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Thousands of small earthquakes have hit Vancouver region since Christmas

Sonia Aslam
news1130.com
Wed, 06 Jan 2016 10:57 UTC
A closeup of a seismograph machine needle drawing a red line on graph paper depicting seismic and eartquake activity
A closeup of a seismograph machine needle drawing a red line on graph paper depicting seismic and eartquake activity
A little over a week after our region was rattled, we're learning there have been thousands of small earthquakes to hit the South Coast since Christmas, but experts insist it's nothing worry about.

The area, along with rest of the Pacific Northwest is in a natural seismic cycle right now.

The reason you shouldn't panic is because this happens about once every year or so, although the numbers right now are way above average.

Typically over a 10-day period we see about 200 tremors, but between January 1st and 4th, there have been more than 2,400 and since Christmas there have been 8,000.
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4.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near Rio Dell, California


Los Angeles Times
Wed, 06 Jan 2016 10:49 UTC
Earthquake reader
A shallow magnitude 4.3 earthquake was reported Wednesday evening 19 miles from Rio Dell, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 9:49 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 10.6 miles.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was 23 miles from Fortuna, 36 miles from Eureka and 40 miles from Bayside.

In the past 10 days, there have been five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author.
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Magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits rain-soaked Southern California; landslides reported

Nick Wiltgen
The Weather Channel
Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:21 UTC
The red circle outlines the epicenter of the earthquake that struck southern California Wednesday morning, Jan. 6, 2016
The red circle outlines the epicenter of the earthquake that struck southern California Wednesday morning, Jan. 6, 2016
A shallow 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook inland sections of Southern California Wednesday morning. Landslides were reported in the area near the epicenter, which had been soaked by heavy rainfall Tuesday.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 6:42 a.m. PST just north of Banning, a city of 30,000 in the San Gorgonio Pass along Interstate 10 between San Bernardino and Palm Springs.

The quake was shallow, occurring 10.4 miles (16.7 kilometers) below the ground. The USGS originally estimated the focal depth as an even shallower 1 mile (1.6 km). Shallow earthquakes generally produce stronger ground shaking near the epicenter than do deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.


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Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas rattled by strong back-to-back earthquakes

Mark Leberfinger
AccuWeather
Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:14 UTC
Oklahoma earthquakes map
© USGSA map shows the epicenter of a 4.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, which was felt in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.
Two strong earthquakes rocked Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas on Wednesday night.

The quakes were recorded as magnitudes 4.7 and 4.8, respectively, the United States Geological Survey reported.

The larger temblor was centered 19 miles south-southeast of Alva, Oklahoma, west of Enid, at 10:28 p.m. CST, the USGS said. The first quake occurred 30 seconds before the larger quake near Fairview, Oklahoma.

Both were felt in Wichita, Kansas, where meteorologists from AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions were working.

"The tables shook pretty good as well as our computer screens. Really felt like the whole building was rumbling. We are on the seventh floor so it always seems like it's worse up here," Lead Meteorologist John Lavin said.

The quakes were one of six earthquakes to be reported within 90 minutes Wednesday night in Oklahoma, according to USGS data.

Comment: See also: There is growing evidence that fracking and earthquakes are linked:

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Series of earthquakes hit Siargao Island town in the Philippines

Mike Crismundo
Manila Bulletin
Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:51 UTC
Epicenter map of 5.2 earthquake
© PhivolcsEpicenter map of 5.2 earthquake
A series of earthquakes rattled Siargao Island town, in Surigao del Norte early this morning, January 6, 2015.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the strong earthquake with 5.2 magnitude quake was registered at 4:36 a.m. Its epicenter was plotted at 32 kilometers (km) northeast of Burgos town, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, with a depth of 12 km.

A magnitude 4.2 magnitude tremor also recorded at 4:31 a.m. of the same day, with epicenter traced at 56 km northeast at the same town, with a depth of 13 km, the state agency said.

Another 3.0 magnitude earthquake was also registered at 5:31 a.m. also on the same day and same town of Burgos with the epicenter 48 km northeast, with a depth of 88 kilometers, Phivolcs, in its bulletin said.

