Common Haitian Expressions, Greetings and Pleasantries

Sak Pasé - What's Up?

Nap Boulé - We are Fine; Everything is fine

Nap Kenbé la  - We are hanging in there; we are getting along

Nap Gadé - We are watching

Nap Degajé nou - We are doing our best

Nap Démélé nou - We are doing everything possible

Nap Fe sa nou kapab - we are doing what we can

Neg pa bon menm (referring to financial situation) - We are not doing well (such as after the quake now)

Ki bò nou sòti?  Where are you from?

Sa-K Pase?  What's up?

M la. I am there

Map Kenbe - I am holding on (I am fine) 

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Magnitude:                      8.8






Date-Time

• Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:34:14 UTC
• Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 03:34:14 AM at epicenter
• Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
35.846°S, 72.719°W





Depth
35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program





Region
OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE





Distances
100 km (60 miles) NNW of Chillan, Chile
105 km (65 miles) WSW of Talca, Chile
115 km (70 miles) NNE of Concepcion, Chile
325 km (200 miles) SW of SANTIAGO, Chile





Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 7.2 km (4.5 miles); depth fixed by location program





Parameters
NST=255, Nph=255, Dmin=988 km, Rmss=1.12 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7





Source

• USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
  

Event ID
us2010tfan

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