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Shallow 5.5 magnitude earthquake rattles northern Greece

Anastasios Papapostolou
Greek Reporter
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 22:01 UTC
earthquake near Ioannina, Greece
© Athens Institute of Geodynamics
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale striked near the city of Ioannina in northern Greece at 11.14pm local time according to the Athens Institute of Geodynamics. The epicenter was located 10km deep at the village of Pogoni, north west of Ioannina. There have been no reports of damage or injuries.

Earthquakes have historically caused widespread damage across central and southern Greece, Cyprus, Sicily and other neighboring regions.
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Cloud Lightning

Rare red sprites captured on video over northern Italy


Observatoire géophysique, Val Terbi
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:13 UTC
Rare red sprites caputred on film over northern Italy from Switzerland
© OGVT - Observatoire géophysique, Val TerbiRed Sprites captured on film by Swiss observers over northern Italy

Comment: Website Space Weather noted a geomagnetic storm on Friday 14th October 2016 (though it began early on Thursday 13th):

'GEOMAGNETIC STORM UNDERWAY: Auroras are dancing around the Arctic Circle on Oct. 14th as Earth slowly exits the magnetized wake of a CME that struck two days ago. Currently, geomagnetic storms are flickering between categories G1 and G2.

WHAT'S NEXT? On Oct. 15th, another disturbance is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field. This time it's coming from a coronal hole -- a gap in the sun's atmosphere from which solar wind flows:

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory took this picture on Oct. 13th. It shows the dark coronal hole pointing almost directly at Earth
© NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory took this picture on Oct. 13th. It shows the dark coronal hole pointing almost directly at Earth. At the leading edge of the emerging solar wind stream is a co-rotating interaction region (CIR)--that is, a transition zone between slow- and fast-moving solar wind. Shock waves and density gradients in CIRs often do a good job sparking auroras, so when it arrives on Oct. 15th polar auroras are likely'

More documentation of this increasing phenomenon: For a deeper understanding of the changes occurring on the planet read Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk

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Attention

Woman suffers leg injuries in shark attack off Maui, Hawaii; 5th such incident for the area so far this year

Rosemarie Bernardo
Honolulu Star Advertise
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:00 UTC
Shark attacks
A 66-year-old Washington state woman was injured in a suspected shark attack in waters off Charley Young Beach in Kihei this morning.

Maui County Fire Services Chief Edward Taomoto said the woman sustained injuries to her lower leg, and was transported to Maui Memorial Medical Center in serious condition after the attack, which occurred shortly before 10 a.m.

The woman, a part-time Kihei resident, had been snorkeling in waters about 40 feet from the shore at a depth of seven feet when the attack occurred, according to a state Department of Land and Natural Resources news release.

A nearby stand-up paddleboarder heard the woman yell for help an responded to the scene. The paddler pulled the woman onto the board and brought her to shore. Also, a visitor from Washington state swam out to assist her.

Two nurses and a firefighter from the mainland who were on vacation treated the woman on the beach before lifeguards arrived, according to a Maui County Fire Department news release.
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Attention

Dead Blainville's beaked whale found on beach in Taiwan


Focus Taiwan
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:42 UTC
Blainville's beaked whale
Blainville's beaked whale
Coast guard personnel and residents move the carcass of an 800-kilogram whale to the high-water mark on a beach in offshore Kinmen County, in order for the whale to be dissected and analyzed.

The 4-meter long Blainville's beaked whale was found on the shore near Kinmen Airport on Oct. 13.

Dead Blainville's beaked whale
© CNADead Blainville's beaked whale
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Fire

22 homes destroyed and hundreds evacuated in northern Nevada wildfire


Daily Mail (UK)
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:09 UTC
Hand crews finish up work on the Emerald Fire along Highway 89, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 near Lake Tahoe, Nev.
© Randall Benton/The Sacramento BeeHand crews finish up work on the Emerald Fire along Highway 89, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 near Lake Tahoe, Nev.
A trio of wind-whipped wildfires burning along the Sierra Nevada on Friday destroyed 22 homes north of Carson City, forced hundreds of evacuations at Lake Tahoe and temporarily closed a major highway connecting Reno to the mountain lake.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval declared a state of emergency as hundreds of firefighters battled the most dangerous fire, which is still threatening hundreds of structures in the Washoe Valley along Interstate 580 and U.S. Highway 395 between Reno and Carson City.

