Earthquakes
USGS
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 5.5 | 2012/10/15 17:52:21 | 14.150 | -91.000 | 76.5 | GUATEMALA |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/15 17:23:57 | 19.369 | -155.231 | 3.2 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/10/15 17:19:19 | 35.791 | -118.504 | 3.0 | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2012/10/15 16:35:37 | -3.235 | 136.997 | 68.9 | PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.3 | 2012/10/15 16:05:12 | -10.843 | 113.701 | 19.5 | SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 3.1 | 2012/10/15 14:00:37 | 19.704 | -64.087 | 7.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 3.1 | 2012/10/15 13:43:20 | 59.294 | -149.786 | 25.4 | KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA |
| MAP | 3.6 | 2012/10/15 13:33:35 | 19.767 | -64.269 | 35.0 | NORTH OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS |
| MAP | 3.0 | 2012/10/15 12:44:38 | 38.815 | -122.798 | 2.4 | NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 3.1 | 2012/10/15 09:55:52 | 18.749 | -64.811 | 51.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/10/15 07:49:03 | -13.157 | 165.525 | 45.2 | VANUATU |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/15 05:23:04 | 36.853 | -121.315 | 7.5 | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 3.0 | 2012/10/15 04:02:15 | 44.389 | -111.053 | 6.2 | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/10/15 03:45:21 | 44.395 | -111.049 | 8.0 | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/15 03:22:33 | 44.396 | -111.072 | 15.6 | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, IDAHO |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2012/10/15 03:20:45 | 44.386 | -111.050 | 7.1 | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/10/15 03:06:13 | 44.376 | -111.087 | 1.1 | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, IDAHO |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/15 03:05:44 | 44.404 | -111.050 | 16.9 | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING |
| MAP | 3.1 | 2012/10/15 02:54:52 | 44.394 | -111.043 | 12.4 | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/10/15 02:52:58 | 44.377 | -111.008 | 11.7 | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2012/10/15 02:46:42 | 19.203 | -69.044 | 61.3 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION |
| MAP | 5.6 | 2012/10/15 01:19:03 | 51.912 | 159.446 | 21.8 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/10/15 00:05:38 | -38.267 | 175.925 | 155.2 | NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND |
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/10/14 23:07:59 | 25.159 | 101.940 | 10.0 | YUNNAN, CHINA |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2012/10/14 22:40:56 | 12.747 | -88.783 | 66.5 | OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2012/10/14 21:24:22 | 18.903 | -64.984 | 9.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/10/14 19:36:52 | 55.648 | 161.750 | 83.0 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/10/14 19:34:54 | 17.965 | -67.448 | 11.0 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
| MAP | 3.3 | 2012/10/14 17:43:07 | 31.985 | -115.065 | 22.7 | BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO |
| MAP | 4.0 | 2012/10/14 16:53:07 | 40.645 | -125.272 | 23.4 | OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 4.3 | 2012/10/14 16:30:09 | 40.712 | 74.099 | 10.0 | KYRGYZSTAN |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/14 16:29:21 | 36.855 | -121.315 | 7.7 | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2012/10/14 16:25:53 | -1.202 | 26.778 | 10.0 | DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/10/14 14:16:52 | 48.388 | 154.450 | 53.4 | KURIL ISLANDS |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/10/14 13:18:53 | -10.264 | 161.409 | 62.0 | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/10/14 13:17:29 | 36.167 | 69.240 | 53.7 | HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN |
| MAP | 3.4 | 2012/10/14 13:11:37 | 19.326 | -65.651 | 77.0 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2012/10/14 12:14:41 | 42.778 | 142.552 | 35.4 | HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION |
| MAP | 3.3 | 2012/10/14 11:59:41 | 63.475 | -144.981 | -5.8 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.6 | 2012/10/14 11:11:35 | 38.227 | 144.340 | 24.8 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2012/10/14 11:09:35 | 48.373 | 154.440 | 35.3 | KURIL ISLANDS |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2012/10/14 10:50:17 | -35.306 | -73.933 | 20.4 | OFF THE COAST OF MAULE, CHILE |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/10/14 10:41:25 | 14.711 | -92.393 | 83.2 | CHIAPAS, MEXICO |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/10/14 10:13:39 | 41.861 | 46.362 | 10.0 | GEORGIA (SAK’ART’VELO) |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2012/10/14 10:08:25 | 41.694 | 46.385 | 9.5 | AZERBAIJAN |
| MAP | 4.3 | 2012/10/14 09:58:27 | 60.105 | -152.543 | 86.9 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.8 | 2012/10/14 09:41:59 | 48.304 | 154.532 | 35.5 | KURIL ISLANDS |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/14 09:27:32 | 35.678 | -118.040 | 13.5 | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 4.1 | 2012/10/14 09:25:11 | 36.123 | 70.231 | 120.2 | HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN |
| MAP | 2.9 | 2012/10/14 09:16:24 | 61.176 | -151.981 | 89.9 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 3.0 | 2012/10/14 07:45:31 | 40.406 | -125.224 | 3.4 | OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/14 07:28:37 | 33.386 | -109.206 | 5.0 | ARIZONA |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2012/10/14 06:16:48 | -2.586 | 142.288 | 25.4 | NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G. |
| MAP | 5.9 | 2012/10/14 04:58:08 | -7.191 | 156.064 | 60.9 | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2012/10/14 03:42:26 | 4.550 | 125.156 | 42.7 | KEPULAUAN SANGIHE, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2012/10/14 03:37:31 | -34.620 | -72.285 | 23.1 | OFFSHORE LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/10/14 02:27:13 | 19.345 | -155.497 | 8.7 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2012/10/14 01:15:15 | 36.593 | -117.379 | 10.6 | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2012/10/14 01:02:40 | -2.757 | 100.073 | 27.5 | KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA |
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
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| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/13 23:36:53 | 59.995 | -141.110 | 5.8 | SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2012/10/13 23:07:52 | -2.521 | 142.301 | 6.7 | NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G. |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/10/13 22:36:31 | -16.964 | -174.438 | 47.4 | TONGA |
