Update: 12/3/2007
Latest news I can find: Caribbean Net
Notes from the Margin has a good older report.
The below FEMA instructions are the best I have found:
What should I do before, during and after an earthquake. FEMA
Not more problems with Greenland Landfill!
Old news: Barbados Underground had published (Oct 12) an interesting map showing geological hot spots around the world.
Update: 12:37 PM EST
Look at these photos on BFP!
Heard that Independence Day Parade was fine.Friday Update 10:45am EST - Two more Quakes!
Before I say anything more, I wish to say that I contacted someone in Barbados, and was told that regarding these last two quakes no tremours were felt. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
| MAP | 5.1 | 2007/11/30 04:00:00 | 14.995 | -61.275 | 150.7 | MARTINIQUE REGION, WINDWARD ISLANDS |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2007/11/29 19:34:46 | 15.102 | -61.308 | 142.6 | DOMINICA REGION, LEEWARD ISLANDS |
Note the “Did you feel it?” page. Note: I see some felt it in Barbados.
From Caribbean360.com: FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, November 30, 2007
Over 100 injured - 2 seriously - in earthquake
CNN Barbados - Report with Photo of Damage
Friday morning update:
Part of a building in St. George was swallowed up into the ground, but no lives were lost. Even the Parliament buildings in Bridgetown sustained some damage. There were many reports of employees running out of their places of employment in terror. There was one business where the bunker-like building is specially reinforced and virtually earthquake-proof, where the employees left the safety of this building to run outside during the earthquake. CBC ran vivid eye-witness reports last night. There was at least one death reported in Guadeloupe. CBC showed scientific data from the USGS site, which continues to be a great source of information worldwide.One scary phenomenon was that cell phones went dead immediately after the quake! Just when they were most needed!Our thoughts and prayers are with you.?
Thursday night update:
Eye-witness reports keep coming in. One college student reported being “absolutely terrified”. A young lady on the south coast reported “I was almost unable to stay on my feet with the shaking”. She was also afraid, but many older folks accepted everything in a more down-to-earth manner.One elderly friend’s first words on the phone were “Chile, the funniest thing happened today! I was outside feeding the dog, and I felt the ground shaking. At first I thought it was my imagination, but then my neighbour called in a state. Poor soul, she isn’t accustomed to anything like this.”Another older lady’s words: “I was writing my Christmas cards, and, you know, this is very late in the year to be writing Christmas cards. It is almost December. I heard a strange rumbling, and then the whole place started to shake. At first I was sure I was having a heart attack, but then I realised that the house was actually shaking. So I went outside and outside was shaking too.”One assertive woman driver we know was on the road near the north of the island, where presumably the tremours would have been stronger, but she was driving so assertively that she did not notice anything at all.Another lady was very surprised to hear of the earthquake, as she was “resting” and had not noticed anything. I remember this old Barbadian expression - I was often sent to “rest” after lunch when I was a little child - Americans call it “napping”.One woman reported that she was able to call her mother’s house right away, but not her friend’s cell phone. We would be interested in any reports of cell outages, or whether most cell phones were working OK. Of course, this may be a situation like another friend, who “just had to call a few people to check on them.” Her phone was busy for a while!
First report
We were stunned to hear of the Earthquake in Barbados. Hope no one is hurt, and that property damage is minimal. BU has news. Good work! AT&T, St. Lucia, VOB, Relief Web also. Our eyewitness reports have reported no damage, but stated that the tremours lasted a “long time”. will update this post with more news later.
Keep safe!
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackMy sister, who lives in Barbados, emailed me tonight and informed me of the earthquake in Barbados today. She said that there was some minimal damage resulting from the geological disturbance. She stated that some homes were partially damaged: ie, partial collapses and cracks. According to her reports, there were also earth cave ins, however, the damage did not seem to go beyond that. They were concerned about Tsunamis, but so far, other than a rise in sea levels, they has been no evidence of any unsual wave activity. Obviously, everyone was very shaken up and many are bracing for any possible after shocks.
OMG! I WAS STUNNED AS WELL!! MOST OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE THERE.. AND I KNOW THE FEELING! HAWAII HAD ONE LAST YEAR.. AND BOY NOT COOL!
I live in Barbados. When this event occured I was on the telephone and my mom was next to me. I started to feel a little dizzy and then I took the phone off my ears as I was speaking to a Cable and Wireless Representative…..My mom was talking and I looked at her and paused and told her to keep completely still. The vibrations got more intense and the dishes started to shake in the kitchen….We ran through my aunts salon to get her and her son, then we were outside along with neighbours who wanted to know what in the world was happening…..SCARY
I was in the city in Victoria street to be axact and I felt like vomitting i had just ate and I thought did I eat something wrong but when I look on the floor in the store I saw the tiles moving, so I calmly walk outside while people were screeming and running. I decided to stay put and a look toward Broad street I saw the Royal bank of Canada shaking like it it was on strings. People were just panicking. It is a sight and a feeling I will not forget quickly. I just more is to come, I am monitoring the animals and they reactions.
Thanks for sharing your stories. I think that it is wonderful that each of us can instantly make a contribution that can be read by friends and family around the world.
I hope that this event will pass without any more damage.
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