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Moderate earthquake rattles Venezuela's capital (Preliminary magnitude of 6.2 to 6.4)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/12/09 | AP

Posted on 09/12/2009 4:13:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

CARACAS, Venezuela – An earthquake rattled Venezuela's capital Saturday, but there were no reports of major damage or injuries.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 for the quake, saying the epicenter was off Venezuela's Caribbean coast 65 miles (110 kilometers) west of Caracas. The head of Venezuela's seismological agency, Francisco Garces, put the quake at magnitude 6.2, followed by an aftershock registering 4.0.

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KEYWORDS: earthquake; rattles; ringoffire; venezuela
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1 posted on 09/12/2009 4:13:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Russian bombers? ;-)


2 posted on 09/12/2009 4:14:44 PM PDT by doc1019 (Obama? Not so much.)
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To: doc1019

My thought too! LOL!


3 posted on 09/12/2009 4:15:55 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Americans! "Behaving badly" since April 19, 1775!)
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009llbc.php

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 6.4
Date-Time

* Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 20:06:25 UTC
* Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 08:06:25 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 10.757°N, 67.847°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region OFFSHORE ARAGUA, VENEZUELA
Distances 35 km (25 miles) NNE of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
60 km (35 miles) NNE of Valencia, Venezuela
100 km (65 miles) W of CARACAS, Venezuela
2115 km (1310 miles) SE of Miami, Florida
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.4 km (3.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=197, Nph=197, Dmin=806.2 km, Rmss=1.12 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2009llbc


4 posted on 09/12/2009 4:16:59 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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The quake needs to take out the commie thug chavez...no one else just him.


5 posted on 09/12/2009 4:17:46 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: shield

Warning shot from God himself?


6 posted on 09/12/2009 4:19:17 PM PDT by bayliving (Government is NOT the ANSWER!!!)
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To: bayliving

Let me be the first on this thread !

BUSH`S FAULT !


7 posted on 09/12/2009 4:23:27 PM PDT by Einherjar (PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER)
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To: NormsRevenge

Maybe the South American religious extremist hijacker’s prediction is about to come true.


8 posted on 09/12/2009 4:24:54 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: NormsRevenge

They actually heard the tea party in DC clear down to Venezuela? Wow! No wonder “O” headed north! LOL


9 posted on 09/12/2009 4:27:25 PM PDT by GWMcClintock ("When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Ps. 11:3)
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To: NormsRevenge; Ernest_at_the_Beach; calljack; lainie; BurbankKarl; pollywog; Brad's Gramma; ...
Earthquake Ping List. There are also some people whom I have individually pinged yet who are not on the Earthquake Ping List. If I pinged you by mistake, my apologies.

If you wish to be removed from the Earthquake Ping List or added to it, please FReepmail me.

10 posted on 09/12/2009 4:28:08 PM PDT by bd476
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To: Brilliant

BINGO


11 posted on 09/12/2009 4:28:56 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: bayliving

Chavez aligns himself with the enemies of Israel and spreads lies about ‘zionist aggression’. A little Gen 12.3b boomerang effect applied from above?


12 posted on 09/12/2009 4:36:15 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: doc1019

ya never know.. ;-)

Russian bombers land in Venezuela
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338266/posts


13 posted on 09/12/2009 4:38:20 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: tflabo
the sad part is that innocent people will be harmed and not this stinky monkey chavez.
14 posted on 09/12/2009 5:05:37 PM PDT by QQQQ
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To: NormsRevenge

Earthquake? Or the sysmic recoil vibrations from Tea Party marchers in D.C.? Hmmmm, you decide.


15 posted on 09/12/2009 5:12:45 PM PDT by 444Flyer ( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
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To: NormsRevenge
Moderate earthquake rattles Venezuela's capital

Same day as...

Conservative earthquake rattles U.S. capital

16 posted on 09/12/2009 5:12:46 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

lol. We were only off our post times by 1 second.


17 posted on 09/12/2009 5:13:43 PM PDT by 444Flyer ( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
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To: 444Flyer

Touche!


18 posted on 09/12/2009 5:19:53 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
In my hurry to beat your time, I spelled seismic incorrectly. So technically, you win!
19 posted on 09/12/2009 5:23:19 PM PDT by 444Flyer ( "Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers."--Mignon McLaughlin)
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To: NormsRevenge

Thanks Norm for posting this.


20 posted on 09/12/2009 6:46:17 PM PDT by Cindy
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