| MAP | 3.0 | 2012/10/13 21:34:36 | 19.722 | -64.296 | 24.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/10/13 21:13:59 | 32.919 | -117.907 | 8.3 | GULF OF SANTA CATALINA, CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/10/13 20:51:44 | 47.723 | -122.620 | 21.2 | SEATTLE-TACOMA URBAN AREA, TONGA |
| MAP | 3.4 | 2012/10/13 20:22:32 | 19.721 | -64.171 | 36.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2012/10/13 20:12:49 | 62.010 | -147.771 | 13.9 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 3.3 | 2012/10/13 20:03:52 | 62.020 | -150.248 | 53.1 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2012/10/13 18:44:12 | 41.744 | 46.342 | 17.4 | AZERBAIJAN |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2012/10/13 17:59:08 | 36.678 | 71.143 | 202.9 | HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/10/13 17:52:51 | -19.895 | -173.949 | 25.6 | TONGA |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/13 17:11:13 | 59.429 | -153.166 | 107.1 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/13 15:50:13 | 40.315 | -124.468 | 7.5 | OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/10/13 15:31:43 | 40.312 | -124.640 | 10.4 | OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/13 12:10:38 | 62.328 | -151.457 | 11.7 | CENTRAL ALASKA |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/10/13 11:35:37 | 51.636 | -178.137 | 8.9 | ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/10/13 11:04:53 | 19.498 | -155.800 | 11.7 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/10/13 10:03:58 | -11.059 | 162.767 | 38.1 | SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| MAP | 2.9 | 2012/10/13 09:53:25 | 19.649 | -64.199 | 29.0 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 3.2 | 2012/10/13 09:45:58 | 52.425 | -169.157 | 28.4 | FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA |
| MAP | 3.0 | 2012/10/13 08:25:51 | 18.800 | -65.573 | 43.0 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2012/10/13 08:25:46 | -22.267 | 170.431 | 36.0 | SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2012/10/13 07:08:42 | 37.561 | 95.763 | 30.3 | NORTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/10/13 06:17:11 | 19.383 | -155.246 | 3.6 | ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII |
| MAP | 3.3 | 2012/10/13 05:39:07 | 59.976 | -141.042 | 0.0 | SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 2.5 | 2012/10/13 04:03:09 | 34.971 | -84.353 | 8.0 | GEORGIA, USA |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2012/10/13 03:13:27 | 61.723 | -146.510 | 11.8 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2012/10/13 02:40:44 | 18.843 | -155.162 | 9.2 | HAWAII REGION, HAWAII |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2012/10/13 01:24:54 | 16.808 | -100.215 | 30.8 | OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO |
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LISS – Live Internet Seismic Server
GSN Stations
These data update automatically every 30 minutes. Last update: October 15, 2012 19:49:05 UTC
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CU/ANWB, Willy Bob, Antigua and Barbuda
CU/BBGH, Gun Hill, Barbados
CU/BCIP, Isla Barro Colorado, Panama
CU/GRGR, Grenville, Grenada
CU/GRTK, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands
CU/GTBY, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
CU/MTDJ, Mount Denham, Jamaica
CU/SDDR, Presa de Sabaneta, Dominican Republic
CU/TGUH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
IC/BJT, Baijiatuan, Beijing, China
IC/ENH, Enshi, China
IC/HIA, Hailar, Neimenggu Province, China
IC/LSA, Lhasa, China
IC/MDJ, Mudanjiang, China
IC/QIZ, Qiongzhong, Guangduong Province, China
IU/ADK, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA
IU/AFI, Afiamalu, Samoa
IU/ANMO, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
IU/ANTO, Ankara, Turkey
IU/BBSR, Bermuda
IU/BILL, Bilibino, Russia
IU/CASY, Casey, Antarctica
IU/CCM, Cathedral Cave, Missouri, USA
IU/CHTO, Chiang Mai, Thailand
IU/COLA, College Outpost, Alaska, USA
IU/COR, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
IU/CTAO, Charters Towers, Australia
IU/DAV,Davao, Philippines
IU/DWPF,Disney Wilderness Preserve, Florida, USA
IU/FUNA,Funafuti, Tuvalu
IU/FURI, Mt. Furi, Ethiopia
IU/GNI, Garni, Armenia
IU/GRFO, Grafenberg, Germany
IU/GUMO, Guam, Mariana Islands
IU/HKT, Hockley, Texas, USA
IU/HNR, Honiara, Solomon Islands
IU/HRV, Adam Dziewonski Observatory (Oak Ridge), Massachusetts, USA
IU/INCN, Inchon, Republic of Korea
IU/JOHN, Johnston Island, Pacific Ocean
IU/KBS, Ny-Alesund, Spitzbergen, Norway
IU/KEV, Kevo, Finland
IU/KIEV, Kiev, Ukraine
IU/KIP, Kipapa, Hawaii, USA
IU/KMBO, Kilima Mbogo, Kenya
IU/KNTN, Kanton Island, Kiribati
IU/KONO, Kongsberg, Norway
IU/KOWA, Kowa, Mali
IU/LCO, Las Campanas Astronomical Observatory, Chile
IU/LSZ, Lusaka, Zambia
IU/LVC, Limon Verde, Chile
IU/MA2, Magadan, Russia
IU/MAJO, Matsushiro, Japan
IU/MAKZ,Makanchi, Kazakhstan
IU/MBWA, Marble Bar, Western Australia
IU/MIDW, Midway Island, Pacific Ocean, USA
IU/MSKU, Masuku, Gabon
IU/NWAO, Narrogin, Australia
IU/OTAV, Otavalo, Equador
IU/PAB, San Pablo, Spain
IU/PAYG Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands
IU/PET, Petropavlovsk, Russia
IU/PMG, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
IU/PMSA, Palmer Station, Antarctica
IU/POHA, Pohakaloa, Hawaii
IU/PTCN, Pitcairn Island, South Pacific
IU/PTGA, Pitinga, Brazil
IU/QSPA, South Pole, Antarctica
IU/RAO, Raoul, Kermandec Islands
IU/RAR, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
IU/RCBR, Riachuelo, Brazil
IU/RSSD, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
IU/SAML, Samuel, Brazil
IU/SBA, Scott Base, Antarctica
IU/SDV, Santo Domingo, Venezuela
IU/SFJD, Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland
IU/SJG, San Juan, Puerto Rico
IU/SLBS, Sierra la Laguna Baja California Sur, Mexico
IU/SNZO, South Karori, New Zealand
IU/SSPA, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania USA
IU/TARA, Tarawa Island, Republic of Kiribati
IU/TATO, Taipei, Taiwan
IU/TEIG, Tepich, Yucatan, Mexico
IU/TIXI, Tiksi, Russia
IU/TRIS, Tristan da Cunha, Atlantic Ocean
IU/TRQA, Tornquist, Argentina
IU/TSUM, Tsumeb, Namibia
IU/TUC, Tucson, Arizona
IU/ULN, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
IU/WAKE, Wake Island, Pacific Ocean
IU/WCI, Wyandotte Cave, Indiana, USA
IU/WVT, Waverly, Tennessee, USA
IU/XMAS, Kiritimati Island, Republic of Kiribati
IU/YAK, Yakutsk, Russia
IU/YSS, Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russia
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| Date/Time (UTC) | Message | Location | Magnitude | Depth | Status | Details |
| 12.10.2012 00:37 AM | Tsunami Information Bulletin | Aru Islands Region Indonesia | 6.7 | 0 km |  |
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| Tsunami Information Bulletin in Aru Islands Region Indonesia, Indian Ocean | |
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Volcanic Activity
Eruption continues at Paluweh; activity not specified
The CVGHM (or VSI) raised the Alert Level for Paluweh to ORANGE on 13 October based on ‘seismic and visual monitoring without specifying the activity; eruptive activity is most definitely on-going.
