Magnitude 6.0 quake hits Guatemala coast: USGS

reuters ^ | Jan 18, 2010

[rdl6989]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Guatemala's Pacific coast near the border with El Salvador on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

[rdl6989]

ping.

[rdl6989]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010rqb3.php#summary

[diverteach]

Wow! Haiti, Venezuala, Iran, Argentina, and now Guatamala. All within the last 6 days, all over 5.0.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Here's yet another one.

No big deal though. Happens all the time.

[NonValueAdded]

Time to dust off Les Nessman’s disaster plan and get out the word on those Godless Erfquakes.

[unkus]

Thanks rd16989.

Lots of + 5 magnitude quakes already in 2010.

[rdl6989]

No tsunami watches issued.
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/?region=1

The quake was 64 miles deep.

[Wiggins]

There's a.........

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Quick! Call Pat Roberts. God is at it again....

[roamer_1]

the wyrm turns...

[jiggyboy]

Northern California 5.3
Haiti 7.0
Venezuela 5.6
Guatamela 6.0

That reminds me, I gotta go see that 2012 movie, might be some survival tips there I’ll need soon.

[fujimoh]

Bet that CA gets one in the next few days.

[zorro8987]

So, this kinda makes me wonder if these earthquakes keep happening, and let’s say on a big scale where a lot of people die like in Haiti (just supposing), would Obama send $100 MILLION to EACH?

[j.argese]

Haiti and Guatemala share the same tectonic plate. It makes a lot of sense.

[paulycy]

I think the giant creature inside the Earth egg is beginning to hatch after all those years of incubating in millions of degrees of temperature.

[TomGuy]

[mtnwmn]

Could be Mother Nature is letting the ones who believe that we can control the earth’s temp, ie., Global Warming, are full of crap.

[rdl6989]

Where’s Danny Glover?

[cmj328]

gotta go see that 2012 movie, might be some survival tips there I’ll need

When the mile-wide asteroid is coming for you at 25,000 miles per hour, swerve your Jeep slightly to the left.