Earthquakes
RSOE EDIS
| Date/Time (UTC) | Magnitude | Area | Country | State/Prov./Gov. | Location | Risk | Source | Details | ||
| 29.06.2012 04:55:45 | 2.9 | Europe | Poland | Siedlce |  |
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| 29.06.2012 04:57:54 | 4.7 | Asia | Tajikistan | Shurkishlak | |
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| 29.06.2012 04:30:30 | 4.7 | Asia | Tajikistan | Viloyati Khatlon | Gulobod | |
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| 29.06.2012 04:59:03 | 2.0 | Europe | Spain | Chipiona | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:54:09 | 2.6 | North America | United States | Alaska | Port Graham | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:50:32 | 2.3 | Europe | Poland | Zwonowice | |
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| 29.06.2012 05:02:23 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Kuscu |  |
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| 29.06.2012 03:50:53 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Cukurgol Yaylasi | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:05:43 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Kantishna | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:06:05 | 2.2 | North America | United States | Alaska | May Creek | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:51:14 | 3.0 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:51:34 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Rustemgedik | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:51:55 | 2.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:52:21 | 3.1 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:52:42 | 2.9 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:53:03 | 2.7 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 29.06.2012 02:54:28 | 4.0 | Pacific Ocean | New Zealand | Woodville County | Bromley | |
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| 29.06.2012 02:54:47 | 3.7 | Pacific Ocean | New Zealand | Woodville County | Upper Shotover | |
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| 29.06.2012 02:50:36 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 29.06.2012 02:50:56 | 2.3 | Europe | Italy | Ponte di San Pellegrino | |
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| 29.06.2012 02:50:56 | 2.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:53:23 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Erdek | |
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| 29.06.2012 01:40:57 | 2.7 | North America | United States | Hawaii | Honoköhau | |
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| 29.06.2012 02:51:16 | 2.5 | Asia | Turkey | Gunduzu | |
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| 29.06.2012 02:51:37 | 2.8 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 29.06.2012 03:53:43 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Kahya | |
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| 29.06.2012 01:15:38 | 2.2 | North America | United States | California | Deer Park | |
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| 29.06.2012 01:45:27 | 3.0 | Asia | Turkey | Cukurgol Yaylasi | |
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| 29.06.2012 01:45:47 | 2.3 | Asia | Turkey | Mollakasim | |
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| 29.06.2012 00:42:26 | 2.0 | North America | United States | California | Burton Mill | |
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| 29.06.2012 00:40:30 | 2.7 | Europe | Poland | Chocianowiec | |
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| 29.06.2012 01:46:09 | 2.5 | Asia | Turkey | Marmaraereglisi | |
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| 29.06.2012 00:15:45 | 2.3 | North America | United States | Alaska | Port Wakefield | |
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| 29.06.2012 00:16:08 | 2.3 | North America | United States | Alaska | Kanatak | |
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| 29.06.2012 00:40:50 | 2.5 | Asia | Turkey | Gunduzu | |
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| 29.06.2012 01:46:29 | 2.8 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 29.06.2012 00:41:11 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Tabanli | |
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| 29.06.2012 00:41:32 | 2.3 | Asia | Turkey | Kahya | |
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| 28.06.2012 23:10:45 | 2.0 | North America | United States | Alaska | Rogers Park | |
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| 29.06.2012 00:41:50 | 2.0 | Asia | Turkey | Inlice | |
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| 28.06.2012 23:35:36 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Inlice | |
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| 28.06.2012 23:35:58 | 2.7 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 23:36:18 | 2.2 | Europe | Italy | La Collevata | |
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| 28.06.2012 22:30:34 | 2.4 | Europe | Italy | Monteaperti | |
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| 28.06.2012 23:36:37 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Karabogurtlen | |
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| 28.06.2012 23:36:57 | 2.4 | Asia | Turkey | Cicekli | |
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| 28.06.2012 23:37:18 | 2.1 | Asia | Turkey | Cukurgol Yaylasi | |
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| 29.06.2012 00:16:29 | 2.0 | North America | United States | Oregon | Holiday Beach | |
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| 28.06.2012 22:30:55 | 3.5 | South-America | Chile | Guasco Lipez | |
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| 28.06.2012 21:35:37 | 2.3 | North America | United States | California | Castle Rock Springs | |
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| 28.06.2012 22:31:15 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Rahimler | |
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| 28.06.2012 22:31:36 | 3.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 29.06.2012 05:07:13 | 2.4 | Asia | Turkey | Huseyincaki | |
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| 29.06.2012 05:08:07 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Karamur | |
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| 28.06.2012 21:25:31 | 2.3 | Asia | Turkey | Karamur | |
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| 28.06.2012 21:25:52 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Cukurgol Yaylasi | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:25:41 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Eureka Roadhouse | |
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| 29.06.2012 02:10:32 | 2.2 | Middle America | Mexico | Estado de Baja California | San Antonio | |
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| 28.06.2012 21:25:53 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Cukurgol Yaylasi | |
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| 28.06.2012 21:30:38 | 2.8 | North America | United States | Alaska | Amchitka | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:10:46 | 2.3 | North America | United States | Alaska | Tonsina | |
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| 28.06.2012 22:31:56 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 19:55:25 | 3.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Kantishna | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:20:36 | 2.4 | Asia | Turkey | Fevziye | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:20:56 | 4.0 | Europe | Greece | Galaniana | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:21:15 | 2.5 | Europe | Italy | La Balantina | |
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| 28.06.2012 22:32:21 | 2.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:21:35 | 2.4 | Europe | Portugal | Cambelas | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:21:55 | 3.5 | Asia | Turkey | Basakli | |
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| 28.06.2012 21:26:15 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 21:26:35 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 18:30:40 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Skwentna | |
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| 28.06.2012 19:15:29 | 2.8 | Asia | Turkey | Egrikonak | |
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| 28.06.2012 19:15:52 | 3.1 | Europe | Greece | Ayios Ioannis | |
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| 28.06.2012 19:16:14 | 2.5 | Asia | Turkey | Karadiken | |
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| 28.06.2012 19:16:36 | 4.9 | Indonesian Archipelago | Indonesia | Lewa | |
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| 28.06.2012 21:26:36 | 2.7 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 18:10:31 | 3.6 | Europe | Greece | Kokkinoyio | |
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| 28.06.2012 19:16:55 | 5.2 | Pacific Ocean – West | Vanuatu | Kourouretapo | |
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| 28.06.2012 18:21:07 | 5.3 | Pacific Ocean – West | Vanuatu | Torba Province | Kourouretapo | |
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| 28.06.2012 21:26:57 | 2.8 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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EMSC | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:22:18 | 2.8 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 19:17:16 | 3.4 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:22:39 | 2.8 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 17:40:45 | 3.3 | North America | United States | Alaska | Atka | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:23:00 | 2.9 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 20:23:21 | 2.8 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 18:10:52 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Karakuyu | |
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| 28.06.2012 19:17:35 | 2.8 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 17:05:24 | 2.8 | Europe | Greece | Dhiyeliotika | |