The Darwin VAAC has detected no ash plumes from Paluweh in the past 7 days.
- All news about: Paluweh volcano
- Information about: Paluweh volcano
Links / Sources:
- proxy.vsi.esdm.go.id/index.php: Volcanological Survey of Indonesia
- www.bom.gov.au/info/vaac/advisories.shtml: Darwin VAAC
Odd “Sombrero” Uplift Observed In Andean Mountains Due To Magma Chamber
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online
Geophysicists at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have identified a unique phenomenon in Altiplano-Puna plateau, located in the central Andes near the borders of Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.
Magma underneath the Earth’s crust is forcing the ground up in one spot, and at the same time sinking the ground around it. The result is something the researchers have described as the “sombrero uplift,” after the popular Mexican hat.
According to their report on the phenomenon, published in the journal Science, the two UC San Diego scientists recorded uplift in the crust that measured about 0.4 inches per year for 20 years across an area 62 miles wide; the surrounding area sunk at a lower rate—about eight-hundredths of an inch.
“It’s a subtle motion, pushing up little by little every day, but it’s this persistence that makes this uplift unusual. Most other magmatic systems that we know about show episodes of inflation and deflation,” said Yuri Fialko, a professor of geophysics at UCSD and Planetary Physics at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
Fialko and co-author Jill Pearse said the phenomenon was the result of a diapir, or a blob of magma, that rises to Earth’s crust like heated wax inside a lava lamp.
Using satellite data from European Remote Sensing (ERS) and Envisat missions, the geophysicists were able to study the uplift in great detail. In 2006, the team asked for the satellites to gather more data from their orbits over Altiplano-Puna.
“It was really important to have good data from different lines of sight, as this allowed us to estimate contributions from vertical and horizontal motion of Earth’s surface, and place crucial constraints on depth and mechanism of the inflation source,” Fialko said.
“Back in 2006, it looked like the satellites stopped acquiring data from the ascending orbits over the area of interest. Fortunately, ESA was very responsive to our requests, and generated an excellent dataset that made our study possible.”
“Satellite data and computer models allowed us to make the important link between what’s observed at the surface and what’s happening with the magma body at depth,” he added.
Fialko said the study’s findings could fuel future research around magmatic events, including the formation of large calderas. Although this diapir in the Altiplano-Puna plateau appears unlikely to cause such a phenomenon—the creation of large calderas, “supervolcanoes,” are highly destructive events that spew thousands of cubic kilometers of magma into the atmosphere. An event of this type would dwarf the Icelandic volcano eruption in 2011 that ejected large amounts of ash into the atmosphere and disrupted global air travel, Fialko said.
Diapirs have been known to exist before, but this new study is the first to recognize an active diapir currently rising through the crust. Fialko said a less prominent uplift phenomenon is taking place near Socorro, New Mexico.
The Altiplano-Puna plateau is a highly active area for magma and is part of a South American volcanic arc that extends along the northwest side of the continent. Experts have described the area as the largest known active magma body in Earth’s continental crust.
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Once Again Activity has been recorded at The Cerro Machin Volcano in Colombia
El nuevodia
According to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Manizales, an earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale occurred yesterday at 11:54 am. The communique also points out that the incident “is associated with rock fracturing within the volcanic edifice.” The volcano-tectonic earthquake occurred to the southeast of the main dome at a depth of 12.33 kilometers ( approx. 8 miles). Although the movement was felt in the district Tapias, rural zone of Ibagué, Eduardo Rodríguez, director of the Departmental Committee for Risk Management, confirmed that no emergencies have been reported thus far. The Cerro Machin volcano alert remains yellow. There have been three earthquakes reported in the vicinity of the volcano within a week. On Sunday two separate seismic occurrences were recorded at 9:32 and 9:35 pm with a magnitude of 4.6 and 3.9 on the Richter scale, respectively, located southeast of the main dome at a depth of 12 kilometers ( approx. 7 miles). The two municipalities which experienced the tremors are Cajamarca and Ibague.
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The Klyuchevskoy volcano, the highest active volcano in Eurasia, has started erupting in Kamchatka, in the Russian Far East.
The luminescence over the volcano summit is evidence that glowing lava is flowing in the crater.
The volcano may start blowing out ash any moment now.
The Level of Concern Colour Code has been raised to Yellow, which is a potential danger warning for aircraft. The giant volcano last erupted from September 2009 to December 2010, and it began to again wake up in June this year. Klyuchevskoy volcano is 4,750 metres above sea.
Voice of Russia,TASS
Scientist warns of Fuji eruption chaos
By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy
A Japanese scientist has warned Mount Fuji is due for a “big-scale explosive eruption” that could affect millions of people and cause billions of dollars worth of damage.
Last month a study found the magma chamber under the mountain has come under immense pressure, which could even trigger a volcanic eruption.
It said the added pressure could have been caused by last year’s earthquake, which was followed a few days later by another large tremor directly underneath Fuji.
Professor Toshitsugu Fujii, the head of Japan’s volcanic eruption prediction panel, says an eruption could cause chaos and carnage all the way to Tokyo.
“Mount Fuji has been resting for 300 years now, and this is abnormal,” he told Saturday AM.
“It usually erupts in some form every 30 years.
“So the next eruption could be a big-scale explosive eruption.”
Ever since last year’s massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake off Japan’s north-east, the country’s meteorological agency has been keeping a closer eye on Mount Fuji.
Of even greater concern to the agency was a magnitude-6.2 quake right under the volcano a few days after the big one.
“It’s known that when a large earthquake happens, it can trigger a nearby volcano to erupt,” Professor Fujii said.
“That’s what happened 300 years ago, when Fuji erupted just 40 days after a big quake.”
If there is a large eruption, the government fears it could cause more than $30 billion in damage to public health and agriculture.
Ash accumulations in some areas could be as high as 60 centimetres.
Even Tokyo, 100 kilometres to the north-east, could be coated in volcanic ash.
“Volcanic rocks will fall near the mountain,” Professor Fujii said.
“Tokyo will be covered in a few centimetres of ash. Yokohama will be under 10 centimetres.
