Earthquakes
USGS Sicily, Italy
Mar 28 23:17 PM
4.3 238.9 MAP
GEOFON Sicily, Italy
Mar 28 23:17 PM
4.1 230.0 MAP
EMSC Sicily, Italy
Mar 28 23:17 PM
4.0 243.0 MAP
EMSC South Of Java, Indonesia
Mar 28 23:09 PM
4.8 56.0 MAP
USGS South Of Java, Indonesia
Mar 28 23:09 PM
4.8 51.3 MAP
GEOFON South Of Java, Indonesia
Mar 28 23:09 PM
5.0 10.0 MAP
EMSC Oaxaca, Mexico
Mar 28 22:33 PM
4.5 10.0 MAP
USGS Oaxaca, Mexico
Mar 28 22:33 PM
4.5 10.0 MAP
EMSC Eastern Turkey
Mar 28 21:55 PM
3.0 5.0 MAP
USGS Mona Passage, Puerto Rico
Mar 28 21:49 PM
2.5 15.5 MAP
GEONET Canterbury
Mar 28 21:40 PM
3.6 8.0 MAP
GEOFON Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
Mar 28 21:37 PM
4.5 82.0 MAP
EMSC Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
Mar 28 21:37 PM
4.6 100.0 MAP
USGS Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
Mar 28 21:37 PM
4.6 95.2 MAP
EMSC Crete, Greece
Mar 28 20:58 PM
3.4 20.0 MAP
EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Mar 28 20:41 PM
4.6 2.0 MAP
EMSC Western Turkey
Mar 28 20:22 PM
2.5 4.0 MAP
USGS Dominican Republic Region
Mar 28 20:12 PM
3.5 43.0 MAP
EMSC Greece
Mar 28 19:47 PM
3.7 2.0 MAP
USGS Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Mar 28 17:42 PM
4.2 2.5 MAP
EMSC Spain
Mar 28 17:22 PM
3.3 30.0 MAP
EMSC Sweden
Mar 28 17:01 PM
2.4 1.0 MAP
USGS Kodiak Island Region, Alaska
Mar 28 14:50 PM
2.6 39.7 MAP
EMSC Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Mar 28 13:45 PM
4.6 60.0 MAP
USGS Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Mar 28 13:45 PM
4.6 64.2 MAP
GEOFON Northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Mar 28 13:45 PM
4.5 51.0 MAP
EMSC Czech Republic
Mar 28 13:41 PM
2.8 10.0 MAP
EMSC Sumbawa Region, Indonesia
Mar 28 13:07 PM
4.6 92.0 MAP
USGS Sumbawa Region, Indonesia
Mar 28 13:07 PM
4.4 79.4 MAP
GEOFON Sumbawa Region, Indonesia
Mar 28 13:07 PM
4.8 10.0 MAP
EMSC Kyrgyzstan
Mar 28 12:54 PM
3.8 3.0 MAP
GEOFON Fiji Islands Region
Mar 28 12:49 PM
4.5 591.0 MAP
EMSC Eastern Turkey
Mar 28 11:46 AM
3.0 9.0 MAP
USGS Unimak Island Region, Alaska
Mar 28 11:43 AM
2.6 41.6 MAP
USGS Baja California, Mexico
Mar 28 11:19 AM
2.9 12.3 MAP
USGS Southern California
Mar 28 10:09 AM
3.3 5.5 MAP
EMSC Turkey-syria-iraq Border Region
Mar 28 09:56 AM
2.5 9.0 MAP
USGS Virgin Islands Region
Mar 28 09:54 AM
3.4 32.2 MAP
EMSC Eastern Turkey
Mar 28 09:51 AM
2.5 3.0 MAP
EMSC Dodecanese Islands, Greece
Mar 28 09:11 AM
2.7 1.0 MAP
EMSC Dodecanese Islands, Greece
Mar 28 08:55 AM
3.4 20.0 MAP
GEOFON Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
Mar 28 08:54 AM
5.2 30.0 MAP
USGS Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
Mar 28 08:54 AM
5.2 20.2 MAP
EMSC Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
Mar 28 08:54 AM
5.2 10.0 MAP
GEOFON Pacific Antarctic Ridge
Mar 28 08:25 AM
5.5 10.0 MAP
GEONET Manawatu
Mar 28 07:59 AM
3.6 15.0 MAP
EMSC Armenia
Mar 28 07:43 AM
2.9 2.0 MAP
EMSC Crete, Greece
Mar 28 06:06 AM
2.4 1.0 MAP
USGS Off The Coast Of Oregon
Mar 28 05:42 AM
4.4 10.1 MAP
GEOFON Off Coast Of Oregon
Mar 28 05:42 AM
4.4 10.0 MAP
EMSC Off Coast Of Oregon
Mar 28 05:42 AM
4.6 10.0 MAP
EMSC Oaxaca, Mexico
Mar 28 05:39 AM
4.5 9.0 MAP
USGS Oaxaca, Mexico
Mar 28 05:39 AM
4.5 9.4 MAP
USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Mar 28 05:14 AM
4.4 34.4 MAP
EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Mar 28 05:14 AM