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| 28.06.2012 19:17:36 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 17:05:50 | 2.5 | Asia | Turkey | Kumbag | |
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| 28.06.2012 17:06:11 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Dimiskili | |
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| 28.06.2012 17:06:31 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Turkevleri | |
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| 28.06.2012 19:17:57 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Los Llanillos | |
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| 28.06.2012 15:40:37 | 2.5 | North America | United States | California | Ortega | |
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| 28.06.2012 16:05:24 | 3.1 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 15:20:43 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Donnelly | |
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| 28.06.2012 16:05:45 | 4.5 | Europe | Greece | Artemision | |
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| 28.06.2012 16:06:11 | 3.0 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 18:11:12 | 2.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 18:11:31 | 2.7 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 18:11:52 | 3.0 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 16:06:33 | 2.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 15:05:25 | 4.4 | Indonesian Archipelago | Indonesia | Bangsalsari | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:35:30 | 4.5 | Indonesian archipelago | Indonesia | Bangsalsari | |
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| 28.06.2012 15:05:52 | 4.6 | Indonesian Archipelago | Indonesia | Bangsalsari | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:11:01 | 4.6 | Atlantic Ocean | Argentina | Provincia de La Rioja | Chepes | |
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| 28.06.2012 15:06:14 | 4.6 | South-America | Argentina | Mascasin | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:00:35 | 3.7 | Middle-East | Iran | Khalifehlu | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:00:55 | 4.7 | Indonesian Archipelago | Indonesia | Bangsalsari | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:05:30 | 4.8 | Indonesian archipelago | Indonesia | Bangsalsari | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:01:15 | 2.7 | Asia | Turkey | Delikkaya | |
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| 28.06.2012 16:35:49 | 2.6 | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | Aguacate | |
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| 28.06.2012 13:30:39 | 2.2 | North America | United States | California | Warner | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:01:33 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Cumali | |
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| 28.06.2012 12:55:38 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Karacay | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:01:54 | 4.7 | South-America | Chile | Pilicura | |
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| 28.06.2012 12:35:47 | 2.4 | North America | United States | California | Avalon | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:02:16 | 2.7 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 12:40:42 | 4.1 | Pacific Ocean | Tonga | Sapa`ata | |
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| 28.06.2012 12:55:58 | 4.1 | Pacific Ocean – East | Tonga | Sapa`ata | |
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| 28.06.2012 12:56:20 | 3.1 | Europe | Bulgaria | Dulgopol | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:02:37 | 3.0 | South-America | Chile | Poroma | |
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| 28.06.2012 12:56:43 | 3.5 | South-America | Chile | Quebrada Verde | |
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| 28.06.2012 12:57:06 | 2.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 11:50:34 | 3.0 | Asia | Turkey | Gicik | |
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| 28.06.2012 14:02:58 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 11:51:05 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Turmuz | |
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| 28.06.2012 11:51:24 | 3.0 | Asia | Turkey | Otluyazi | |
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| 28.06.2012 12:57:27 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 11:45:44 | 3.0 | Caribbean | British Virgin Islands | Belle Vue | |
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| 28.06.2012 11:51:43 | 2.7 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 11:52:03 | 2.8 | Asia | Turkey | Meydan | |
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| 28.06.2012 10:50:34 | 4.2 | Asia | Turkey | Haneke | |
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| 28.06.2012 10:50:55 | 2.0 | Europe | Greece | Kalopirgos | |
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| 28.06.2012 10:51:16 | 3.1 | Europe | Italy | Giarre | |
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| 28.06.2012 10:51:34 | 2.4 | Asia | Turkey | Alacak | |
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| 28.06.2012 18:45:41 | 2.3 | North America | United States | California | Balch Camp | |
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| 28.06.2012 10:05:36 | 4.6 | Asia | Japan | Hokkaido | Erimo | |
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| 28.06.2012 10:51:54 | 4.7 | Asia | Japan | Erimo | |
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| 28.06.2012 09:50:28 | 2.5 | Asia | Turkey | Yaras | |
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| 28.06.2012 09:50:48 | 2.4 | Asia | Turkey | Mollakasim | |
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| 28.06.2012 09:45:38 | 4.4 | Middle America | Mexico | Estado de Oaxaca | Roalina | |
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| 28.06.2012 09:51:09 | 4.4 | Middle-America | Mexico | Roalina | |
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| 28.06.2012 10:52:18 | 2.9 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 10:52:38 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 10:52:59 | 2.7 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 17:25:42 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Hospital Valley | |
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| 28.06.2012 15:06:36 | 2.8 | South-America | Chile | Barranquilla | |
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| 28.06.2012 09:51:30 | 2.9 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 08:45:27 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Bozlar | |
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| 28.06.2012 09:51:51 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 09:52:13 | 2.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 08:45:47 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Eskiyol | |
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| 28.06.2012 08:05:33 | 3.7 | North America | United States | Alaska | Chickaloon | |
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| 28.06.2012 08:46:10 | 5.1 | Asia | Japan | Oyauchi | |
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| 28.06.2012 08:11:03 | 5.2 | Asia | Japan | Fukushima-ken | Kishiuchi | |
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| 28.06.2012 09:52:35 | 2.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 09:52:56 | 2.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 09:53:18 | 2.6 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 07:26:07 | 4.5 | Asia | Japan | Ibaraki-ken | Isohara | |
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| 28.06.2012 07:40:31 | 4.5 | Asia | Japan | Isohara | |
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| 28.06.2012 08:46:31 | 2.7 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 08:46:50 | 2.7 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 07:40:50 | 2.7 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 06:35:31 | 2.2 | North America | United States | Alaska | Chistochina | |
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| 28.06.2012 07:41:09 | 2.5 | Europe | Spain | Sabinosa | |
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| 28.06.2012 06:15:44 | 2.0 | North America | United States | Alaska | Circle Hot Springs Station | |
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| 28.06.2012 08:20:33 | 2.8 | Caribbean | U.S. Virgin Islands | Bordeaux (historical) | |
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| 28.06.2012 06:40:26 | 3.0 | Middle-East | Iran | Hesar-e Qareh Tappeh | |
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| 28.06.2012 06:40:47 | 2.5 | Asia | Turkey | Rahimler | |
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| 28.06.2012 06:41:07 | 2.9 | Asia | Turkey | Kosepinari | |
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| 28.06.2012 08:47:10 | 2.8 | Europe | Cyprus | Episkopi | |
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| 28.06.2012 06:41:33 | 2.5 | Asia | Turkey | Turgut | |
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| 28.06.2012 06:41:54 | 2.3 | Europe | France | La Pechaudiere | |
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| 28.06.2012 17:15:36 | 2.4 | North America | United States | Alaska | Thane | |
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| 28.06.2012 22:05:42 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Hawaii | Waikapuna | |
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| 28.06.2012 10:20:50 | 2.5 | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | Belvedere | |
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Big Alpine Fault quake may be ‘in near future’
PAUL GORMAN AND MICHAEL DALY
The Southland Times
GNS Science and University of Nevada-Reno scientists have found that the southern part of the 800 kilometre-long fault _ which runs along the western edge of the Southern Alps from Marlborough to Milford Sound _ causes quakes of around magnitude 8 every 330 years on average.
