Grand Cayman earthquake details
From the Cayman Families user group daily email digest come details of the Cayman Earthquake and it's impacts.
For more information on this earthquake, here are the links:-
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_sadb.html
Magnitude 6.7 CAYMAN ISLANDS REGION Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 23:20:13 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Magnitude 6.7
Date-Time Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 23:20:13 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 06:20:13 PM local time at epicenter
Location 18.98N 81.31W
Depth 10.0 kilometers
Region CAYMAN ISLANDS REGION
Reference 35 km (20 miles) SSE of GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands
325 km (205 miles) ENE of Swan Island
360 km (225 miles) SSW of Cienfuegos, Cuba
760 km (470 miles) S of Miami, Florida
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 4.5 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters Nst=204, Nph=204, Dmin=1010.1 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Erho=4.5 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=75.2 degrees Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
You can file an eyewitness report here:- http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ous/
AP Breaking
news:-http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/12/14/international2035EST0733.DTL
Pictures fell from walls, store shelves rattled and swimming pools cracked when the earthquake struck at 6:20 p.m. local time (6:20 p.m. EST/2320 GMT), residents said, but there was no early sign of major damage to buildings in the British territory. U.S. Geological Survey spokeswoman Kathleen Gohn said the service had heard some early reports of damage but gave no details.
From the Cayman Families email digest
Radio Cayman reporting:-
*zero chance of tidal wave activity at this time.
Tidal waves occur within a few minutes of an earthquake and rumors of tidal waves are just that, rumors.
* west end of Cayman Brac and north side of Cayman Brac felt it. Only report of damage from there is a picture falling off the wall.
* may experience smaller aftershocks over next few days, same thing that occurred in Trinidad a couple of weeks ago.
* Dr. Margaret Anderson (sp?), University of West Indies Seismic Dept. said it was also felt in Jamaica, and that there have been a spate of moderate to strong earthquakes along Caribbean boundaries at this time - Jamaica, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, and now it's moved into the northern Caribbean.
To listen Live to Radio Cayman, click mms://209.27.53.25/RadioCayman.
Requires Real Player or go to www.radiocayman.gov.ky.
Permanent link also in the link section of this website.
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Cayman Update is a publication of Cayman Information Service.
Find what you need on the Cayman Islands at
Cayman Islands Internet or Grand Cayman Island
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For more information on this earthquake, here are the links:-
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_sadb.html
Magnitude 6.7 CAYMAN ISLANDS REGION Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 23:20:13 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Magnitude 6.7
Date-Time Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 23:20:13 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 06:20:13 PM local time at epicenter
Location 18.98N 81.31W
Depth 10.0 kilometers
Region CAYMAN ISLANDS REGION
Reference 35 km (20 miles) SSE of GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands
325 km (205 miles) ENE of Swan Island
360 km (225 miles) SSW of Cienfuegos, Cuba
760 km (470 miles) S of Miami, Florida
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 4.5 km; depth fixed by location program
Location Quality
Parameters Nst=204, Nph=204, Dmin=1010.1 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Erho=4.5 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=75.2 degrees Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
You can file an eyewitness report here:- http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ous/
AP Breaking
news:-http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/12/14/international2035EST0733.DTL
Pictures fell from walls, store shelves rattled and swimming pools cracked when the earthquake struck at 6:20 p.m. local time (6:20 p.m. EST/2320 GMT), residents said, but there was no early sign of major damage to buildings in the British territory. U.S. Geological Survey spokeswoman Kathleen Gohn said the service had heard some early reports of damage but gave no details.
From the Cayman Families email digest
Radio Cayman reporting:-
*zero chance of tidal wave activity at this time.
Tidal waves occur within a few minutes of an earthquake and rumors of tidal waves are just that, rumors.
* west end of Cayman Brac and north side of Cayman Brac felt it. Only report of damage from there is a picture falling off the wall.
* may experience smaller aftershocks over next few days, same thing that occurred in Trinidad a couple of weeks ago.
* Dr. Margaret Anderson (sp?), University of West Indies Seismic Dept. said it was also felt in Jamaica, and that there have been a spate of moderate to strong earthquakes along Caribbean boundaries at this time - Jamaica, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, and now it's moved into the northern Caribbean.
To listen Live to Radio Cayman, click mms://209.27.53.25/RadioCayman.
Requires Real Player or go to www.radiocayman.gov.ky.
Permanent link also in the link section of this website.
*************************************************************************************
Cayman Update is a publication of Cayman Information Service.
Find what you need on the Cayman Islands at
Cayman Islands Internet or Grand Cayman Island
*************************************************************************************
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