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Strong earthquake hits Indian ocean, south of Bandung, Indonesia


BNO News
Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:57 UTC
Indonesia earthquake
© USGS8.198 °S 107.419 °E depth=35.4 km (22.0 mi)
The earthquake, which struck at 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, was centered 152 kilometers southwest of Tasikmalaya, or 163 kilometers south of Bandung. It struck about 10 kilometers deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to BMKG, which is Indonesia's seismological agency.

BMKG, which measured the earthquake at a preliminary 6.1, said there was no tsunami threat as a result of the tremor. The earthquake was felt throughout parts of Java Island but there was no immediate word on whether it had caused any damage or casualties.

Indonesia is on the so-called 'Pacific Ring of Fire', an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent and large earthquakes. In December 2004, a magnitude-9.1 tremor, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded, struck off the west coast of Sumatra, unleashing a massive tsunami that struck scores of countries in the region and killed at least 227,898 people.
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Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes northwest of Vanuatu


stuff.co.nz
Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:08 UTC
The earthquake struck 109km west-south-west of Sola, Vanuatu, USGS said.
© USGSThe earthquake struck 109km west-south-west of Sola, Vanuatu, USGS said.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 has struck near the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says.

The earthquake struck 109km west-south-west of Sola, Vanuatu, at 6.58pm (NZT) at a depth of 33.7 km, the USGS said.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre did not issue a Pacific-wide tsunami warning.

"Based on all available data a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected," the centre said.

A similarly-sized quake struck the same area on Sunday without causing any damage.

Source: Reuters
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7.2 magnitude quake strikes off Vanuatu islands


Sputnik
Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:16 UTC
Vanuatu
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked off Vanuatu in the Pacific on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.

No casualties or damage have been reported.

​The Vanuatu islands are part of the so-called Ring of Fire — a horseshoe-shaped region in the Pacific Ocean formed by volcanoes and tectonic faults. Ninety percent of all earthquakes occur in the Ring.
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Strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes Alaska, no tsunami warning


The New Indian Express
Sat, 02 Apr 2016 11:27 UTC
An earthquake with magnitude 6.2 occurred near Port Heiden,100 kilometers northeast of Chignik Lake, southwestern Alaska.
An earthquake with magnitude 6.2 occurred near Port Heiden,100 kilometers northeast of Chignik Lake, southwestern Alaska.
A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated remote region of southwestern Alaska, the US Geological Survey that monitors quakes worldwide reported.

The quake struck at 0550 GMT on Saturday on the Aleutian arc some 654 kilometers southwest of Anchorage, and 100 kilometers northeast of Chignik Lake, Alaska.

The National Tsunami Warning Center said that no watch, warning or advisory would be issued for the quake.

"A tsunami is NOT expected to be generated by this earthquake," the Center said.

The earthquake epicenter was 58 miles below the surface, the Alaska Earthquake Center reported.
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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake rumbles off coast of Papua, New Guinea


Honolulu Star Advertiser
Fri, 01 Apr 2016 19:27 UTC
Earthquake Papua New Guinea
© USGS
A strong quake off the coast of Papua New Guinea this morning does not pose a tsunami threat to Hawaii.

The magnitude 6.1 temblor struck 75 miles northeast of Angoram, Papua New Guinea at 9:24 a.m. this morning at a depth of 9.2 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue any advisories for the quake. No injuries were immediately reported.
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits off Japan coast


Channel News Asia
Fri, 01 Apr 2016 03:43 UTC
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The quake hit at 11:39 am (0239 GMT) off the coast of Japan's main Honshu island, at a location about 350 kilometres (395 miles) southwest of Tokyo.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck south west Japan on Friday (Apr 1), 56 kilometres from Shingu city, according to the US Geological Survey.

The quake hit at a depth of 10 km just before midday local time and was felt throughout Wakayama prefecture.

Local media reported the quake initially at magnitude 6.1 with NHK saying Tokaido Shinkansen services were suspended temporarily as a precaution.