Dating leaves and seeds from a river terrace at Hokuri Creek near Lake McKerrow in far northwestern Southland, just north of Milford Sound, revealed 24 Alpine Fault quakes between 6000BC and the present.
Other research has found the most recent was in 1717, meaning the next may be only 30 or 40 years away, based on averages.
Professor Richard Norris, from the geology department at Otago University, said the Alpine Fault had the highest level of probability for rupture of any fault in New Zealand.
“Westland obviously is at high risk, with widespread damage likely and roads, bridges and other transport links likely to be badly affected (as well as the tourist trade),” he said.
The fault crossed the main West Coast road in many places, and with an estimated 8m displacement would completely destroy it.
”Intensities further east in places like Queenstown, Te Anau, Wanaka and Mt Cook will be high enough to cause landslips and do damage,” Norris said.
”Further east in the major cities of Christchurch and Dunedin, the intensities will be lower but the duration of shaking could still be sufficient to damage poorly constructed buildings…and possibly cause some liquefaction.”
Places such as Nelson, Wellington and Invercargill could also expect to feel some shaking.
Project leader Kelvin Berryman of GNS Science said ”a major earthquake in the near future would not be a surprise”.
”Equally it could be up to 100 years away. The bottom line is, if not in our lifetimes then increasingly likely in our children’s or our grandchildren’s.”
The study’s findings, published today in the journal Science, were new and internationally significant, Berryman said.
The site had provided one of the world’s best ever records of regular fault rupture.
”Prior to this project, the ages of only the last four Alpine Fault earthquakes were well known.
”Long records with more than 20 earthquakes have been obtained from other faults around the world such as the San Andreas Fault in California, but they are very rare.
”The Alpine Fault is perhaps only the fifth such long record and it has revealed the most regular rupture behaviour yet reported.
Auckland University biostatics professor Thomas Lumley said the intervals between quakes on the Alpine Fault tended to be quite close to the average interval, with relatively little spread.
Most recurrence intervals longer than 295 years _ the position now _ were shorter than 400 years, and many were only slightly longer than 295 years.
”That is, most of the time when a quake hasn’t happened for 295 years, it happens within the next century and often within the next half-century. …The risks are high, but that’s because it seems to be an unusually regular fault.”
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Volcanic Activity
Increased Seismic Activity near El Hierro
Uploaded by edy2299 on Nov 6, 2011
Manchas sobre el mar que provienen de la erupción volcánica submarina junto a la isla de El Hierro. La preocupación en la zona va en aumento
Translation (Family Survival Protocol) :
Patches of white appearing on the oceans surface show signs of the underwater activity near the Island of El Hierro. The uptick in seismic activity increasing the anxiety levels of those in the area.
Volcanic activity lifts Canary island
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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather
Excessive Heat Warning
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Heat wave: 1,000+ weather records fall in U.S. in a week
Hundreds of heat-related records recently have fallen across the United States.
By Staff and Wire Reports
Tulsa World
In the past week, 1,011 records have been broken around the country, including 251 new daily high temperature records on Tuesday.
Tulsa tied its calendar day record high for June 25, 105 degrees, on Monday.
The heat is creating consequences ranging from the catastrophic to the comical, from wildfires in the Rocky Mountains to frying bacon on an Oklahoma sidewalk.
If forecasts hold, more records could fall in the coming days in the central and western parts of the country.
University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver says the current heat wave “is bad now by our current definition,” but that this will be “far more common in the years ahead.”
No matter where you are this week, the objective is the same: stay cool.
Heat wave ebbs marginally as rains drench parts of North India
IBN Live
PTI | 08:06 PM,Jun 27,2012 New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) The sweltering heat wave that had much of North India in a stranglehold for over two months eased marginally today with sporadic showers in many places pushing down the mercury level. A brief spell of light rains in capital Delhi, however, failed to bring much relief with the mercury level stubbornly staying above normal. The maximum temperature was recorded at 40.2 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, while the minimum settled at 31 degrees Celsius. After simmering for over a month under an intense hot spell, the desert state of Rajasthan heaved a sigh of relief with the mercury level dropping marginally in many places. Churu remained the hottest in the state with a day temperature of 42.3 degrees Celsius, while SriGanganagar and Bikaner recorded maximums of 41.6 and 39.7 degrees Celsius respectively. According to the MeT department the temperature in many parts of the state dropped below 40 degrees Celsius, bringing respite to people. Kota, Barmer and Jaipur recorded a high of 39.4, 39 and 38.7 degrees Celsius respectively, it said. The heat wave ebbed marginally in Punjab and Haryana as well with the temperature recording a drop of up to three notches. However, a high humidity level of up to 60 per cent played spoilsport and forced most people to remain indoors. Amritsar was the hottest in the region with a high of 41.2 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, while Hisar and Ludhiana recorded maximums of 40.6 degrees and 38.7 degrees Celsius respectively, both a notch each above normal. Among other places, temperatures at Ambala and Patiala settled at an identical high of 38.1 degrees Celsius, a degree above normal, while Chandigarh saw a maximum of 37 degrees Celsius
Red Flag Warning
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By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist
The Waldo Canyon Fire rages underneath of a starlit sky near Boulder, Colo., on June 27, 2012. This photo was tweeted by 57@UN.A lack of drenching rainfall could continue through much of the summer over Colorado and neighboring areas, adding to wildfire woes.