The series of earthquakes that rocked the island town are all tectonic in origin, it said.

The action center of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) in Surigao del Norte said there were no casualties or damages reported when the earthquake hit the tourist island.
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5.0 magnitude earthquake hits Trinidad


Stabroek News
Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:40 UTC
Earthquake graph
© Science Photo Library
Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada registered a 5.0 magnitude earthquake yesterday and the experts are warning of more to come.

According to the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre, the earthquake occurred at 10:33 a.m. North of the Paria Peninsula Trinidad, at a depth of 33 kilometres.

"This zone is one of the most active areas around Trinidad so that this event is not surprising and well within our range of expected activity", according to a statement from the SRC.

Director of the SRC, Dr Joan Latchman said Tuesday's quake was not generated by the Kick'em Jenny underwater volcano located eight kilometres north of Grenada.

She said the earthquake is one of many expected to occur during the year.
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Freak foam phenomenon filmed as stormy weather hits north west France

Siobhan McFadyen
Daily Mirror, UK
Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:01 UTC
seawater foam covered this town
Taken over: this seawater made up of dissolved salts covered this town
At first glance it looks like this quaint town has been hit by a snow storm.

But taking a closer look it's more like a scene from Sci-fi movie as it becomes apparent it is in fact covered in a foamy white substance.

The scene greeted locals in Saint Guénolé in north west France last Saturday morning after a particularly stormy night.

The quaint fishing village was submerged in huge quantities of sea foam after a number of storms came rolling into Europe last week - bringing with them some bizarre weather phenomenon.

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Dead minke whale found washed up on Shoebury beach, UK

Sean Axtell
Echo (Shoebury, UK)
Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:45 UTC
35ft minke whale
35ft whale found on Shoebury beach
A whale, the length of a bus, has been found washed up in Shoebury.

Coastguards discovered the 35ft minke whale near East Beach, on the Ministry of Defence base in Shoebury yesterday.

Experts from the Natural History Musuem, London, arrived at the scene to inspect the mammal, usually found in waters off Canada, Iceland and occasionally Scotland.

It is believed to have died after being hit by a boat.

Coastguards received reports of the mammal, weighing up to ten tonnes, floating in the estuary on Monday afternoon. It was finally tracked down by 2pm yesterday.

A spokesman for Thames Coastguard said beached whales were very uncommon.
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Storms blow little auk seabirds from the Arctic into Falkirk, Scotland

Scott McAngus
The Falkirk Herald
Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:24 UTC
Little auks
© SSPCA Little auks
Stranded Arctic seabirds similar to penguins have been found in Falkirk after being blown inland by the recent storms.

Several little auks, which usually winter far out at sea in Europe and North America, were found in the Falkirk area, including in Callendar Park, this week.

The SSPCA say they were "weak and thin" when officers rescued them after being contacted by members of the public.

The cute birds usually live on the open sea, however, it is believed they have been swept ashore by recent storms Eva and Frank.

Colin Seddon, manager of the Scottish SPCA's National Wildlife Rescue Centre, said, "We have rescued many little auks from all over Scotland this past week, including several found in the Falkirk area, which have been caught out by the recent storms.

"These birds normally winter far out to sea and have been blown inland. The little auks we have rescued were found weak and thin and would have had great difficulty taking off once grounded."
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CCTV shows moment huge blocks of snow fall off shop roof onto pedestrians in Turkey

Jon Dean
Daily Mirror, UK
Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:56 UTC
Snow falls on shoppers
© LiveLeak/DHACalm before the storm: Shoppers mill about on the High Street oblivious to the danger
This is the breath-taking moment a group of unwitting shoppers are felled by a MASSIVE snowfall .

The clip shows pedestrians milling about on a busy high street in Turkey.

Out of nowhere, a few flakes of snow begin to fall from the shop roofs above.

Then suddenly several tonnes of the white stuff descends from the heavens.

One man gets hit with such force that he collapses to the ground.

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