[MarinTeams] Devistating Haiti Earquake - Amateur Emergency Communications

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Following Earthquake in Haiti, Radio Amateurs Asked to Keep Frequencies
Clear 
August 14, 2021 | ARRL

In a statement
<https://www.iaru-r2.org/iaru-r2-pendiente-a-sismo-ocurrido-hoy-en-haiti/>
received by ARRL on August 14, 2021, Region 2 <https://www.iaru-r2.org/>  of
the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU-R2) has requested that radio
amateurs in the Americas keep the following frequencies clear to support
emergency communications in Haiti following an earthquake this morning: 3750
kHz, 7150 kHz and 14330 kHz. The statement came from IARU-R2 Emergency
Coordinator (EMCOR) Carlos Alberto Santamaría González, CO2JC.

According to preliminary information from the United States Geological
Survey <https://earthquake.usgs.gov>  (USGS), a 7.2 magnitude earthquake
struck Haiti on August 14, 2021 at 1229 UTC, about 12 kilometers northeast
of Saint-Louis-du-Sud and 33 kilometers to the east-northeast of Les Cayes,
Haiti; 18.352 degrees north and 73.4801 degrees west at a depth of 10 km.

Mr. Jean-Robert Gaillard, HH2JR, President of the Radio Club of Haiti,
reported significant structural damage.

International news reports fear high casualties.


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