4.6 20.0 MAP
GEOFON Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Mar 28 05:13 AM
4.5 10.0 MAP
EMSC Western Turkey
Mar 28 04:58 AM
2.8 12.0 MAP
EMSC Iran-iraq Border Region
Mar 28 04:50 AM
3.7 10.0 MAP
USGS Northern Alaska
Mar 28 04:15 AM
2.8 7.9 MAP
GEONET Bay Of Plenty
Mar 28 03:25 AM
3.3 5.0 MAP
EMSC Pakistan
Mar 28 03:19 AM
4.5 48.0 MAP
GEOFON Pakistan
Mar 28 03:19 AM
4.6 10.0 MAP
USGS Pakistan
Mar 28 03:19 AM
4.5 3.7 MAP
EMSC Crete, Greece
Mar 28 03:15 AM
2.5 1.0 MAP
USGS Baja California, Mexico
Mar 28 02:07 AM
3.1 5.3 MAP
EMSC Eastern Turkey
Mar 28 02:02 AM
2.4 9.0 MAP
EMSC Poland
Mar 28 01:51 AM
2.6 2.0 MAP
EMSC Near The Coast Of Western Turkey
Mar 28 01:46 AM
2.6 8.0 MAP
USGS Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Mar 28 01:27 AM
4.7 20.5 MAP
EMSC Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan
Mar 28 01:27 AM
4.7 10.0 MAP
EMSC Aegean Sea
Mar 28 01:20 AM
2.4 13.0 MAP
USGS Puerto Rico Region
Mar 28 01:16 AM
2.6 64.6 MAP
USGS Central California
Mar 28 00:30 AM
2.9 3.6 MAP
EMSC Aegean Sea
Mar 28 00:20 AM
3.2 14.0 MAP
GEOFON Kermadec Islands Region
Mar 28 00:15 AM
4.9 33.0 MAP
EMSC Volcano Islands, Japan Region
Mar 28 00:13 AM
4.8 91.0 MAP
USGS Volcano Islands, Japan Region
Mar 28 00:13 AM
4.6 89.1 MAP
EMSC Aegean Sea
Mar 28 00:09 AM
2.8 8.0 MAP
Moderate quake hits Indonesia’s East Java
JAKARTA, (Xinhua) – A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 in the Richter scale hit Indonesia’s East Java province at 06:09 local time on Thursday (2309 GMT on Wednesday), the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said here.
The tremor was centered at 129 kilometers southwest Jember city and at depth of 15 kilometers under seabed.
The agency did not release a tsunami warning.
http://english.people.com.cn/90777/7772934.html
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)
Alert level raised for remote Alaska volcano
The alert level for a remote Alaska volcano has been raised again after scientists found another lava dome has formed in the crater in the last week.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory on Wednesday increased the level for Cleveland Volcano, a 5,675-foot peak on uninhabited Chuginadak Island about 940 miles southwest of Anchorage.
The status was raised earlier this year when the center detected two small, likely ash-poor eruptions through March 13, but lowered the alert level last week after 10 days of inactivity.
Scientists can’t actively monitor the volcano because there is no real-time seismic monitoring network on the volcano in the Aleutian Islands.
Authorities say sudden eruptions could occur at any time, and ash clouds 20,000 feet above sea level are possible.
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/national-world/144732955.html
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Volcanic Activity
Lava dome grows inside Anak Krakatau volcano – rattled by 438 quakes
INDONESIA – An active lava dome is growing inside the summit crater of Krakatau volcano. Our tour expedition leader Andi just returned from a visit and reports that the dome is now about 100 m wide, and has 2 main active vents that eject jets of incandescent gas. At night, the glow from the dome is clearly visible from Rakata and Sertung islands, and a continuous intense solfatara plume is rising about 500 m above the summit…..
