▫▫ Earthquake Reports ▫▫

DeeDR · #1 09-22-2003, 02:01 AM

Diod anyone else feel it? 12:45 am in Santo Domingo... about 15 seconds, not very strong...

dms3611 · #2 09-22-2003, 02:09 AM

....plus after shock.......was easily 20-25 secons long here....the 1st one....and 10 seconds for the second one that came a few minutes after the 1st.

Best one I have experienced here in the DR.

Best, Dave

PJT · #3 09-22-2003, 02:16 AM

Felt it here in Bavaro, had the hanging light fixtures swaying. Cannot blame the Presidentes for this one. Regards, PJT

If you want to report your experience, here is the US Geological Survey website link: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Linda Stapleton · #4 09-22-2003, 02:18 AM

Yep, I felt it too in Cabarete and actually crawled out of bed to post on the subject. It's good to know that I'm not going nuts, or that Orilla del Mar isn't about to collapse before I have to move.

It was quite a cool experience, wasn't it, as long as no-one experienced any real problems with it?

Let's see if I can get a bit more shut eye now, as I've disturbed the cat, which isn't good news.

Goodnight.

Linda.

XanaduRanch · #5 09-22-2003, 02:22 AM

They let you know they are coming.

Felt it very strongly here in the hills above Cabarete and Sosua. Power left immediately. I have a wood roof on each building here 30'x30' open underneath. It screamed and groaned like it was coming down on me in bed. When I looked, the pool had waves five feet high sloshing back and forth, I kid you not. We lost about two feet in thirty seconds. Lots of equipment, pictures, plates, glasses on the floor. It's a mess.

Alba felt it strongly in Santiago but says there is no damage to the house there at all.

Tom (aka XR)

P.S. Just had a slight aftershock here at 1:07AM as well.

quaqualita · #6 09-22-2003, 02:25 AM

we felt it very strong here, too - Cabarete. Here, too power went off immediately during.
Anybody knows allready how stong this was?? Was by far the strongest quake I ever felt here.

XanaduRanch · #7 09-22-2003, 02:29 AM

I am checking for data on the earthquake nets. Haven't seen it pop in yet. I will let you know when I find out.

Tom (aka XR)

AZB · #8 09-22-2003, 02:30 AM

Santiago's earthquake was really tough. I was stunned as i thought the house was going to come crashing down. Car alarms went off everywhere. Lights went out instantly. I am sure some cheap structures have sustained damage. I hope no one is hurt. Larry is in my house and we both had to run out in the street in our night clothes. I have never felt an earth quake of this magnitude in my whole life. I mean the house was shaking and the earth was moving below. This was a big one, atleast in santiago.

cmilliman · #9 09-22-2003, 02:30 AM

Wow.

We felt it...It felt like the entire building shifted and dropped. It had to be the strangest noise and sensation I have ever felt. The waves coming out of the pool were well over 8 feet. Everything in here is on the floor...fridge is across the room, what a f'ing mess.

I did not know there was any siesmic activity on the North Coast...

The DR has been an experience. Good, Bad? The jury is still out.

All the best.

XanaduRanch · #10 09-22-2003, 02:31 AM

Here's a trace for a seismic station in the Mona Passage between PR and the DR. Don't have a strength yet for it.

http://rmsismo.uprm.edu/English/index.html

P.S.
Geez AZB glad you're OK. Glad it wasn't just me. I woke up screaming when the roof sounded like it was coming down. Couldn't get myself to move out the door or under the bed. Then again it felt like the door was coming to me!