7.1 earthquake off Honduras coast

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Earthquake Details

Magnitude 7.1

Date-Time Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 08:24:45 UTC
Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 03:24:45 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 16.783?N, 86.166?W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region OFFSHORE HONDURAS
Distances 130 km (80 miles) NNE of La Ceiba, Honduras
225 km (140 miles) N of Juticalpa, Honduras
320 km (200 miles) NNE of TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras
1170 km (730 miles) SSW of Miami, Florida

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...us2009heak.php

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Strong earthquake shakes Honduras and fears of a tsunami


WASHINGTON: The U.S. Geological Survey earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck the coast of Honduras, with no information about casualties or offer any of the areas adjacent to the epicenter of the quake damaged.

وحسبما ذكرت شبكة "سي إن إن" الإخبارية ، اصدرت وكالة الأرصاد الجوية الوطنية تحذيرًا من احتمال تكوّن أمواج مد عاتية "تسونامي" وأنها قد تضرب المناطق الساحلية القريبة من مركز الهزة الأرضية، التي قدر المركز الأمريكي قوتها في البداية بحدود 7.4 درجة.

According to the "CNN" news, the meteorological agency issued a national warning of the possibility of a tsunami, "tsunami" and that it had hit the coastal areas near the epicenter of the tremor, which as far as strength of the American Center at the outset the limits of 7.4 degrees.

وشمل التحذير دولتي باليز وغواتيمالا المجاورتين لهندورس، والمطلتين على خليج هندوراس الذي يشكل جزءاً من بحر الكاريبي.

The warning included the states of PALIZ and neighboring Honduras, Guatemala, and neighbors on the Gulf of Honduras, which is part of the Caribbean Sea.

وكانت منطقة أمريكا الوسطى قد شهدت عدة زلازل منذ بداية العام الجاري.

The Central American region has witnessed several earthquakes since the beginning of this year.

ففي يناير/كانون الثاني الماضي، أعلنت السلطات الحكومية في كوستاريكا أن زلزالاً قوياً بلغت شدته 6.1 درجة على مقياس ريختر، ضرب شمالي البلاد في وقت متأخر من مساء الخميس، مما تسبب في مصرع 14 شخصاً على الأقل، فيما اعتبر 22 آخرون في عداد المفقودين.

In January last, the government authorities in Costa Rica that the strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, struck the north of the country late Thursday night, causing the deaths of at least 14 people, while the 22 others are missing.

وفي فبراير/شباط الماضي، ضرب زلزال قوي بلغت شدته 6.2 درجة على مقياس ريختر قرب سواحل بيرو الشمالية، في وقت مبكر من صباح الأحد، دون أن ترد تقارير فورية حول سقوط خسائر بشرية أو حجم الدمار الذي سببه الزلزال.

In February last, a powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck near the coast of northern Peru, in the early morning of Sunday, but no immediate reports on casualties or the magnitude of the devastation caused by the earthquake. [/LEFT]

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Earthquake hits Caribbean coast


A strong earthquake has hit Honduras and Belize, leaving at least four people dead, injuring 40 others and raising many homes on the Caribbean coast.

The 7.1 magnitude quake struck at 2.20am (0820GMT) on Thursday 64km from Roatan, the biggest of Honduras' Bay Islands.

"We have confirmed four dead," Randolfo Funes, an official at Honduras' civil protection agency, said.

"They were all asleep. Most of them died crushed ... There will be many more dead."

A six-year-old girl in the Honduran beach town of Morazan was killed when one of the walls of her house fell on her.

Another man in the nearby town of Tela suffered a heart attack when the quake struck and was taken for treatment.

Scenes of fear

Local residents told of scenes of fear as people struggled to find safety and some were trapped under buildings.

"I felt the car rock and I started to hear little bits of debris from the building next door hitting the roof," Pedro Ramirez, a security guard who was in his lorry outside an office building in Tegucigalpa when the tremor hit, said.

"It was frightening because it was shaking a lot. I've never felt anything like it."

Alfredo Cedeno, at the Gran Hotel Paris in the beach town of La Ceiba, said: "People were running for the door.

"You could really feel it and you could see the water come out of the pool."

Democracy Bridge, which crosses the Ulua, the country's largest river, collapsed in the town of El Progreso.

"It was an earthquake of great proportions,'' Ana Maria Rivera, a spokeswoman for the Honduran emergency commission, said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/am...411298499.html