While there has been some thunderstorm activity of late in the region, not enough rain will fall over a broad enough area to significantly impact tinder-dry conditions.
In many cases the storms have brought and will continue to bring little or no rainfall in the weeks ahead.
The air over the region is much too dry to allow the rain falling at cloud level in the storm to reach the ground.
What happens is that the evaporating rain cools the air, which then races to the ground in the form of strong gusts. In turn, the gusty winds generated nearby from the storms fan the flames of existing fires, while lightning strikes from the storms threaten to start new fires.
According to Paul Pastelok, head of AccuWeather.com’s Long Range Experts, “It appears the zone of high pressure over the region now will last through much of July and could continue through much of August.”
Pastelok pointed out that some moisture will continue and may increase over the Southwest in general in the coming weeks, but it will tend to “go around” rather than through most of Colorado.
Pastelok is referring to the phenomenon known to locals as the monsoon, which brings more humid air up from Mexico, and produces thunderstorm activity.
“It is possible a non-monsoon feature with a more liberal amount of showers and thunderstorms may swing from Texas to New Mexico next week, but only the southern part of Colorado would be grazed,” Pastelok said.
Otherwise, the region will have to wait until the high pressure area breaks down or shifts position and shorter days with lower sun intensity assist with matters.
While temperatures will occasionally throttle back in coming weeks, the overall massive heat pump will remain in place over Colorado through the middle of summer.
Even in areas that manage to get a couple of rainfalls of 0.10 of an inch from one of the spotty thunderstorms the next week or so, long sun-filled days and evaporation rates of 0.25 to 0.50 of an inch per day will rapidly trump rainfall.
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As America watches large sections of Colorado literally burn to the ground, many are wondering why all of this is happening. There have always been wildfires, but what we are experiencing now seems very unusual. So is the number of wildfires in the United States increasing? As you will see later in this article, the answer is yes. 2011 was a record setting year for wildfires and this wildfire season is off to a very frightening start. Right now the eyes of the nation are focused on the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado. It doubled in size overnight and it has consumed more than 300 homes so far. It is threatening the city of Colorado Springs, and at this point more than 35,000 people have been forced to evacuate – including the U.S. Air Force Academy. On Twitter and Facebook residents are describing what they are seeing as “the apocalypse” and as “the end of the world”. But this is just the beginning of the wildfire season. We haven’t even gotten to July and August yet.
The Waldo Canyon fire is rapidly becoming one of the most expensive and destructive wildfires in Colorado history. The historic Flying W Ranch has already been burned totally to the ground by this fire. Local authorities are struggling to find the words to describe how nightmarish this fire is. The following are a couple of quotes from a CNN article….
Richard Brown, the Colorado Springs fire chief, described it as a “firestorm of epic proportions.”
Gov. John Hickenlooper surveyed the Waldo Canyon Fire, telling reporters it was a difficult sight to see.
“There were people’s homes burned to the ground. It was surreal,” he said late Tuesday night. “There’s no question, it’s serious. It’s as serious as it gets.”
But this is not the only wildfire that is raging in Colorado. Right now there are 10 wildfires burning in the state. Overall, there are 33 large wildfires currently burning in twelve U.S. states.
If you will remember, New Mexico just experienced one of the worst wildfires that it has ever seen. Conditions throughout most of the western United States are ideal for wildfires right now. As USA Today reports, much of the western half of the country is under a “red flag warning” right now….
Throughout the interior West, firefighters have toiled for days in searing, record-setting heat against fires fueled by prolonged drought. Most, if not all, of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana were under red flag warnings, meaning extreme fire danger.
But wait, didn’t this kind of thing happen last year too?
Yes it did.
In fact, 2011 was one of the worst years ever for wildfires in America. The following is a short excerpt from an EarthSky article….
Thousands of wildfires raged across the United States last year, 2011, burning a record amount of land, especially in the southern U.S. In fact, 2011 the third-most-active fire season since 1960 (when this record-keeping began) with respect to acres burned, according to preliminary data released from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in late December 2011. The NIFC will be releasing an official summary report detailing the 2011 wildfire season later in 2012, but for now you can read some of the details in the State of the Climate Wildfires 2011 report from NOAA.
During 2011, a total of 73,484 wildfires burned an estimated 8,706,852 acres (35,235 square kilometers) of land across the United States. Wildfire activity during 2011 was exceptionally high and was only exceeded in the historical record by wildfire activity during the years 2006 and 2007.
We have seen highly unusual wildfire activity throughout America in recent years. In the article quoted above you can find a chart which shows that wildfire activity in the United States has been far above normal during the past decade.
Wildfire records have only been kept since 1960. The 6 worst years on record for wildfires in the U.S. have all happened since the year 2000. The following is from an Earth Island Journal article that I found….
In the United States, where some of the most accurate wildfire statistics are kept, the six worst fire seasons in the past 50 years have occurred since 2000. In Texas, nearly 4 million acres were burned in 2011, double the previous record. This included the Bastrop Fire last September that destroyed 1,600 homes and became the most destructive fire in Texas history. In Arizona more than one million acres were burned in 2011, a new record. The Wallow Fire, which destroyed nearly a half million acres, was the largest fire in Arizona history. The Pagami Creek Fire in northern Minnesota became the third largest fire in state history when it burned 100,000 acres in September 2011, most of this in an unprecedented 16-mile run on a single day.