No tsunami alert was issued. Although there may be slight sea-level changes in coastal regions, no damage was expected, the Japan Meteorological Agency said

Earthquakes are common throughout Japan; more than 750 have been registered in the past year.

Japan sits at the junction of four tectonic plates and experiences around 20 percent of the world's most powerful earthquakes.

But rigid building codes and strict enforcement mean even powerful tremors frequently do little damage.

A massive undersea quake that hit in March 2011 sent a tsunami barrelling into Japan's northeast coast, leaving 18,500 people dead or missing, and sending several reactors into meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant in the worst atomic accident in a generation.

CNA/Reuters/AFP/jb
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Best of the Web: Signs of Change: Earth changes, extreme weather and meteor fireballs in March 2016

HawkkeyDavis
Youtube
Thu, 24 Mar 2016 05:59 UTC
signs of change March 2016
© Youtube/HawkkeyDavis (screen capture)
Sea life washing up dead - Earth opening up to swallow rivers and vehicles - Record rainfall in Peru, flooding in Rio de Janeiro - Loud booms of unknown origin shaking homes - Strongest earthquake so far in 2016 hits Indonesia - Meteors lighting up the night sky - Yet another '1-in-1,000-years' rain event flooding central and southern US - Heavy snow in Mexico - A year's worth of rain in one day flooding Persian Gulf states...

This series does not mean the world is ending! These are videos showing a series of extreme weather events that are leading to bigger Earth Changes. If you're following the series, you're seeing the signs. It's much more than one video...

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Magnitude 3.8 earthquake rocks Southcentral Alaska, on anniversary of 1964 quake


Alaska Dispatch News
Sun, 27 Mar 2016 06:45 UTC
Earthquake graph
A magnitude-.3.8 earthquake struck east of Anchorage on Sunday -- which just happened to coincide with the 52nd anniversary of the devastating magnitude-9.2 earthquake that reshaped the Southcentral Alaska landscape.

According to information from the Alaska Earthquake Center, Sunday's brief temblor was centered just 7 miles southeast of Eagle River and 17 miles east of Anchorage, at a depth of 16.7 miles. It occurred at 8:18 p.m. The center initially assessed the magnitude at 4.0, but later revised the estimate downward.

It could be felt in Alaska's largest city.

Sunday's earthquake just happened to fall on March 27, the same day as the magnitude-9.2 Good Friday earthquake that struck 52 years earlier. That quake was the second-strongest ever recorded.
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Oklahoma experiences 23% increase in earthquakes this year

Keaton Fox
Fox25
Mon, 21 Mar 2016 00:00 UTC
oklahoma earthquakes
The total number of earthquakes across Oklahoma has increased 23 percent from this time last year, though most of the quakes are very small according to USGS data.

Oklahoma started the year slowly for the total number of quakes, though now has seen a large jump in the number of quakes registering 1.9 magnitude or smaller, year-to-date.

So far in 2016, the state has seen 142 of the very small quakes. At this time in 2015, the state registered 16.

Overall, 2016 has had a total of 825 quakes compared to 2015's 671.

Comment: While drilling activity may be driving some of the earthquake activity in Oklahoma, seismic events have been increasing globally:



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Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes southeast of Ust'-Kamchatsk, Russia


USGS
Sun, 20 Mar 2016 22:50 UTC
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Kamchatka earthquake
© USGS54.333 °N 162.799 °E depth=31.3 km (19.5 mi)
Time
  1. 2016-03-20 22:50:20 (UTC)
  2. 2016-03-20 18:50:20 (UTC-04:00) in your timezone
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Nearby Cities
  1. 211km (131mi) S of Ust'-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
  2. 309km (192mi) ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
  3. 317km (197mi) ENE of Yelizovo, Russia
  4. 329km (204mi) ENE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
  5. 2733km (1698mi) NNE of Tokyo, Japan
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