“Trains will stop, planes won’t fly and crops will fail.
“Millions will be affected.”
For the hundreds of thousands who live in the shadow of Fuji, an eruption is a constant worry.
Haruo Tomitsuka, a professional photographer who lives by a lake on the east side of the mountain, has been taking photos of Fuji for nearly three decades.
“I’m worried about an eruption, but mostly I worry it will change the beautiful shape of the mountain,” he said.
But for now Fuji remains a sleeping giant, and everyone living in the shadow of the national symbol is hoping the volcano’s slumber will long continue.
| 12.10.2012 | Volcano Activity | Indonesia | East Nusa Tenggara, [Mount Rokatenda Volcano, Pulue Island] |  |
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Volcano Activity in Indonesia on Friday, 12 October, 2012 at 09:54 (09:54 AM) UTC.
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| Hundreds of local residents have been forced to evacuate as hot ashes spewed by Mount Rokatenda in Pulue Island, Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara on Thursday. “Volcanic ashes have reached four villages: Nitunglea, Rokirole, Kesokoja and Lidi. Our team has distributed masks and medicine for the residents,” Sikka disaster management agency head Silvanus Tibo said on Friday. Rokatenda’s volcanic activities have increased since Oct. 1, records show that there have been more than 50 volcanic earthquakes and 15 local tectonic earthquakes coupled with flames. The volcano’s last eruption was on March 23, 1985, with volcanic ashes reaching two kilometers above the mountain’s peak. Rokatenda also erupted during the period of Aug. 4 to Sept.25 1928. Nearly 6,000 people are currently living in four villages surrounding Mount Rokatenda. |
| Today | Volcano Eruption | Russia [Asia] | Kamchatka Peninsula, [Klyuchevskaya Sopka Volcano] | |
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Volcano Eruption in Russia [Asia] on Monday, 15 October, 2012 at 12:23 (12:23 PM) UTC.
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| The highest active volcano in Eurasia, Klyuchevskaya Sopka has started to erupt, officials with the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. On the night of October 15, there was light seen over the summit of the volcano indicating a blowout of lava in its crater, Vesti.ru reports. Experts believe the release of ash to the height of 6 feet above sea level may start any moment. Lava flows on the slopes of the volcano are also expected. Yellow aviation color code has been assigned to the volcano to warn about the potential danger that the volcanic ash and gases may pose to aircraft engines. Nothing has been said about the possible threat to human settlements. The nearest settlement is 30 kilometers far from Klyuchevskaya Sopka. The last eruption of Klyuchevskaya Sopka took place from September 2009 to December 2010. In June this year, the giant began to wake up again. |
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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather
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Making the most of the snow fun at Falls Creek in Victoria is Romy Jackson 3, with her Teddy Bear ‘PJ’. . Picture: Chris Hocking Herald Sun
SNOW has fallen across New South Wales and the ACT as a cold snap hits the region.
The unseasonal weather saw residents in areas including the Blue Mountains and southern tablelands waking up to snow on Friday.
There is also snow around Canberra, following the coldest October day there in more than 40 years. There was a maximum temperature of 8C in the Canberra area on Thursday, 11 degrees below the October average and the coldest since 1967.
Overnight snow fell in the hills between Canberra and Bungendore and in areas around Goulburn and Crookwell to the north.
The Bureau of Meteorology said many areas could see snow, frost and hail as the result of a low pressure system moving across NSW.
“We’ve had quite a few reports of snow. We’re expecting snow down to 700m over many parts of the state,” said meteorologist Julie Evans.
There has been 2.5cm of snow on the ground reported at Nerriga, in the southern tablelands. In the Blue Mountains, snow has been falling between Blackheath and Katoomba.
Sussex Inlet on the south coast experienced a thunderstorm about 4am on Friday, with “extensive small hail” falling, Ms Evans said.
“We do get this late season snow but it doesn’t happen very often,” she added.
“The last time was in 2008 when we saw snow in the Snowy Mountains and central tablelands in November.”
In some areas, the temperatures will struggle to reach double figures on Friday, with central western Orange seeing a high of 9C. On Saturday, temperatures will dip below zero with Walcha, in the state’s north, due to get a low of -4C.
The low pressure was expected to affect Sydney in the form of heavy rain on Friday, along with a “sharp increase in wind”, Ms Evans said.
Coastal areas will bear the brunt and surfing conditions were described by the meteorologist as dangerous.
On Saturday there is likely to be extensive frost up and down the tablelands but temperatures are set to improve across the state as the weekend progresses.
Ausgrid has warned residents in Sydney, the Central Coast and Hunter Valley to beware of powerlines that may have fallen as a result of the bad weather.
Ulladulla on the NSW south coast was hit by strong winds and rainfall.
The town saw 225mm of rain fall in less than 24 hours and there were gusts of 47 knots on Friday morning, approaching 90km an hour.
South of the town, heavy storms led to even higher falls, with 288mm at Burrill Lake in the same period.
In Sydney, large swells caused the cancellation of ferries between Manly and Circular Quay.
The Great Western Highway has been closed in both directions at Wentworth Falls due to heavy snow and black ice.
The cold front had already swept through South Australia, causing unseasonal snow flurries around Adelaide and trapping a schoolgroup who were hiking in Victoria.
In Queensland, there also have been reports of sleet hitting part of the state’s southeast.
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| Anais (01S) | Indian Ocean | 12.10.2012 | 15.10.2012 | Cyclone IV | 220 ° | 185 km/h | 232 km/h | 3.66 m | JTWC | |
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| Rafael (AL17) | Carib Sea | 13.10.2012 | 15.10.2012 | Hurricane I | 335 ° | 111 km/h | 139 km/h | 3.35 m | NOAA NHC | |
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19 killed, 1,500 fishermen missing in Bangladesh storm
by Staff Writers
Dhaka (AFP)
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At least 19 people were killed and an estimated 1,500 fishermen are missing after tropical storms smashed into Bangladesh’s southern coastal islands and districts early Thursday, police said.
Police said at least 1,500 mud, tin and straw-built houses were also levelled in the storms that swept Bhola, Hatiya and Sandwip Islands and half a dozen coastal districts after Wednesday midnight.
At the worst-hit island of Hatiya, at least seven people were killed after they were buried under their houses or hit by fallen trees, said local police chief Moktar Hossain. More than 1,000 houses were flattened.
“More than 100 fishing trawlers, each carrying at least 10 fishermen, have been missing since the storm,” he told AFP, calling it one of the most powerful in decades.
Many fishermen are expected to have taken shelter in other remote islands in the Bay of Bengal or in the neighbouring Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.
In the past, many fishermen thought to be missing from storms returned home to coastal villages a week or two later.