So what does all of this mean?………..
| Today | Forest / Wild Fire | USA | State of Arkansas, [Cantrell Road region] |  |
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Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Friday, 29 June, 2012 at 03:13 (03:13 AM) UTC.
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| Arkansas Forestry Commission crews are battling a forest fire in central Arkansas. Commission spokeswoman Sheila Doughty says crews were dispatched to the area Thursday afternoon but she didn’t know the blaze’s size or whether any structures were in its path. In Little Rock, two firefighters were hurt while helping battle a fire that began in an unoccupied house and spread to the surrounding grass. Capt. Jason Weaver says crews were called to the residence near Cantrell Road about 2:44 p.m. and had both fires extinguished around 5 p.m. While battling the fire, Weaver says one firefighter fell through a deck but wasn’t seriously injured. Another firefighter suffered an ankle injury and was transported to a hospital for treatment. |
| Today | Forest / Wild Fire | USA | State of South Dakota, [Black Hills National Forest] |  |
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Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Friday, 29 June, 2012 at 03:09 (03:09 AM) UTC.
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| The 300-acre Dakota Fire amassed a tower of smoke above the Black Hills on Wednesday as firefighters worked on the forest floor to secure its perimeter. The smell of smoke settled over Sheridan Lake as plumes rose above the trees. Wednesday’s cloud cover and a lack of trees infested with mountain pine beetles kept the Black Hills National Forest fire out of the trees and easier to control, Jared Hohn, assistant fire management officer for the Hell Canyon Ranger District, said. “It’s not decimating the timber,” he said. “It’s actually just having a ground fire, for the most part.” Reaching 30 percent containment by midday, fire crews worked to surround the blaze north of Sheridan Lake with a fire line but opted to push the perimeter out farther to avoid potentially dangerous and steep terrain, Hohn said. Hohn expected that firefighters would bring the Dakota Fire to under 50 percent containment by the end of Wednesday and complete the fire line around the perimeter. “If we’re able to accomplish the burnout, we’ll have the fire in a fairly secure manner,” Hohn said. Once the burnout of the interior is completed, the Dakota Fire will be about 500 acres, as long the fire line holds, he said.Evacuation warnings were issued to 18 homes in the area, according to Rapid City-Pennington County Emergency Management, but the fire was not immediately threatening any structures Wednesday, Hohn said. The cause of the fire is under investigation. There were reports of lightning in the area before the fire was reported Tuesday, according to Dave Slepnikoff, acting ranger for the Mystic Ranger District. On Wednesday, 15 fire personnel, a Bear Mountain hand crew, a South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression Division hand crew, two Forest Service dozers, one helicopter and three Forest Service engines worked the fire. Rapid Valley, Black Hawk, North Haines, Rockerville and Whispering Pines volunteer fire departments also assisted. A type II fire team on standby in Denver was expected to arrive Wednesday night to take over operations from the local type III team, Hohn said. The large number of fire resources battling Colorado’s blazes makes it difficult to bring in heavier firefighting power. “We have a lot of outstanding orders that we’re trying to work on,” Hohn said. “It would be nice to have a couple more resources, but with the things we have right now, we’re doing the best we can with the adequate resources we have.” On Wednesday, fire officials shut down Sheridan Lake Recreation Complex sites on the north shore — the beach, boat ramp, marina, group campground and picnic ground — to ensure firefighter and public safety while a helicopter filled its bucket, Slepnikoff said.The south boat launch is also closed, along with the Flume Trail and Centennial Trail between Upper Spring Creek Trailhead and Calumet Point. The south shore family campground, beach and picnic ground remain open. Slepnikoff urged the public to be cautious in the Black Hills and to forgo campfires if possible, especially during this week’s high temperatures. He said an unattended illegal campfire was found Wednesday morning on the Flume Trail by a hiker and had to be put out by firefighters. “If you don’t need a campfire, don’t have one, even in the campgrounds,” Slepnikoff said. “The campgrounds are no different than the rest of the forest: They catch on fire.” |
| Today | Forest / Wild Fire | India | State of Himachal Pradesh, [HP-wide] |  |
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Forest / Wild Fire in India on Friday, 29 June, 2012 at 03:06 (03:06 AM) UTC.
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| Unusually hot and dry conditions this summer have turned the green hills of Himachal Pradesh into a tinderbox – literally. Forest wealth estimated at well over Rs 2 crore (over $400,000) spread over 20,000 hectares has been destroyed in forest fires in just two months this year. A forest department official said the prolonged dry spell, particularly in the mid and low hills, has led to widespread forest fires. Now, the delay in the arrival of monsoon has further aggravated the situation. “More than 20,000 hectares of forest has been destroyed in the wild fires till date. This time the damage to forests is more than 10 times compared to last year’s loss of 1,758 hectares,” Avtar Singh, Chief Conservator (Forest Protection and Fire Control), told IANS. The loss to the forest wealth this season was estimated at Rs.2.44 crore, whereas it was just Rs.43 lakh last year. The total forest loss in 2010 was 7,654 hectares in the state, while it was 24,849 hectares in 2009. Records of the forest department say 22 percent or 8,267 sq km of the total forest area in the state is fire-prone. “The last few days (of the peak summer) are quite challenging. Huge tracts of forest near our village have literally turned into a tinderbox. We are praying for timely showers to end the long dry spell,” said Jeevan Lal, who is settled on the outskirts of Dharampur town in Solan district.Forest officials said most fire incidents are deliberate acts. The local villagers also tend to set grasslands afire to get softer grass after the rains. In most cases, the fire from grasslands spreads to nearby forests. NGO Nature Watch India national convener Rajeshwar Negi, who is based in Shimla, said earlier, fires were mostly confined to pine forests, but now even oak and deodar forests have been experiencing fires. Billowing smoke from the hills of Kasauli, Chail, Dharampur and Shimla towns have become common these days. “It’s simply an ecological disaster. From wild animals to birds to thousands of reptiles to fully grown deodar, Himalayan oak and pine trees, all are simply vanishing due to government callousness,” he said. Sadly, the forest department, he said, has stopped doing its annual ritual of controlled forest fires and clearing of fire lines ahead of the fire season. Citing reports of the Forest Survey of India (FSI), Negi said 100 percent of forest fires in the state are caused by human interference. “The state has no mechanism to restrict human activity. There is a provision under which rights of villagers can be curtailed if they fail to assist the forest department in extinguishing forest fires, but it has not been enforced,” he added. Contrary to Negi, the forest department said besides clearing fire lines and controlled fires ahead of the fire season, it’s involving the locals to counter the fires. Chief conservator Singh said over 100 self-help groups comprising villagers have been formed in Hamirpur, Sirmaur, Shimla, Kangra, Bilaspur and Una districts, where most of the wildfire incidents are being reported. “Every day, the groups patrol the forests to check fire incidents. Such exercises have been on every year during peak summer since 2008.” “Hot spots have been identified. We prefer to stay there till sunset. In the evening, another group of villagers, mainly male adults, replaces us. In case of a fire, we report to the forest guards and other villagers,” said Preeti Verma, a leader of a group from Bamson village in Hamirpur district, where the maximum number of fire incidents have been reported this year. According to the Forest Survey of India report of 2009, Himachal Pradesh has 37,033 sq km of forest area, out of which 3,224 sq km is very dense forest. |
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Storms
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Radiation / Nuclear
Record radiation levels detected at Fukushima reactor
Terra Daily
by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP)
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TEPCO, the operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said Wednesday record amounts of radiation had been detected in the basement of reactor number 1, further hampering clean-up operations.
