470 ARG News Letter 01-14-10

Hello everyone and welcome to this weeks news letter, had a good net last week with 59 check in's for the first net of the year...   well lets get moving into the news letter....

First for those who want to check on family and friends in Haiti go to links below..
For missing U.S. citizen family members, call 1-888-407-4747. To help with relief efforts, text "HAITI" to "90999" and $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross, charged to your cell phone bill. Or visit InterAction to contribute. 

 http://www.qso.com/satern411/

Regional Nets
Region	Country	Day	Time	Frequency
International		M thru F	10:00 ET	14265 KHz USB
International		Saturday	10:00 ET	14265 KHz USB
Eastern	U.S.	Saturday	12:00 ET	7265 KHz LSB
Central	U.S.	Saturday	10:30 CT	7265 KHz LSB
Western	U.S.	Sunday	9:00pm MST	3977.7 KHz LSB

Note all frequencies above on emergency alert and activated...... all SATERN and Amateur Operators are asked to monitor in case of traffic needing to be passed..Please stay away from these frequencies as not to interfer with the emergency operations in progress !!
All are being used at this time !!

US State Department
http://www.state.gov/

Earthquakes ..
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/

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

http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm

http://www.crew.org/home/eqfacts.html

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate-tectonics.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00758/en/disaster/earthquake.html

What Is A Earthquake ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake






Event Details..

Magnitude	7.0
Date-Time	Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 21:53:09 UTC Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 04:53:09 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	18.451°N, 72.445°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	HAITI REGION
Distances	15 km (10 miles) SW of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti 140 km (90 miles) E of Les Cayes, Haiti 145 km (90 miles) WNW of Barahona, Dominican Republic 1140 km (710 miles) SE of Miami, Florida
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 8.3 km (5.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=103, Nph=103, Dmin=365.7 km, Rmss=1.14 sec, Gp= 94°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2010rja6

The January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake occurred in the boundary region separating the Caribbean plate and the North America plate. This plate boundary is dominated by left-lateral strike slip motion and compression, and accommodates about 20 mm/y slip, with the Caribbean plate moving eastward with respect to the North America plate.

Haiti occupies the western part of the island of Hispaniola, one of the Greater Antilles islands, situated between Puerto Rico and Cuba. At the longitude of the January 12 earthquake, motion between the Caribbean and North American plates is partitioned between two major east-west trending, strike-slip fault systems -- the Septentrional fault system in northern Haiti and the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system in southern Haiti.

The location and focal mechanism of the earthquake are consistent with the event having occurred as left-lateral strike slip faulting on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system. This fault system accommodates about 7 mm/y, nearly half the overall motion between the Caribbean plate and North America plate.

The Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault system has not produced a major earthquake in recent decades. The EPGFZ is the likely source of historical large earthquakes in 1860, 1770, 1761, 1751, 1684, 1673, and 1618, though none of these has been confirmed in the field as associated with this fault.

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From the NTAS...
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/

Don't forget!!
Jan. 23 VE and ARECC Testing 10:00am SCRS
Sevier County Rescue Squad

***SPECIAL CLASS **** Tech Class Feb 6th, EOC/911 Building,
Starts at 9:30 am to 5:00pm, 245 Bruce Street,
Sevierville TN, For more call 865-429-2422*****

Feb. 27, Skywarn Class 10:00 am / 3hrs SCRS
Need more info call 865.429.2422 or e mail at  n4jtq@live.com

470 ARG Net  Thursday 7:30 pm on the 145.470 come join us for a good time !!!

Well this week has been on earthquakes, please keep your prayers for all those who are in Haiti and families and friends here and abroad who are trying to see if their loved ones are ok...
with that thank you for letting me into you home via the computer,
73
God Bless and God Bless America
Rick Sr


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Rick Sawaya Sr  N4JTQ
NCS For The 470ARG Net
President of Sevier County Emergency Radio Service,EC For Sevier County, ARES & Skywarn Member
ARRL VE & CE, SCERS Club Call Trustee KJ4HPM,SATERN Member & Member OMISS
Cathy Sawaya KI4YPO
Amateur Extra Class
NCS for The Ladies Round Table Net
2005 Spence Mountain Loop
Sevierville,TN 37876
865.429.2422
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