Dominican Republic Earthquake, Preliminary 8.0, Confirmed at 3.2
False 8.0 North Atlantic Earthquake Followed by Invisible Tsunamis
The European Commission's Global Disaster Alert and Coordination report reflected the same but has been dubbed a double negative. Fire Earth spread news with a copy of the alert and little info other than it was false.
In all of my days of following preliminary versus confirmed I have never heard of a mistake of this magnitude. It's enough to cause an earthquake for an employee as their title shifts.
Just hours ago a false earthquake created a stir in Twitter resulting in and invisible wave of North Atlantic tsunamis preparing to plow coastal lands. Oh no, hope no one gets hurt!
Truth is, we are pretty lucky. Even though this was not the case, one day it can be. The Dominican Republic fell victim to this day late April Fool's prank, if that's what we can call it. If it were real then Haiti would have to recycle band aids by handing them back to their neighbors and Doctors Without Borders might as well purchase a condo on the Caribbean island.
As it turns out the Dominican Republic earthquake reached a fierce 3.2. Not the earth folding event once reported. Visit USGS for the details surrounding the 3.2.
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Source(s): eNews Park Forest; Fire Earth; USGS
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9 Comments
Post a CommentWhat an overreaction. DC actually had an earthquake so tiny about 5 years ago that everyone at work just assumed it was the construction nearby until the radio announced it.
So the whole thing was a prank? Or at least a huge exaggeration? Good grief!
Wow, scary stuff!
So the tsunami was a "Twitter tsunami?" Cheers :)
;-);-) Happy Easter bunny hugs!
WOW....that's not nice?special when you have family there!!shame of you !!!
What sort of people think this is a good april fools prank?
Wow...what's going on?
Lots of big earthquakes lately... Wonder what's got the tectonic plates so restless?