Four people were killed in Bhola, three each in Sandwip and Companyganj and two at Char Jabbar, police said.
The police chief of Bhola district, Bashir Ahmed, told AFP more than 500 fishermen were missing from the country’s largest island and at least 500 mud and straw-built houses were levelled by the sudden storm.
Bangladesh’s weather office forecast heavy rain in the coastal region and advised fishermen to take care near the shore, but there was no major storm warning.
“We only got the warning signal number three. But the storm was so powerful, the weather office should have hoisted the signal number seven or eight,” said Ahmed, referring to the intensity of the storm on a scale of ten.
“It caught the fishermen and coastal people by surprise. Till now we haven’t had any reports from the missing fishermen,” he said, adding the authorities had sent relief to thousands of affected people.
Related Links
Weather News at TerraDaily.com
| 13.10.2012 | Flood | Philippines | Government of South Cotabato, [Communities in Lake Sebu] |  |
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Flood in Philippines on Saturday, 13 October, 2012 at 09:21 (09:21 AM) UTC.
| Description | |
| The provincial government of South Cotabato has ordered the evacuation of around 600 residents from three upland communities in Lake Sebu town following a series of landslides in the area since last week. Lawyer Hilario de Pedro III, acting Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) chief, said Friday they decided to evacuate residents from sitios Bentung, Lemuti and Tokobokong in Barangay Lamlahak, Lake Sebu to avert a possible tragedy due to the threats of landslides in the area. He said the three communities are considered as high-risk or in a danger zone due to the “multiple landslides” that occurred in the area since September 28. A PDRRMO report cited that the landslides initially displaced 109 families in the area. It said the incident was caused by almost a week of continuous rains that eventually triggered several ridges of the area’s barren mountain slopes to give in. “(The rains) generated earth cracks which caused the soil descent,” de Pedro said. John Lorca, PDRRMO’s disaster operations chief, said 25 families were also affected in another landslide that occurred in the area earlier this week. He said two houses were destroyed in the incident, which was caused anew by the heavy rains in the area. Lorca said that three to four hectares of the area’s mountains were deemed highly vulnerable to landslides due to the presence of ground cracks. De Pedro, who is also the acting provincial administrator, said 155 families or a total of 620 individuals have been evacuated from the affected communities. He said the provincial government initially delivered food and other relief items to the evacuees, who are currently taking temporary shelter at the village center in Lamlahak. The official said they initially requested the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to conduct an assessment of the affected areas and determine whether it’s still safe for the residents to return there. |
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| Today | Tornado | USA | State of Mississippi, Wren [Monroe County] |  |
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Tornado in USA on Monday, 15 October, 2012 at 14:47 (02:47 PM) UTC.
| Description | |
| Significant damage from a possible tornado has been reported in Monroe County in northeast Mississippi. Law enforcement reported the roof of a home was removed with numerous trees downed about three miles south southeast of the town of Wren at around 7:04 p.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for northern Monroe County from 6:52 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., indicating that a rotating severe storm was located near Wren and or seven miles northwest of Aberdeen, moving east at 25 mph. Luckily, there have not been any reports of injuries. The severe storm was associated with a cold front that was moving across the state. Mississippi is approaching what is considered the state’s second severe weather season in the late fall. The month of November is historically the second most active month for tornadoes behind April. The state observes Severe Weather Awareness Day on Oct. 24. Statewide tornado drills will also be conducted. |
| Today | Tornado | USA | State of Kentucky, Mayfield |  |
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Tornado in USA on Monday, 15 October, 2012 at 11:32 (11:32 AM) UTC.
| Description | |
| Forecasters say strong winds spun up a small tornado in Mayfield. Only one injury was reported after the storm on Sunday, but property damage included the scoreboard toppled at War Memorial Stadium. Graves County Sheriff Dewayne Redmon said Lions Club Park was heavily damaged. National Weather Service meteorologist Rick Shanklin said an EF-1 tornado struck near the Mills Manor nursing home with winds of 105 mph. No residents of the home were hurt, but cars were moved about in the parking lot and car windows blew out. Graves County Emergency Management Director Jamey Locke said at least two businesses and about a dozen homes were damaged. A homeowner was injured when the storm blew the roof of another building into his house. |
| Today | Tornado | USA | State of Texas, Lexington [Lee County] | |
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Tornado in USA on Monday, 15 October, 2012 at 03:15 (03:15 AM) UTC.
| Description | |
| A small tornado damaged a farm in Lexington, about 70 miles east of Austin in Lee County. Cecil and Darene Rexroat’s home in lexington was hit hard Saturday night. “It was like a bomb went off,” said home owner Darene Rexroat. The damage is easy to see. The tin on the roof crumpled like paper. Limbs of a centuries old tree broken off and thrown around the yard. Glass shattered and scattered inside. “About 6:45, apparently, there was a tornado that came through here. We weren’t at home,” said Darene Rexroat. Dispatchers at the Lee County Sheiff’s Office said the tornado was small, and quickly disappated after touching the ground. The Rexroat home took most of the damage. “It was scary. It was scary not knowing what, what was damaged or how damaged or anything like that because we couldn’t get in because the electrical line was laying on the ground so we didn’t go anywhere near it,” said Darene. Rexroat says professionals will come look at the house monday. In the mean time, she and her husband will be hard at work. A task that will be made a little easier with the company of friends and neighbors. Helping the Rexroat’s find serenity and peace among the destruction. |
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Epidemic Hazards / Diseases
| Today | Epidemic Hazard | Myanmar (Burma) | Sagaing Division, Tamu Town [India-Myanmar Borderline] | |
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Epidemic Hazard in Myanmar (Burma) on Monday, 15 October, 2012 at 14:19 (02:19 PM) UTC.
