2017-07-15 12:12:21 UTC
USGS page: M 5.9 - 37km WSW of Tilamuta, Indonesia
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Earth Changes
2017-07-15 12:12:21 UTC
USGS page: M 5.9 - 37km WSW of Tilamuta, Indonesia
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
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An image of a cloud formation during Thursday's storm, taken east of Drayton Valley on Thursday, July 13, 2017.
An image of a cloud formation during Thursday's storm, taken east of Drayton Valley on Thursday, July 13, 2017.
"On July 13, a low pressure system moved through central Alberta triggering widespread thunderstorms, many of which became severe," the weather agency said in its summary of the storm posted to its website on Friday evening.
According to Environment Canada the first tornado touched down about 10 kilometres northwest of Breton at about 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. They gave it a preliminary rating of EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which ranges from the weakest (EF-0) to the strongest (EF-5). The twister's estimated wind speed was between 135 km/h to 175 km/h.
On Friday morning, Environment Canada said it received a report of a second tornado that touched down the same afternoon as the Breton one. It was spotted at 5:56 p.m. over an open field near Athabasca and the weather agency confirmed it did touch down.
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Map shows the location of today’s M=4.2 earthquake in Oklahoma. This quake was widely felt throughout the state, and was also felt in 4 other surrounding states based on USGS felt reports.
Map shows the location of today’s M=4.2 earthquake in Oklahoma. This quake was widely felt throughout the state, and was also felt in 4 other surrounding states based on USGS felt reports.
So far, there are no reports of damage, which is unlikely given this quake's moderate magnitude. Additionally, the USGS PAGER system estimates that economic losses should remain extremely minimal, and any fatalities are very unlikely.
According to the USGS, today's earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.3 km, and was right-lateral strike-slip in nature. This depth is relatively deep for Oklahoma, but still within the range frequently seen. Based on the fault map shown in the Temblor map above, and the strike-slip component of today's earthquake, it occurred on an unmapped fault in the region.
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Record temperatures are being recorded across southern Europe
Record temperatures are being recorded across southern Europe
Wildfires have been sparked in Italy and tourist sites in Greece have been shut because of the heat.
One man died in Spain of suspected heatstroke late Wednesday while working on roads near Seville, where temperatures reached 43C. In nearby Granada the mercury has been recorded at 45.7C.
Spain's meteorological agency AEMA said seven cities including capital Madrid had set record temperatures for July.
It soared to 40.2 C in Madrid, smashing a previous record of 39.6 C recorded in 2015.
New record highs were also set in Badajoz, Caceres, Ciudad Real, Cordoba, Jaen and Teruel.
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Comment: About two months ago (and not so far away) in Staten Island, New York, similar sounds were recorded:
'Banging sounds from the sky' recorded in Staten Island, New York
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FILE - In this June 10, 2003, file photo, Jeff Knight, an entomologist with the Nevada Department of Agriculture, holds a female Mormon cricket north of Reno, Nev.
Experts say this year could be a banner one for Mormon crickets — 3-inch-long bugs named after the Mormon pioneers who moved West and learned firsthand the insect's devastating effect on forage and grain fields.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service reports "significantly higher Mormon cricket populations" on federal land in southwestern Idaho, agency spokeswoman Abbey Powell wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
"There isn't a clear explanation why populations are so much higher this year," Powell wrote. "We know that populations are cyclical. ... In Idaho, in a few locations, we have seen populations as high as 70 per square yard."
The bugs can start to be detrimental to rangeland and crops when they number about 8 per square yard, state officials said.
"A storm came through here early July 4th morning," Mitchell said. "It struck our tree and it had 8 cattle laying around it."
In all Mitchell, who lives in Katy, lost ten cattle: four cows with one calf each; a steer and a heifer during the lightning strike.
He estimates the loss is around $20,000.
"Everything in a 20-foot radius around that tree was dead," Michell said. "They were killed instantly. It's one thing to deal with maybe one cow, but to be overwhelmed with so many it was pretty hard."
A muddy take off... Bodaibo airport pictured several years ago
Vacations ruined by spectacular flood at Bodaibo as the airport is closed for four days, 11 flights grounded.
The freak floods in Irkutsk region have left hundreds of passengers stranded, many of them seeking to escape for beach holidays.
The runway, prone to turning into a mud bath, is now like a lake after the incessant downpours.
Evgeny Yumashev, mayor of Bodaibo, a gold-mining outpost with a 13.104 population, explained: 'The abnormal rains began here, starting from Sunday.
'Looking back, we did not have such weather in a long time.'
Comment: The Weather Network reported almost baseball-sized hail battered homes in Alberta with reports of a tornado touching down near Breton.