Earth Changes
A covering of hailstones in Calgary
It started around 6:30 p.m.
Some vehicles became stuck on the Deerfoot, partially submerged in water.
The epicenter, with a depth of 614.72 km, was initially determined to be at 18.9196 degrees north latitude and 145.1144 degrees east longitude.
© Daniel Ščerba
Red Sprites from MCS storm over Slovakia.
Red Sprites from MCS storm over Slovakia.
"My camera was set up in the Jeseniky mountains," says Ščerba-Elza. "The sprites were more than 200 km away, across over border with Slovakia." Considering the distances involved, the jellyfish must have been nearly 50 km tall, measured from heads to tentacle-tips.
"The storm was very active," continues Ščerba-Elza. "During my observing session, I observed more than 30 clusters like this."
This kind of hyperactivity may be boosted by Solar Minimum, happening now. During this low phase of the solar cycle. cosmic rays from deep space flood into the inner solar system, allowed in by the sun's weakening magnetic field. Some models hold that cosmic rays help sprites get started by creating conductive paths in the atmosphere. That would make the summer of 2020 a good time to look for jellyfish in the sky.
The epicenter of the temblor was located 85.3 kilometers southeast of Yilan County Hall at a focal depth of 54.8 km, according to CWB data. Taiwan uses an intensity scale of 1 to 7, which gauges the degree to which a quake is felt at a specific location.
The quake's intensity registered as a 3 in Yilan County, Hualien County, Nantou County, Hsinchu County, Taitung County, Yunlin County, and Chiayi County. An intensity level of 2 was registered in Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Keelung City, Taichung City, New Taipei City, Miaoli County, Changhua County, Chiayi City, Kaohsiung City, and Tainan City.
A lesser intensity of 1 was felt in Hsinchu City, Pingtung County, and Penghu County. No injuries resulting from the quake had been reported at the time of publication.
© European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
6.7 magnitude earthquake near the southern Japanese islands of Ryukyu.
6.7 magnitude earthquake near the southern Japanese islands of Ryukyu.
Despite the depth, the quake was felt in Okinawa, as well as Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, according to local media. No information on possible damage or casualties was immediately available.
The call came from the 900 block of Trojan Avenue in Hartford around 5:40 p.m., according to a release from the sheriff's office. Hartford Area Fire and Rescue arrived first and found a 6-week-old boy with "several bite wounds" from a dog.
The child was taken by helicopter to a hospital, where he died of his injuries, according to the release.
The dog, a Belgian Malinois, was a family pet, according to the sheriff's office, and was taken by the Sioux Falls Area Humane Society.
Mexico's met agency Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) reported 221.2 mm of rain in 24 hours in the city of Veracruz on 11 June. Flooding was reported in areas around the city, and in the north of the state, in particular the municipality of Papantla, where some areas were cut off.
According to local media reports, flood waters of up to 1 metre deep were reported in parts of Veracruz City, where houses were damaged and around 900 families were affected. One fatality was reported in Ignacio de la Llave municipality.
Comment: Extremely bright 'jellyfish' sprites easily visible with naked-eye over Colorado