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Radiation
Japan
nuclear reactor has fatally high radiation, no water –Tuesday’s examination with an industrial endoscope detected radiation levels up to 10 times the fatal dose inside the chamber. 27 Mar 2012 One of Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and hardly any water to cool the No. 2 reactor, according to an internal examination Tuesday that renews doubts about the plant’s stability. Plant officials previously said more than half of melted fuel has breached the core and dropped to the floor of the primary containment vessel, some of it splashing against the wall or the floor. Particles from melted fuel have probably sent radiation levels up to dangerously high 70 sieverts per hour inside the container, said Junichi Matsumoto, spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co……
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5izZXHoP17G8R-yOYb9RjczkhL1UQ
Japan
Fukushima Pref. deleted 5 days of radiation dispersion data just after meltdowns
The Fukushima Prefectural Government revealed on March 21 that it deleted five days of early radiation dispersion data almost entirely unread in the wake of the meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The data from the System for Prediction of Environmental Emergency Dose Information (SPEEDI) – intended to predict the spread of radioactive contamination, information vital for issuing evacuation advisories – was emailed to the prefectural government by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The Nuclear Safety Technology Center sent the data hourly starting at 11:54 p.m. on March 12, 2011 – one day into the nuclear crisis. The Fukushima Prefectural Government, however, deleted all the data it received from March 12 to about 9 a.m. March 16……
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120322p2a00m0na012000c.html
California
Feds:San Onofre nuclear plant can’t reopen until problems fixed
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, citing serious concerns about equipment failures at the San Onofre nuclear plant, on Tuesday prohibited plant operator Southern California Edison from restarting the plant until the problems are thoroughly understood [?!?] and fixed. The plant has already been shut down for two months, the longest in San Onofre’s history, after a tube leak in one of the plant’s steam generators released a small amount of radioactive steam. Neither regulators nor Edison have said when they believe the plant will reopen. Since then, unusual wear has been found on hundreds of tubes…..
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/nrc-prohibits-san-onofre-restarting.html
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Storms
Tropical Storm Threat to Vietnam Late Week
A tropical storm could form over the South China Sea out of low pressure gathering east of southern Vietnam at midweek.
Torrential rain and high winds could reach the south-central coast of Vietnam by Saturday.
As of Wednesday, the center of low pressure was almost 500 miles east of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/tropical-storm-threat-to-vietn/63364
Tropical storm could hit NZ next week
A tropical storm could hit New Zealand next week, a forecaster says.
Weatherwatch.co.nz said a tropical low forming 2000km north of New Zealand is set to track towards the North Island.
Head weather analyst Philip Duncan said the storm could strengthen into a tropical cyclone before its predicted arrival in New Zealand as early as Tuesday next week.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10795115
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Solar Activity
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From n3kl.org
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Solar System
ATREX EXPERIMENT LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT SKY:
Before sunrise on March 27th, sky watchers up and down the eastern seaboard of the United States witnessed a strange apparition. A quintet of milky-white plumes appeared in the night sky, twisting in the winds at the edge of space. “It was pretty unreal and very exciting to see,” says eye-witness Jack Fusco, who sends this picture from Seaside Park in New Jersey:
An amazing sky show created by the rapid-fire launch of five rockets from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. It was an experiment named “ATREX” to study turbulent winds in the transition zone between Earth’s atmosphere and space….
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Mysterious Booms / Rumblings
Clintonville booms quiet down, frustrations remain
Residents still left wondering
by: Bill Miston
CLINTONVILLE – One week after noises and vibrations started waking and shaking residents in the small Waupaca County city, Clintonville experienced a fairly quiet Saturday night and Sunday morning with only three reports to police.
While there is an official cause on the books, (the United States Geological Service concluded Thursday a 1.5 magnitude earthquake shook the town shortly after 5 am Tuesday) some residents like Joanne Christiansen say rampant speculation is not helping bring normalcy back to their town.
“Everybody’s acting either like it’s a hoax,” said Christiansen, who moved back to Clintonville in October. “Or the people that are already here – that know that it happened – they have no idea. They’re very confused.”….
http://www.fox11online.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=16926
Clintonville booms quiet down, frustrations remain: fox11online.com
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Wildlife
Bird Species Endangered
One-Third of U.S. Bird Species Endangered, Survey Finds
Habitat destruction, pollution and other problems have left nearly a third of the nation’s 800 bird species endangered, threatened or in serious decline, according to a study issued on Thursday. Described as the most comprehensive survey of American bird life, the report, “The U.S. State of the Birds,” analyzed changes in the bird population over the last 40 years. Citing surveys by government agencies, conservation organizations and citizen volunteers, the report said that the population of grassland birds had declined by 40 percent and birds in arid lands by 30 percent. It estimated that 39 percent of bird species that depend on American coastal waters were in decline.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/science/earth/20bird.html?_r=1