| Description | |
| An unkown disease showing symptoms of fever is now fast spreading in Tamu town, neighbouring Moreh on the Indo-Myanmar border. The disease is suspected to be dengue. An official of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Society, however, maintained that they have received reports about outbreak of an unknown disease showing symptoms of fever but no definite information about the particular disease has been received so far. | |
| Biohazard name: | Unknown fever illness (Susp. Dengue) |
| Biohazard level: | 3/4 Hight |
| Biohazard desc.: | Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level. |
| Symptoms: | |
| Status: | suspected |
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Solar Activity
2MIN News October 12. 2012
Published on Oct 12, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers
TODAY’S LINKS
Spring Snow Kills Livestock:
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/snow-causes-livestock-deaths/22654
Late Cold Down South:
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/snow-causes-havoc-across-eastern-australia…
RadNet:
http://radiationnetwork.com/USA.JPG
REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather:
http://spaceweather.com/
[Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]
HAARP:
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html
[Click online data, and have a little fun]
CERES JPL:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=ceres;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb
SDO:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
[Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]
Helioviewer:
http://www.helioviewer.org/
SOHO:
http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater
[SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]
Stereo:
http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images
[Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]
SunAEON:
http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/
[Just click it... trust me]
SOLARIMG:
http://solarimg.org/artis/
[All purpose data viewing site]
iSWA:
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html
[Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]
NASA ENLIL SPIRAL:
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/
US Wind Map:
http://hint.fm/wind/
NOAA Bouys:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory:
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Default.php
RSOE:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php
[That cool alert map I use]
GOES Xray:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sxi/goes15/index.html
JAPAN Radiation Map:
http://jciv.iidj.net/map/
LISS:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php
Gamma Ray Bursts:
http://grb.sonoma.edu/
[Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]
BARTOL Cosmic Rays:
http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html
[Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]
TORCON:
http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index
[Tornado Forecast for the day]
GOES Weather:
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/
[Clouds over America]
RAIN RECORDS:
http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx
EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP:
http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…
PRESSURE MAP:
http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…
HURRICANE TRACKER:
http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker
INTELLICAST:
http://www.intellicast.com/
[Weather site used by many youtubers]
NASA News:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/
PHYSORG:
http://phys.org/
[GREAT News Site!]
QUAKES LIST FULL:
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php
2MIN News October 13. 2012
Published on Oct 13, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers
TODAY’S LINKS
Public Opinion Sways:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/angelafritz/comment.html?entrynum=28
Sept US Climate Report:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/ncdc-releases-september-2012-us-monthly-climate…
Nigeria Floods:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/10/12/266191/floodhit-nigeria-declares-ntl-…
Gulf Stream Deviation:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121012122648.htm
Atlanta Wave Clouds:
http://www.weather.com/news/wave-clouds-atlanta-20121012
Trolls:
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-trolls-criminals-britain-social-media.html
Change in NE Trade Winds:
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-documented-decrease-frequency-hawaii-northeast.html
New Arctic Ice High:
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-antarctic-sea-ice-high.html
LA Tornado:
http://www.myfoxla.com/video?clipId=7834247&autostart=true
Oceanic Acidity:
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-oceans-acidity-threat-shellfish-humans.html
REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather:
http://spaceweather.com/
[Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]
HAARP:
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html
[Click online data, and have a little fun]
CERES JPL:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=ceres;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb
SDO:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
[Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]
Helioviewer:
http://www.helioviewer.org/
SOHO:
http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater
[SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]
Stereo:
http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images
[Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]
SunAEON:
http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/
[Just click it... trust me]
SOLARIMG:
http://solarimg.org/artis/
[All purpose data viewing site]
iSWA:
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html
[Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]
NASA ENLIL SPIRAL:
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/
US Wind Map:
http://hint.fm/wind/
NOAA Bouys:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
RADIATION Network:
http://radiationnetwork.com/
NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory:
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Default.php
RSOE:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php
[That cool alert map I use]
GOES Xray:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sxi/goes15/index.html
JAPAN Radiation Map:
http://jciv.iidj.net/map/
LISS:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php
Gamma Ray Bursts:
http://grb.sonoma.edu/
[Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]
BARTOL Cosmic Rays:
http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html
[Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]
TORCON:
http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index
[Tornado Forecast for the day]
GOES Weather:
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/
[Clouds over America]
RAIN RECORDS:
http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx
EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP:
http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…
PRESSURE MAP:
http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…
HURRICANE TRACKER:
http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker
INTELLICAST:
http://www.intellicast.com/
[Weather site used by many youtubers]
NASA News:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/
PHYSORG:
http://phys.org/
[GREAT News Site!]
QUAKES LIST FULL:
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php
3MIN News October 14. 2012
Published on Oct 14, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers
TODAY’S LINKS
Glaciers Cracking:
http://www.iop.org/news/12/oct/page_58615.html
Record NE Lows:
http://www.weather.com/news/daily-weather-extra-20121008
Soyuz:
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-soyuz-rocket-galileo-satellites.html
Chinese Launch:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-10/14/c_131905260_4.htm
REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather:
http://spaceweather.com/
[Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]
HAARP:
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html
[Click online data, and have a little fun]
CERES JPL:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=ceres;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb
SDO:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
[Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]
Helioviewer:
http://www.helioviewer.org/
SOHO:
http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater
[SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]
Stereo:
http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images
[Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]
SunAEON:
http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/
[Just click it... trust me]
SOLARIMG:
http://solarimg.org/artis/
[All purpose data viewing site]
iSWA:
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html
[Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]
NASA ENLIL SPIRAL:
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/
US Wind Map:
http://hint.fm/wind/
NOAA Bouys:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
RADIATION Network:
http://radiationnetwork.com/
NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory:
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Default.php
RSOE:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php
[That cool alert map I use]
GOES Xray:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sxi/goes15/index.html
JAPAN Radiation Map:
http://jciv.iidj.net/map/
LISS:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php
Gamma Ray Bursts:
http://grb.sonoma.edu/
[Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]
BARTOL Cosmic Rays:
http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html
[Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]
TORCON:
http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index
[Tornado Forecast for the day]
GOES Weather:
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/
[Clouds over America]
RAIN RECORDS:
http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx
EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP:
http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…
PRESSURE MAP:
http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…
HURRICANE TRACKER:
http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker
INTELLICAST:
http://www.intellicast.com/
[Weather site used by many youtubers]
NASA News:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/
PHYSORG:
http://phys.org/
[GREAT News Site!]
QUAKES LIST FULL:
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php
3MIN News October 15. 2012
Published on Oct 15, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers
TODAY’S LINKS
Starwater on the Moon:
http://phys.org/news/2012-10-solar-particles-source-lunar-soils.html
Agenda 21 Article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/15/us-usa-campaign-teaparty-agenda-idU…
Satellite Falls from Orbit:
http://space.brevardtimes.com/2012/10/satellite-falls-out-of-orbit-due-to.html
SpaceRef:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=42332
REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather:
http://spaceweather.com/
[Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]
HAARP:
http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html
[Click online data, and have a little fun]
CERES JPL:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=ceres;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb
SDO:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
[Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]
Helioviewer:
http://www.helioviewer.org/
SOHO:
http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater
[SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]
Stereo:
http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images
[Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]
SunAEON:
http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/
[Just click it... trust me]
SOLARIMG:
http://solarimg.org/artis/
[All purpose data viewing site]
iSWA:
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html
[Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]
NASA ENLIL SPIRAL:
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/
US Wind Map:
http://hint.fm/wind/
NOAA Bouys:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
RADIATION Network:
http://radiationnetwork.com/
NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory:
http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Default.php
RSOE:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php
[That cool alert map I use]
GOES Xray:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sxi/goes15/index.html
JAPAN Radiation Map:
http://jciv.iidj.net/map/
LISS:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php
Gamma Ray Bursts:
http://grb.sonoma.edu/
[Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]
BARTOL Cosmic Rays:
http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html
[Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]
TORCON:
http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index
[Tornado Forecast for the day]
GOES Weather:
http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/
[Clouds over America]
RAIN RECORDS:
http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx
EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP:
http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…
PRESSURE MAP:
http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…
HURRICANE TRACKER:
http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker
INTELLICAST:
http://www.intellicast.com/
[Weather site used by many youtubers]
NASA News:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/
PHYSORG:
http://phys.org/
[GREAT News Site!]