TEPCO took samples from the basement after lowering a camera and surveying instruments through a drain hole in the basement ceiling.
Radiation levels above radioactive water in the basement reached up to 10,300 millisievert an hour, a dose that will kill humans within a short time after making them sick within minutes.
The annual allowed dose for workers at the stricken site is reached in only 20 seconds.
“Workers cannot enter the site and we must use robots for the demolition,” said TEPCO.
The Fukushima operator said that radiation levels were 10 times higher than those recorded at the plant’s two other crippled reactors, number two and three.
This was due to the poor state of the nuclear fuel in the reactor compared to that in the two others.
The meltdown at the core of three of Fukushima’s six reactors occurred after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and ensuing massive tsunami shut off the power supply and cooling system.
Demolition of the three reactors as well as the plant’s number 4 unit is expected to take 40 years and will need the use of new technologies.
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| Today | Nuclear Event | USA | State of Wisconsin, Two Rivers [Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant] | |
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Nuclear Event in USA on Friday, 29 June, 2012 at 03:22 (03:22 AM) UTC.
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| One of Wisconsin’s three nuclear reactors stopped operating Wednesday night after a problem developed with the plant’s turbine. The problem with the Point Beach reactor occurred shortly before 9 p.m., according to a report that NextEra Energy Services filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The problem took place on the non-nuclear side of the plant and did not pose any safety risks, the company said. NextEra told the NRC that it shut down the reactor and that all safety-related equipment to cool the nuclear reactor operated without problems. The cause of the problem is being investigated, said Sara Cassidy, spokesman for NextEra. “We’ll get it back up as soon as we find out what the issue is and get it safely returned to service,” she said. The reactor is offline during what is projected to be the hottest day of the year, but Wisconsin and Midwest utilities had ample power supply to meet rising demand for power. The other reactor at Point Beach was generating at full power Thursday, as was the nearby Kewanuee Power Station, according to the NRC. Point Beach’s electricity is sold to Milwaukee-based We Energies, WPPI Energy of Sun Prairie and Missouri River Energy Services of Sioux Falls, S.D. “The safety equipment functioned as we expected it to during the shutdown,” said Viktoria Mitlyng, spokeswoman for the NRC’s regional office near Chicago. “Our senior resident inspector was at the plant until midnight making sure things were functioning as they were supposed to with the safety equipment.” |
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Epidemic Hazards / Diseases
| Today | Epidemic Hazard | USA | State of New Mexico, [Rio Arriba and Taos counties] | |
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Epidemic Hazard in USA on Friday, 29 June, 2012 at 02:57 (02:57 AM) UTC.
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| A 9-year-old girl who had not been vaccinated against measles is the first case of the contagious disease in the state since early last year. The New Mexico Department of Health reported it is now working with the girl’s family to identify people who may be been exposed to the disease to prevent more cases. The girl had contacts in both Rio Arriba and Taos counties, according to the DOH. “This case should serve as a reminder to all of us to keep our immunizations up to date, especially when it comes to children,” state Secretary of Health Dr. Catherine Torres said in a statement released by the DOH. “Immunizations are the best tool we have to protect people from serious and potentially life-threatening diseases.” The last confirmed case of measles in New Mexico was reported in February 2011. The DOH described measles as a highly contagious disease easily transmitted from one person to another via droplets or through the air. | |
| Biohazard name: | Measles |
| 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. |
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Solar Activity
2MIN News June 28, 2012
Published on Jun 28, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers
TODAYS LINKS
Magentic Solar Tornados: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/06/120627-sun-solar-tornadoes-st…
Aerosol Map: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78389
EU Summit: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/us-eurozone-idUSBRE85O0CS20120628
Fukushima Record Radiation: http://phys.org/news/2012-06-fukushima-reactor.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]
SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ [Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]
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]
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/cme-based/ [CME Evolution]
RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]
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]
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!]
