5.6 Magnitude Quake Strikes Cuba

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

5.6 Magnitude Quake Strikes Cuba
By REUTERS
Published: March 20, 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Guantanamo, Cuba, on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The quake was centered 27 miles southwest of Guantanamo and had a depth of 14 miles, the USGS said.

The United States has a naval base at Guantanamo Bay that includes a prison housing 188 detainees. There was no immediate word on damages.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/20/world/international-us-quake-cuba.html?_r=1

[Joanne98]

1. Here's an earthquake map

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/N_America.php

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. and another..

http://www.iris.edu/dms/seismon.htm

looks like the whole ring of fire is pretty active today.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. What I like about you rmap is

when you click on a quake, it opens in a separate window, instead of navigating away from the site, like the
other maps do.

[msongs]

2. gawwwwwwwwwwwwd is telling us to close the prison there lol nt

[hack89]

4. What was he telling Haiti or Chile? nt

[Mudoria]

7. +1

[DeSwiss]

5. +1

[kestrel91316]

8. Freepers on both FR and DU to cheer in 3...2...1...

[ezmerelda39]

9. EARTHQUAKES

are happening quite frequently Pat Robertson will probably issue a public statement soon declaring the earthquake is the result of, of, of, of what? Gays? Abortions? Packs with the devil? Or maybe all three. Whatever it will be it will be God's wrath turned loose and a lesson to be learned for those who do not send in their money as soon as possible. The more you send, the safer you will be. It says so in the Bible somewhere or at least that's what they want all sinners to believe.

[DRex]

10. God's punishment...

I wonder if any evangelical mouthpieces will come out to say that this is their god's punishment for torture, as Katrina was to wash away New Orleans' depravity, and 911 was punishment for homosexuality, and the Haiti quake was because of a deal with the devil.

Doubt it. Who Would Jesus Torture?

[Quantess]

17. Nope. Torture is fine with their god.

God is punishing Cuba for communism.

[IndianaGreen]

11. There was a precursor 4.6 quake on Tuesday

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010twbu.php

Western Cuba has a lot of minor quakes due to its proximity to the fault line that runs through Haiti.

[flamingdem]

12. Guantanamo is in Eastern Cuba nt

[IndianaGreen]

13. I misspoke, I should have said Western Cuba. Pinar del Rio is in Eastern Cuba.

Still recovering from last night's bar hopping.

[flamingdem]

14. Pinar del Rio is in Western Cuba, but I forgive you..

by the way Pinar is the city of the best tobacco growing zone en el mundo, I think.

[IndianaGreen]

15. I think I am looking at planet Earth upside down, relatively speaking that is

It is an arbitrary designation of what is "North" and "South." I am baffled as to how I could have made such an error even looking at a map. Like you said, Pinar del Rio is in Western Cuba. Its rich red soil reminds me of Georgia.

Have to been to Viñales Valley in Pinar del Rio? It is an amazing place!

[JVS]

16. A lot of people don't like to talk about this, but in the not to recent past some bad things...

have happened in the vicinity of Guantanamo. God is officially pissed off.

/Pat Robertson