No serious injuries have been reported but four firefighters have been treated for smoke inhalation, said Tia Rancourt, spokeswoman for the Sierra Front Interagency Fire Dispatch Center.

The wildland blaze that continued to burn out of control Friday night has charred about 3 square miles of brush and timber. It forced the closures of numerous schools and roads, and triggered widespread power outages.

Federal disaster funds were approved late Friday to help cover firefighting costs in the parched area that has only recently shown signs of recovering from a five-year drought

About 500 firefighters were on the scene Friday night at the so-called Little Valley fire, which broke out about 1:30 a.m. in the mountains between Lake Tahoe and Washoe Valley about 8 miles north of Carson City.


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Rare tornado hits Manzanita, Oregon

Rafi Letzter
Business Insider
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 16:56 UTC
Tornado damages Manzanita
Tornado damages Manzanita
Two tornadoes struck the Pacific Northwest Friday as a major storm system closed in on Oregon and Washington State.

One began as a waterspout over the ocean, before moving overland and causing damage in the beach town of Manzanita, Oregon. A video shared on Twitter Friday afternoon appears to show the waterspout moving overland.

The National Weather Service Portland twitter account appeared to support the video's authenticity. Two men can be heard discussing the sight, and at one point one describes it as a "freaking twister."

Stunning video of the Tornado heading towards #Manzanita #CoastTornado #koin6news pic.twitter.com/rVLJg6P6l5

— Dan Tilkin (@DanTilkinKOIN6) October 14, 2016

Comment: See also: Rare tornado hits Oregon as Pacific Northwest braces for more extreme weather

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6.4 magnitude earthquake recorded off Papua New Guinea


Earthquake Track
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 14:06 UTC
Chart
© Reuters
6.4 magnitude earthquake 144 km from Kimbe, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

2016-10-15 08:03:38 UTC

UTC time: Saturday, October 15, 2016 08:03 AM

Your time: 2016-10-15T08:03:38Z

Magnitude Type: mwb

USGS page: M 6.4 - 145km NNE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Reports from the public: 0 people
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Shallow 4.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Black Sea, felt in Istanbul


Daily Sabah
Sat, 15 Oct 2016 13:57 UTC
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 magnitude struck Black Sea on Oct. 15 and was felt in Istanbul.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 magnitude struck Black Sea on Oct. 15 and was felt in Istanbul.
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred in the Black Sea and was felt in the Istanbul province and other northwestern provinces, at 11:18 a.m. on Saturday.

The quake occurred 192 kilometers northeast of Istanbul and 11.4 kilometers below the surface level according to Boğaziçi University's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, which said the earthquake's magnitude was 4.8.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) stated that the magnitude was 5.2, whereas the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the magnitude was 5.3.

Some locals were panicked due to the active seismic history of the region.
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Floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew drown millions of farm animals in North Carolina

Laura Bult
New York Daily News
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:18 UTC
An aerial view is seen of a neighborhood that was flooded after Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, North Carolina October 10, 2016.
© Reuters/Chris KeaneAn aerial view is seen of a neighborhood that was flooded after Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, North Carolina October 10, 2016.
Millions of farm animals in North Carolina drowned in the floodwaters caused by Hurricane Matthew.

In addition to the massive amount of agricultural casualties, flooded farms in North Carolina — the state with the world's highest concentration of pork production — have also caused pools of hog feces to swell and spill into local waterways, officials said.

The animal death toll was highest among chicken farms, with roughly 5 million birds perishing in the rising waters, according to North Carolina environmental officials.

There was a "tremendous loss of life on the poultry side," said Donald van der Vaart, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.
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Fish

Thousands of fish washing up on river bank in Guilford, Connecticut

Tina Detelj
wtnh.com
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:50 UTC
Dead fish
Dead fish
For folks who come to the West River it was a shocking scene. Dead fish on both banks.

There is still menhaden or bunker fish in the river but last week there were a whole lot more.

Thousands and thousands were seen in New Haven's Long Wharf and they were also seen on the West River in Guilford. That's where Maria Paine noticed them last week.

"The river at high tide was... looked like to was boiling water there were so many fish," says the Guilford resident.

Paine was among many to send in pictures of what she saw once the tide receded through News8's report it feature.

"You know it just looked like litter for a second," says Paine. "I was like why is there all this white debris all over the place. That's what caught my eye."
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