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Space
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| (2004 CL) | 30th June 2012 | 1 day(s) | 0.1113 | 43.3 | 220 m – 480 m | 20.75 km/s | 74700 km/h | ||
| (2008 YQ2) | 03rd July 2012 | 4 day(s) | 0.1057 | 41.1 | 29 m – 65 m | 15.60 km/s | 56160 km/h | ||
| (2005 QQ30) | 06th July 2012 | 7 day(s) | 0.1765 | 68.7 | 280 m – 620 m | 13.13 km/s | 47268 km/h | ||
| (2011 YJ28) | 06th July 2012 | 7 day(s) | 0.1383 | 53.8 | 150 m – 330 m | 14.19 km/s | 51084 km/h | ||
| 276392 (2002 XH4) | 07th July 2012 | 8 day(s) | 0.1851 | 72.0 | 370 m – 840 m | 7.76 km/s | 27936 km/h | ||
| (2003 MK4) | 08th July 2012 | 9 day(s) | 0.1673 | 65.1 | 180 m – 410 m | 14.35 km/s | 51660 km/h | ||
| (1999 NW2) | 08th July 2012 | 9 day(s) | 0.0853 | 33.2 | 62 m – 140 m | 6.66 km/s | 23976 km/h | ||
| 189P/NEAT | 09th July 2012 | 10 day(s) | 0.1720 | 66.9 | n/a | 12.47 km/s | 44892 km/h | ||
| (2000 JB6) | 10th July 2012 | 11 day(s) | 0.1780 | 69.3 | 490 m – 1.1 km | 6.42 km/s | 23112 km/h | ||
| (2010 MJ1) | 10th July 2012 | 11 day(s) | 0.1533 | 59.7 | 52 m – 120 m | 10.35 km/s | 37260 km/h | ||
| (2008 NP3) | 12th July 2012 | 13 day(s) | 0.1572 | 61.2 | 57 m – 130 m | 6.08 km/s | 21888 km/h | ||
| (2006 BV39) | 12th July 2012 | 13 day(s) | 0.1132 | 44.1 | 4.2 m – 9.5 m | 11.11 km/s | 39996 km/h | ||
| (2005 NE21) | 15th July 2012 | 16 day(s) | 0.1555 | 60.5 | 140 m – 320 m | 10.77 km/s | 38772 km/h | ||
| (2003 KU2) | 15th July 2012 | 16 day(s) | 0.1034 | 40.2 | 770 m – 1.7 km | 17.12 km/s | 61632 km/h | ||
| (2007 TN74) | 16th July 2012 | 17 day(s) | 0.1718 | 66.9 | 20 m – 45 m | 7.36 km/s | 26496 km/h | ||
| (2007 DD) | 16th July 2012 | 17 day(s) | 0.1101 | 42.8 | 19 m – 42 m | 6.47 km/s | 23292 km/h | ||
| (2006 BC8) | 16th July 2012 | 17 day(s) | 0.1584 | 61.6 | 25 m – 56 m | 17.71 km/s | 63756 km/h | ||
| 144411 (2004 EW9) | 16th July 2012 | 17 day(s) | 0.1202 | 46.8 | 1.3 km – 2.9 km | 10.90 km/s | 39240 km/h | ||
| (2012 BV26) | 18th July 2012 | 19 day(s) | 0.1759 | 68.4 | 94 m – 210 m | 10.88 km/s | 39168 km/h | ||
| (2010 OB101) | 19th July 2012 | 20 day(s) | 0.1196 | 46.6 | 200 m – 450 m | 13.34 km/s | 48024 km/h | ||
| (2008 OX1) | 20th July 2012 | 21 day(s) | 0.1873 | 72.9 | 130 m – 300 m | 15.35 km/s | 55260 km/h | ||
| (2010 GK65) | 21st July 2012 | 22 day(s) | 0.1696 | 66.0 | 34 m – 75 m | 17.80 km/s | 64080 km/h | ||
| (2011 OJ45) | 21st July 2012 | 22 day(s) | 0.1367 | 53.2 | 18 m – 39 m | 3.79 km/s | 13644 km/h | ||
| 153958 (2002 AM31) | 22nd July 2012 | 23 day(s) | 0.0351 | 13.7 | 630 m – 1.4 km | 9.55 km/s | 34380 km/h | ||
| (2011 CA7) | 23rd July 2012 | 24 day(s) | 0.1492 | 58.1 | 2.3 m – 5.1 m | 5.43 km/s | 19548 km/h | ||
| (2012 BB124) | 24th July 2012 | 25 day(s) | 0.1610 | 62.7 | 170 m – 380 m | 8.78 km/s | 31608 km/h | ||
| (2009 PC) | 28th July 2012 | 29 day(s) | 0.1772 | 68.9 | 61 m – 140 m | 7.34 km/s | 26424 km/h | ||
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Biological Hazards / Wildlife
| Today | Biological Hazard | Nigeria | State of Katsina, Gatakawa | |
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Biological Hazard in Nigeria on Friday, 29 June, 2012 at 03:21 (03:21 AM) UTC.
| Description | |
| Fifty four victims of food poisoning in Gatakawa village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State have survived food poisoning. The Chief Nursing Officer of the Kankara General Hospital, Mr Joshua Danjuma, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, in Kankara, that they were brought to the hospital same day and put on admission. He said the victims reportedly consumed a local cake prepared with treated beans meant for planting. “The beans had been mixed with chemicals and prepared to be used as seeds but was bought by a woman who prepares bean cake for sale.’’ Danjuma said that all the victims had survived what could have been a tragedy after series of medications, stressing that they were admitted at the stage of convulsion. He said the victims, who included school children and adults, were brought to the clinic unconscious with most of them vomiting and excreting some substances. Danjuma said that samples of the flesh of animals, which died after drinking the water used in washing the beans, had been taken to Katsina for further medical test. He said that a medical team from the state government also assisted in treating the victims. Danjuma said the last four patients were discharged from the hospital on Thursday. The Primary Health Care Coordinator of Kanakara Local Government Area, Alhaji Sani Kusada, confirmed the incident. He said the victims were supported with drugs and other items needed to contain the situation. Kusada commended the effort of the caretaker committee chairman of the area, Alhaji Abduhadi Abdullahi, as well as the health workers for promptly responding to the situation. He also urged the people to be vigilant and report such problems to the health centre immediately. NAN recalled that a similar incident had occurred on June 4, in Kafur Local Government where 26 persons consumed locally-made food (Tuwo) prepared with treated guinea corn. | |
| Biohazard name: | Mass. Food Poisoning |
| Biohazard level: | 2/4 Medium |
| Biohazard desc.: | Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents. |
| Symptoms: | |
| Status: | confirmed |
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Articles of Interest
Researchers find icy tomb on glacier of aircraft that crashed, killing all 52 on-board, SIXTY years ago
- Harsh weather prevented a recovery in 1952
- Later the authorities could not locate crash site
- 60 years on, victims’ families may finally get answers
- Crash was on Knik Glacier, 45 miles from Anchorage
By Leon Watson
Wreckage found on an Alaskan glacier is the remains of a missing Air Force plane that crashed in the 1950s, killing all 52 people on board.
Authorities revealed today the site has been identified after it was discovered on Knik Glacier near Anchorage earlier this month.
It means the victims’ families may finally get answers as to why their loved ones died nearly 60 years on from the tragedy.
