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  • Wm September 25, 2021 at 3:26pm

    ARLX013 Clear Frequencies Requested for Possible Nicaragua Earthquake Traffic

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    ARLX013 Clear Frequencies Requested for Possible Nicaragua
    Earthquake Traffic

    ZCZC AX13
    QST de W1AW 
    Special Bulletin 13  ARLX013
    From ARRL Headquarters 
    Newington CT  September 23, 2021
    To all radio amateurs

    SB SPCL ARL ARLX013
    ARLX013 Clear Frequencies Requested for Possible Nicaragua
    Earthquake Traffic

    IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Carlos Alberto Santamaria
    Gonzalez, CO2JC, has requested that radio amateurs in Central
    America avoid 7098 and 7198 kHz in the wake of an earthquake at 0957
    UTC the morning of September 22 in Nicaragua.

    The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the offshore magnitude 6.5
    earthquake has also affected Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador,
    Guatemala, and Honduras. The earthquake was followed by another 4.0
    temblor and other aftershocks of less intensity, as confirmed by
    Juan de la Cruz Rodriguez Perez, YN1J, President and National
    Emergency Coordinator of the Club de Radio Experimentadores de
    Nicaragua (CREN).

    CREN is the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member-society
    for Nicaragua.

    The earthquake occurred offshore in the North Pacific some 60 miles
    from Chinandega and approximately 52 miles southwest of the resort
    town of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua. The USGS said the quake occurred at a
    depth of approximately 20 miles.

    According to the Nicaraguan Institute for Territorial Studies, the
    event was related to the tectonic processes of the collision between
    the Cocos and Caribe tectonic plates.

    Emergency communicator Juan de la Cruz, YN1J, requested the
    frequency protection.

    No tsunami warning has been issued and there have been no immediate
    reports of damage.

    According to the USGS, "Little or no landsliding is expected, but
    some landslides could have occurred in highly susceptible areas."
    And, "The number of people living near areas that could have
    produced landslides in this earthquake is low, but landslide damage
    or fatalities are still possible in highly susceptible areas. This
    is not a direct estimate of landslide fatalities or losses."
    NNNN
    /EX
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