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NOAA SEC Space Weather Advisory Bulletin #10- 1: Strong Geomagnetic Storm in Progress

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Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Boulder, Colorado, USA

SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY BULLETIN #10- 1
2010 April 05 at 12:13 p.m. MST (2010 April 05 1213 UTC)

**** STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS ****

A geomagnetic storm began at 05:55 AM EST Monday, April 5, 2010. Space weather storm levels reached Strong (G3) levels on the Geomagnetic Storms Space Weather Scale. The source of the storming is an Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejection associated with a weak solar flare that occurred in Active Region 1059 on April 3 at 05:54 AM EST. This is expected to be an isolated storm that should subside quickly. Other than the flare and CME erupting on April 3, this active region has not produced any significant activity. Systems that can be affected include electric power systems, spacecraft operations, high-frequency communications, GPS, and other navigation systems.

Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services and other observatories, universities, and institutions. More information is available at SWPC's Web site

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Mozambique: Earthquake in Angoche Injures 59

Maputo - An earthquake of a magnitude and epicentre not yet determined hit the district of Angoche, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula on Friday, injuring 59 people.

According to the independent television station STV, besides the injured people, the quake also damaged several buildings, including the local registry office.

Angoche mayor Americo Adamugy, cited by Radio Mozambique, said the earthquake had caused no fatalities.

This earthquake comes a few days after a small tremor hit Chimoio, the capital of the central province of Manica, and some surrounding districts.

Recorded at about 14:00 hours on 30 March, the Manica quake lasted 30 seconds, and was of a magnitude of four on the Richter scale. It did no significant damage, but shook some buildings and caused panic among local residents.

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Small earthquakes occurring on Alaska volcano

Anchorage - A volcano near Anchorage could be waking up.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says a series of small earthquakes began occurring early Monday near the summit of Mount Redoubt, about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage.

Scientists do not know if the earthquakes will result in the volcano becoming explosive, but they say there is a heightened possibility. Last year, the volcano was very active for months, at times producing huge ash plumes and sending mud flows down its flanks.

Rick Wessels, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, says the Mount Redoubt earthquakes are not connected to Sunday's 7.2-magnitude quake in Mexico just south of the U.S. border because the distances are too great.

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Magnitude 6.2 - Molucca Sea, Indonesia

Earthquake Molucca
© USGSEarthquake Location
Date-Time:
Monday, April 05, 2010 at 10:05:42 UTC

Monday, April 05, 2010 at 07:05:42 PM at epicenter

Location:
0.169°S, 125.012°E

Depth:
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Distances:
185 km (115 miles) S of Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

230 km (140 miles) ESE of Gorontalo, Sulawesi, Indonesia

1500 km (930 miles) NNW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia

2130 km (1320 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

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Big Baja quake came from 'chaotic' fault system

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Los Angeles - The strong earthquake that rocked Baja California on Sunday probably occurred on a fault that hadn't produced a major temblor in over a century, scientists said.

Preliminary data suggest Sunday's 7.2-magnitude quake originated on the Laguna Salada fault, which stretches 43 miles along the U.S.-Mexico border. The last time it unleashed a similar-sized quake was in 1892. Since then, the fault has produced occasional magnitude-5 temblors.

In recent days, Baja California's wine-growing region west of the epicenter has been rattled by small quakes between magnitudes 3 and 4.

Whether they were foreshocks to the deadly magnitude-7.2 that struck 38 miles south of Mexicali is not yet known.

"It's such a chaotic system" of faults that needs more researching, said Erik Pounders, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Baja quake appeared to have ruptured about 30 miles of the fault, stopping at the border. Dozens of aftershocks were recorded on both sides of the border within hours of the quake with the largest registering 5.4.

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Quake hits U.S.-Mexico border

A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked the U.S.-Mexico border region Sunday, causing power outages in both countries as it sent out seismic waves felt from Los Angeles to Arizona and Tijuana.

The quake happened at 3:40 p.m. PT in the Mexican state of Baja California, about 60 kilometres southeast of Mexicali, the state's capital city, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The area has been hit by 3.0-magnitude quakes all week.

More than 900,000 people live in the greater Mexicali area.

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Hawaii: Cold Records Fall on 3 Islands

The Easter bunny may be hopping cold these days as winter-like temperatures, created by cool, northerly winds, continue to plague the Islands for the third consecutive day.

This morning's low temperature broke three records for this date.

It was 59 degrees at Honolulu Airport at 6 a.m. breaking the 19-year record of 61 degrees. Yesterday's low at the airport also set a record.

Kahului Airport on Maui was downright chilly this morning where a 54-degree reading was recorded. The previous record was 57 degrees.

This morning's record low also was the lowest temperature ever recorded in April at Kahului.

Hilo Airport on the Big Island was 61 degrees, breaking by 1 degrees the low reading recorded in 1959, 1965, 1973 and 1981.

Lihue Airport on Kauai recorded a 60-degree reading, a degree above its record low for this date.

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Magnitude 7.2 - Baja California, Mexico

Baja Earthquake
© USGSEarthquake Location
Date-Time:
Sunday, April 04, 2010 at 22:40:40 UTC

Sunday, April 04, 2010 at 03:40:40 PM at epicenter

Location:
32.128°N, 115.303°W

Depth:
10 km (6.2 miles) (poorly constrained)

Distances:
26 km (16 miles) SW (225°) from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico

60 km (38 miles) SSE (165°) from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

62 km (38 miles) SW (233°) from San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico

167 km (104 miles) ESE (105°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

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Haitians rushing to beat flood season: 37,000 at risk

Port-au-Prince - Mud invades every inch of the saggy handmade tent Mimose Pierre-Louis now calls home.

It spatters the pink bedsheet that serves as her wall, crawls up the acacia branch that plays the role of wobbly tent pole and forms the floor she lies on. Near one end of the tent, a steep slope leads several hundred yards up to the Petionville Club, where elites once played tennis and luxuriated poolside with rum sours. A foot from the other side of the tent, the earth drops 15 feet into a stinking canal-turned-open-sewer since the Jan. 12 earthquake that left more than 1 million Haitians homeless.

Here in Port-au-Prince's largest encampment, a hillside inhabited by as many 70,000 people, Pierre-Louis lives on the edge as the ferocity of Haiti's April-May rainy season approaches.

Confronted with the challenge of destructive rains and floods, international relief agencies have launched an ambitious logistical operation aimed at protecting the Pierre-Louises of this wrecked city. They hope to carve new drainage outlets in the most vulnerable of the hundreds of camps by mid-April and to relocate people living in the most precariously perched tents.

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Peru village mudslide 'kills 20'


At least 20 people have been killed in central Peru after heavy rains sparked a mudslide that engulfed a small village, officials have said. The mudslide struck the village in the Huanuco region. At least another 25 people are reportedly missing.

At least 120 homes had been damaged or destroyed, the officials added.