Specialised team: Team members from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command and Northern Warefare Training Center, searches for aircraft wreckage on Knik Glacier near Anchorage, Alaska
Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command spokesperson Captain Jamie Dobson said the wreckage is of a Douglas C-124A Globemaster II.
The Korean War-era Air Force cargo plane crashed on November 22, 1952, NBC station KTUU of Anchorage reported.
It was found on June 10 on Colony Glacier, around 45 miles east of Anchorage, by a UH-60 Blackhawk crew with the Alaska Army National Guard.
While evidence collected by the eight-man team is en route to JPAC’s Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii for further analysis, Cpt Dobson said the plane was identifiable by materials found at the scene.
Identified: Captain Jamie Dobson said the wreckage spotted was that of a Douglas C-124A Globemaster II. The Korean War-era Air Force cargo plane went missing on November 22
‘Some of the evidence has already been positively correlated with this crash,’ Cpt Dobson told KTUU.
Harsh weather prevented a recovery at the time and later the authorities could not locate it.
The Globemaster II entered Air Force service in 1950 as the world’s largest transport plane.
Its forward loading ramp and aft cargo elevator, as well as its ability to carry 68,500 pounds of cargo or 200 passengers on two decks of seating, made it the Air Force’s primary heavy-lift transport into the early 1960s.
Workhorse: The Douglas C-124C Globemaster II was the largest transport aircraft when it was introduced into service in 1950
In action: Seen here in the Korean War the aircraft’s unique front-loading system allowed for 68,000lbs of cargo or 200 passengers seated on two decks
The four-propeller transport was eventually replaced by the C-141 Starlifter jet, but its name lives on in Alaska skies with the C-17 Globemaster III, operated by the 517th Airlift Squadron at Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Crash researcher Tonja Anderson, whose grandfather Airman Isaac Anderson died in the crash, told KTUU the cargo plane was on a flight from McChord Air Force Base in Washington to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage when it crashed near the 8,000ft level of Mount Gannett.
Locator map: The crash site area is on Knik Glacier near Anchorage, Alaska
Spotted On A Faraway Alien Planet
MessageToEagle.com – Dramatic climate changes in the upper atmosphere of a faraway exoplanet have been observed by astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Just after a violent flare on its parent star bathed it in intense X-ray radiation, the planet’s atmosphere gave off a powerful burst of evaporation.
Astronomer Alain Lecavelier des Etangs (CNRS-UPMC, France) and his team used Hubble to observe the atmosphere of exoplanet HD 189733b during two periods in early 2010 and late 2011, as it was silhouetted against its parent star.
| While backlit in this way, the planet’s atmosphere imprints its chemical signature on the starlight, allowing astronomers to decode what is happening on scales that are too tiny to image directly.The observations were carried out in order to confirm what the team had previously seen once before in a different planetary system: the evaporation of an exoplanet’s atmosphere (heic0403).HD 189733b has a blue sky, but that’s where the similarities with Earth stop.
The planet is a huge gas giant similar to Jupiter, but it lies extremely close to its star, just one thirtieth the distance Earth is from the Sun. |
Even though its star is slightly smaller and cooler than the Sun, this makes the planet’s climate exceptionally hot, at above 1000 degrees Celsius, and the upper atmosphere is battered by energetic extreme-ultraviolet and X-ray radiation.
As such, it is an excellent candidate to study the effects of a star on a planetary atmosphere.
“The first set of observations were actually disappointing,” Lecavelier says, “since they showed no trace of the planet’s atmosphere at all. We only realised we had chanced upon something more interesting when the second set of observations came in.”
Artist’s impression of exoplanet HD 189733b as it passes in front of its parent star. Credit: NASA, ESA, L. Calçada
The team’s follow-up observations, made in 2011, showed a dramatic change, with clear signs of a plume of gas being blown from the planet at a rate of at least 1000 tonnes per second. “We hadn’t just confirmed that some planets’ atmospheres evaporate,” Lecavelier explains, “we had watched the physical conditions in the evaporating atmosphere vary over time.
Nobody had done that before.”
The next question was: why the change?
Despite the extreme temperature of the planet, the atmosphere is not hot enough to evaporate at the rate seen in 2011. Instead the evaporation is thought to be driven by the intense X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet radiation from the parent star, HD 189733A, which is about 20 times more powerful than that of our own Sun. Taking into account also that HD 189733b is a giant planet very close to its star, then it must suffer an X-ray dose 3 million times higher than the Earth.
What HD 189733b could look like – Artist’s impression of a giant hot exoplanet. (Courtesy: Spitzer Space Telescope).
Evidence to support X-ray driven evaporation comes from simultaneous observations of HD 189733A with the Swift satellite, which, unlike Hubble, can observe the star’s atmosphere-frying X-rays. A few hours before Hubble observed the planet for the second time, Swift recorded a powerful flash of radiation coming from the surface of the star, in which the star briefly became 4 times brighter in X-rays.
“X-ray emissions are a small part of the star’s total output, but it is the part that it is energetic enough to drive the evaporation of the atmosphere,” explains Peter Wheatley (University of Warwick, UK), one of the co-authors of the study.
“This was the brightest X-ray flare from HD 189733A of several observed to date, and it seems very likely that the impact of this flare on the planet drove the evaporation seen a few hours later with Hubble.”
X-rays are energetic enough to heat the gas in the upper atmosphere to tens of thousands of degrees, hot enough to escape the gravitational pull of the giant planet. A similar process occurs, albeit less dramatically, when a space weather event such as a solar flare hits the Earth’s ionosphere, disrupting communications. While the team believes that the flash of X-rays is the most likely cause of the atmospheric changes they saw on HD 189733b, there are other possible explanations.
For example, it may be that the baseline level of X-ray emission from the star increased between 2010 and 2011, in a seasonal process similar to the Sun’s 11-year sunspot cycle.
Regardless of the details of exactly what happened to HD 189733b’s atmosphere, which the team hope to clarify using future observations with Hubble and ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray space telescope, there is no question that the planet was hit by a stellar flare, and no question that the rate of evaporation of the planet’s atmosphere shot up.
This research has relevance not only for the study of Jupiter-like planets. Several recent discoveries of rocky “super Earths” near their parent stars are thought to be the remnants of planets like HD 189733b, after the complete evaporation of their atmospheres.
MessageToEagle.com via ESA
See also:
Evidence Of An Ancient Ocean On Mars
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