 km (88.6 miles)
Region
DOMINICA REGION, LEEWARD ISLANDS
Distances
* 14 km (9 miles) S (175°) from Grand Bay, Saint Patrick, Dominica
* 15 km (10 miles) S (175°) from Berekua, Saint Patrick, Dominica
* 17 km (10 miles) SSE (157°) from Soufrière, Saint Mark, Dominica
* 23 km (14 miles) SSE (160°) from ROSEAU, Dominica
* 288 km (179 miles) NW (321°) from BRIDGETOWN, Barbados
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 7.7 km (4.8 miles); depth +/- 5.4 km (3.4 miles)
Every cloud has a silver lining
Strong earthquake hits Martinique.
A strong earthquake measuring 7.4 magnitude has hit near the island of Martinique in the eastern Caribbean, the US Geological Survey has said.
The earthquake struck at 1500 (1900 GMT) off the north-west coast of Martinique at a depth of 145.4 kilometres (90.4 miles).
No casualties have been reported and no major tsunami warning has been given.
There have been unconfirmed reports that some buildings have collapsed in Martinique's capital, Fort-de-France.
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The quake's epicentre was 40km from Fort-de-France, Martinique
The earthquake was centred 40km (25 miles) north-west of Fort-de-France, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
'Everything shook'
"For the moment, a building and a bank have collapsed. There is panic, but we do not know if there are casualties," a police source in Fort-de-France told the French news agency AFP.
Callers to Radio Martinique described their fear as the quake struck.
"My house shook so hard I thought it was going to fall. The door, the windows, everything shook," the Associated Press reported one caller as saying.
"I wouldn't expect major damage because the quake has some depth," Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado told AP.
There were also reports that the islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica had felt the quake strongly.
Residents on islands further across the eastern Caribbean - as far away as Puerto Rico to the north and Trinidad and Tobago to the south - told the USGS that they had felt the quake.
The tremor was also felt hundreds of miles away in South America.
In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, 500 miles (800km) from the epicentre, some people evacuated office buildings, Reuters news agency reported.
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A strong earthquake measuring 7.4 magnitude has hit near the island of Martinique in the eastern Caribbean, the US Geological Survey has said.
The earthquake struck at 1500 (1900 GMT) off the north-west coast of Martinique at a depth of 145.4 kilometres (90.4 miles).
No casualties have been reported and no major tsunami warning has been given.
There have been unconfirmed reports that some buildings have collapsed in Martinique's capital, Fort-de-France.
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The quake's epicentre was 40km from Fort-de-France, Martinique
The earthquake was centred 40km (25 miles) north-west of Fort-de-France, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
'Everything shook'
"For the moment, a building and a bank have collapsed. There is panic, but we do not know if there are casualties," a police source in Fort-de-France told the French news agency AFP.
Callers to Radio Martinique described their fear as the quake struck.
"My house shook so hard I thought it was going to fall. The door, the windows, everything shook," the Associated Press reported one caller as saying.
"I wouldn't expect major damage because the quake has some depth," Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado told AP.
There were also reports that the islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica had felt the quake strongly.
Residents on islands further across the eastern Caribbean - as far away as Puerto Rico to the north and Trinidad and Tobago to the south - told the USGS that they had felt the quake.
The tremor was also felt hundreds of miles away in South America.
In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, 500 miles (800km) from the epicentre, some people evacuated office buildings, Reuters news agency reported.
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Dode en zes gewonden bij zware aardbeving op Martinique.
Bij de aardbeving in het oosten van de Caraïben zijn gisteren op Martinique één dode en zes gewonden gevallen. Dat meldt de civiele bescherming. Het slachtoffer is een Britse man die bezweek aan een hartaanval. Van de gewonden is er één ernstig aan toe. Op Martinique brak ook op één plek brand uit.
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Bij de aardbeving in het oosten van de Caraïben zijn gisteren op Martinique één dode en zes gewonden gevallen. Dat meldt de civiele bescherming. Het slachtoffer is een Britse man die bezweek aan een hartaanval. Van de gewonden is er één ernstig aan toe. Op Martinique brak ook op één plek brand uit.
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