QUAKES LIST FULL:
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php
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Space
Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days) |
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| Object Name | Apporach Date | Left | AU Distance | LD Distance | Estimated Diameter* | Relative Velocity | |||
| (2012 PA20) | 15th October 2012 | 0 day(s) | 0.1502 | 58.5 | 100 m – 230 m | 10.36 km/s | 37296 km/h | ||
| (2012 RV16) | 18th October 2012 | 3 day(s) | 0.1270 | 49.4 | 310 m – 700 m | 16.14 km/s | 58104 km/h | ||
| 214869 (2007 PA8) | 05th November 2012 | 21 day(s) | 0.0433 | 16.8 | 1.5 km – 3.3 km | 10.79 km/s | 38844 km/h | ||
| (2011 UG21) | 06th November 2012 | 22 day(s) | 0.1784 | 69.4 | 340 m – 760 m | 19.73 km/s | 71028 km/h | ||
| (2010 WT) | 07th November 2012 | 23 day(s) | 0.1251 | 48.7 | 53 m – 120 m | 6.53 km/s | 23508 km/h | ||
| 333358 (2001 WN1) | 09th November 2012 | 25 day(s) | 0.1285 | 50.0 | 370 m – 830 m | 8.73 km/s | 31428 km/h | ||
| 330233 (2006 KV86) | 11th November 2012 | 27 day(s) | 0.1876 | 73.0 | 450 m – 1.0 km | 23.35 km/s | 84060 km/h | ||
| (2008 LH2) | 12th November 2012 | 28 day(s) | 0.1487 | 57.9 | 35 m – 78 m | 5.10 km/s | 18360 km/h | ||
| (2001 YM2) | 12th November 2012 | 28 day(s) | 0.0860 | 33.5 | 440 m – 980 m | 9.26 km/s | 33336 km/h | ||
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Mysterious Booms / Rumblings / Sounds
Wellington ‘hum’ becomes nationwide obsession
Wellington ‘hum’ becomes nationwide obsession
The most bizarre theory was from a man convinced Daleks had surrounded the city
By Lloyd Burr
News of the ‘Wellington hum’ has reverberated across the country with the local council inundated with calls on theories about the phenomenon.
The Wellington City Council says calls have flooded in since the noise was first reported in parts of the city three days ago.
The cause of the noise is still unknown but council spokesperson Clayton Anderson says there are several theories floating around.
“We’ve had around 20 phone calls and got around a dozen emails from around New Zealand from people speculating what it is,” he says.
One theory is that the Wellington sewerage pump station is reverberating through the pipes into people’s house.
Another caller said the work being carried out on the Mt Victoria Tunnel ventilation shaft could be producing a low-pitched hum.
The most bizarre theory was from a man convinced Daleks – fictional mutant aliens from the TV series Doctor Who – had surrounded the city.
But Daleks or not, it appears the noise is spreading with the council receiving its first call from a resident in Berhampore last night.
It takes the total to around 20 noise complaints from Mt Victoria, Mt Cook, Newtown, Berhampore and Karori.
“We’ve put the word out to our business units about what could potentially be making that noise and they’ve all come back saying it’s not us,” says Mr Anderson.
He says the council will continue to go out and monitor noise complaints.
3 News
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Biological Hazards / Wildlife / Environmental Pollution
| Today | Biological Hazard | Nepal | Bhaktapur District, Bode | |
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Biological Hazard in Nepal on Monday, 15 October, 2012 at 07:41 (07:41 AM) UTC.
| Description | |
| Authorities in Bhaktapur’s Bode have culled more than 1500 chickens following a suspected outbreak of bird flu, health officials said. The outbreak of avian influenza initially killed 500 chickens out of 2000 at the poultry farm of a local Om Khadka. A meeting of health officials is underway at Bhaktapur to confirm whether the reported case is of bird flu. | |
| Biohazard name: | H5N1 – Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
| Biohazard level: | 4/4 Hazardous |
| Biohazard desc.: | Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release. |
| Symptoms: | |
| Status: | confirmed |
| Today | Environment Pollution | USA | Gulf of Mexico, [Location of Deepwater Horizon disaster] | |
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Environment Pollution in USA on Monday, 15 October, 2012 at 03:19 (03:19 AM) UTC.
| Description | |
| The Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in New Orleans issued a Notice of Federal Interest to BP and Transocean Tuesday. Coast Guard Capt. Duke Walker issued the NOFI following sample results from an oil sheen located in the vicinity of where the Deepwater Horizon drill rig exploded and sank more than two years ago. The sheen was first reported to the National Response Center Sept. 16 by BP based on satellite images from the 9th and 14th overpasses in the Mississippi Canyon, block 252, approximately 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The sheen is not feasible to recover and does not pose a risk to the shoreline. The Coast Guard, in concert with BP and NOAA, has conducted regular assessments of the sheen by aircraft and boat since its discovery. The observed sheen size has varied over time depending upon the conditions present. Samples of the sheen were taken by Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Morgan City Sept. 26 and sent to the Coast Guard Marine Safety Lab in New London, Conn. The Marine Safety Laboratory results indicate the sheen correlates to oil that originated from BP’s Macondo Well. The exact source of the sheen is uncertain at this time but could be residual oil associated with wreckage and/or debris left on the seabed from the Deepwater Horizon incident in 2010. The NOFI effectively informs BP and Transocean that the Coast Guard matched the sheen samples to the Deepwater Horizon spill or sunken drilling debris and that either party or both may be held accountable for any cost associated with further assessments or operations related to this sheen. The Gulf Coast Incident Management Team remains committed to the continued cleanup of the Gulf Coast and all shorelines affected as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. The FOSC is determined to continue response activities to remove all oil where it is technologically feasible, environmentally beneficial and safe for workers to perform recovery operations. |
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Articles of Interest
| Today | Power Outage | USA | State of Michigan, [METRO Detroit region] | |
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Power Outage in USA on Monday, 15 October, 2012 at 14:31 (02:31 PM) UTC.
| Description | |
| About 18,000 DTE Energy customers are without power after high winds blasted through southeast Michigan overnight. The outages include 7,000 customers without power in Wayne County, with the rest scattered throughout Macomb, Oakland and Washtenaw counties, DTE spokesman Scott Simons said this morning. “They should be back by sometime today,” Simons said. “It was high winds: gusts up to 45 miles per hour.” DTE provides electric power to 2.1 million customers throughout southeast Michigan. The power outage closed Detroit Public Schools’ Thirkell Elementary, 7724 14th Street, for the day today. National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Richter said today that the highest winds blew through between 8 p.m. and midnight Sunday. High gusts at 44 m.p.h. were clocked at Detroit Metro Airport at 9:52 p.m. Sunday and City Airport 10:42 p.m. “It was a really strong cold front that moved through, so we had a good burst of wind,” Richter said this morning from the agency’s White Lake Township office. “We’re going to have gusts about 25 m.p.h through most of the day today — considerably cooler today. It’s not going to get much warmer than what it is now.” Today’s high temperature is expected to reach 53 degrees, with a 30% chance of light showers across the region, he said. Temperatures will start to climb again on Tuesday, with a high of 60 degrees and a high of 70 degrees expected on Wednesday. Another front arrives with chances of rain Wednesday night and into Thursday, Richter said. Temperatures will drop again to highs around 60 on Thursday, then down to highs in the mid-50s for the weekend. “It’s going to be a little bit of a roller coaster ride,” Richter said. |
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Scientists Uncover Diversion of Gulf Stream Path in Late 2011
by Staff Writers
Cape Cod, MA (SPX)
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At a meeting with New England commercial fishermen last December, physical oceanographers Glen Gawarkiewicz and Al Plueddemann from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) were alerted by three fishermen about unusually high surface water temperatures and strong currents on the outer continental shelf south of New England.
“I promised them I would look into why that was happening,” Gawarkiewicz says.
The result of his investigation was a discovery that the Gulf Stream diverged well to the north of its normal path beginning in late October 2011, causing the warmer-than-usual ocean temperatures along the New England continental shelf.
The researchers’ findings, “Direct interaction between the Gulf Stream and the shelfbreak south of New England,” were published in the August 2012 issue of the journal Scientific Reports.
To begin to unravel the mystery, Gawarkiewicz and his colleagues assembled data from a variety of sources and recreated a record of the Gulf Stream path during the fall of 2011.
First, they tapped into data collected by a program called eMOLT, a non-profit collaboration of fishing industry, research, academic and government entities, run by James Manning of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center. For more than a decade the program has recorded near-bottom ocean temperatures by distributing temperature probes to lobstermen.
Manning and scientists from WHOI, including Robert Todd and Magdalena Andres, analyzed a time series of temperatures from two eMOLT sites, OC01 and TA51, which were located over the outer continental shelf near the shelfbreak, and identified two events when temperatures suddenly increased by 6.2 and 6.7 degrees C, respectively, to highs of more than 18 degrees C.
“These are very dramatic events for the outer continental shelf, at least 2 degrees C warmer than we’ve seen since 2001,” says Gawarkiewicz. “Near-bottom temperatures of 18 degrees C on the outer shelf are extremely high for late autumn.” The maximum recorded temperature in December 2011 was the warmest bottom temperature recorded in 6 years of records at the OC01 site.
In typical years, the warm Gulf Stream waters only indirectly influence ocean currents and temperatures near the continental shelfbreak south of New England when eddies, called warm core rings, pinch off from the Gulf Stream and drift toward the outer continental shelf. Such rings normally drift past a site after a few weeks, and therefore cause only limited warming of the water on the outer shelf.
Gawarkiewicz and his colleagues collected additional data on water temperature and salinity from December 4, 2011 through January 4, 2012, from instruments on temporary test moorings placed 12 km south of the shelfbreak by the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The researchers compared those salinity measurements to historical data, and discovered that high salinity levels – consistent with the salinity of waters carried by the Gulf Stream – coincided with the warming periods.
The extent and duration of the two 2011 warming events combined with the high salinity observed by the researchers suggested the cause was not a transient warm core ring, but the Gulf Stream itself that carried warm, salty water to the outer shelf.
To solidify that finding, Gawarkiewicz received serendipitous help from students in the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) program at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, NC, who had deployed a surface drifter during the period coinciding with the two warming events. Drifters use satellites to transmit their positions roughly every six hours, key information for the WHOI scientists, who analyzed the drifter tracks and speeds.
“Drifters around the edges of warm core rings drift toward the continental shelf at about 1 knot,” Gawarkiewicz says. “But we saw the drifter cut across the slope towards the shelf at about 2.5 knots. It only took it eight days to travel from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to a point 40 miles south of Georges Bank, a total distance of 580 miles.”
The periods of high speeds for the drifters coincided with the records for high temperatures on the outer shelf, which told the scientists that the core of the Gulf Stream had diverted to 39.9 degrees N at 68 degrees W – 125 miles north of its mean position, further north than had ever been recorded by satellite altimeters at this particular longitude.
The temporary shift in Gulf Stream path observed last fall potentially has significant longer-term implications. Studies have shown that temperature increases of 2 degrees C have caused major shifts in silver hake populations, for example, and in spring 2012, migratory bluefish and striped bass were observed off the coast of Cape Cod much earlier than in previous years.
But, the scientists say, more research is needed to determine just how the Gulf Stream’s behavior in 2011 affected the continental shelf ecosystem and marine organisms.
It is unclear what might have caused this shift in the Gulf Stream path. It occurred shortly after Hurricanes Irene and Katia drenched the east coast with rain, and this might have impacted the Gulf Stream separation from the continental shelf near Cape Hatteras.
Another possibility is that a cold core ring, an eddy south of the Gulf Stream core, might have deflected the Gulf Stream. Further research will be necessary to determine exactly how and why this occurred, which will be helpful in the long term in predicting Gulf Stream motions.
In the meantime, Gawarkiewicz and his colleagues will be keeping an eye on what the Gulf Stream does this fall, with the hope of someday being able to predict such a shift. “We’re checking in from time to time to monitor it. We’ll be talking to the fishermen, and academics, and keeping an eye on things,” he says.
Fishermen David Spencer, Fred Mattera, and Norbert Stamps first alerted the researchers to the anomaly. Profile data were made available by the OOI, which is funded by the National Science Foundation and managed by the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. Tim Shaw and David Calhoun at Cape Fear Community College provided drifter data. WHOI scientists on this project were supported by the NSF, the Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region, the Penzance Endowed Fund in Support of Assistant Scientists, and the Postdoctoral Scholar Program at WHOI.
Related Links
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