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- 2012-09-09 05:39:20 UTC
- 2012-09-09 15:39:20 UTC+10:00 at epicenter
- 145km (90mi) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
- 438km (272mi) SSW of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
- 457km (284mi) SSW of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
- 462km (287mi) SSW of Yelizovo, Russia
- 1997km (1241mi) NE of Tokyo, Japan
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- 2012-09-08 10:51:43 UTC
- 2012-09-08 19:51:43 UTC+09:00 at epicenter
- 48km (30mi) WNW of Nabire, Indonesia
- 279km (173mi) SSE of Manokwari, Indonesia
- 377km (234mi) NE of Tual, Indonesia
- 496km (308mi) ESE of Sorong, Indonesia
- 1126km (700mi) NNE of Darwin, Australia
© The Associated Press/Joey MureThis photo shows a storm cloud over the Breezy Point area of Queens section of New York, on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012.
Firefighters were still assessing the damage, but no serious injuries were reported and the area affected by the storm appeared small.
Videos taken by bystanders showed a funnel cloud sucking up water, then sand, and then small pieces of buildings, as it moved through the Breezy Point section of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens.
Residents had advance notice. The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for Queens and Brooklyn at around 10:40 a.m. The storm took people by surprise anyway when it struck about 30 minutes later.
"I was showing videos of tornadoes to my 4-year-old on my phone, and two minutes later, it hit," said neighborhood resident Peter Maloney. "Just like they always say, it sounded like a train."
In the storm's wake, the community of seaside bungalows was littered with broken flower pots, knocked-down fences and smashed windows.
© Jeff Roberson/APStorm clouds roll in over Busch Stadium as the St. Louis Cardinals prepare to take on the Milwaukee Brewers in a baseball game on Friday night.
The storms left damaged homes, downed trees and thousands of power outages in their wake as they swept across Oklahoma, weather.com reported.
Two adults and an infant were found dead inside their destroyed mobile home after it was blown into a ravine in Nowata County, according to Doug Sonenburg, undersheriff of Nowata County.
The storms sent high winds through much of northeastern Oklahoma late Friday, causing road closures and evacuations in some areas.
Public Service Company of Oklahoma reported 17,790 customers without power, and at least 2,885 Oklahoma Gas and Electric customers were without electricity.
Yunnan Province, China - A huge half-meter-long earthworm was found in the gutter of a residential house Thursday in Binchuan Country, Yunnan Province in southwest China.
Li Zhiwei, a worker from the Forestry Bureau of Binchuan County, saw the slinking worm by the gutter when he was putting out some Chinese dates to dry in the backyard.
"It looked like a snake, I looked carefully and found it was actually a huge earthworm," said Li, who added that he decided to keep the worm and raise it in his backyard.
The elongated earthworm has attracted neighbors, who have never seen one this long before.
Depending on the species, an adult earthworm can be anywhere from 10 mm long and 1 mm wide to 3 m long and over 25 mm wide.
The second Beverly Hills earthquake in a week caused no reported damage, but it did prompt worried calls to the front desk from guests at the deluxe Montage Beverly Hills hotel. "Do we need to evacuate?" they asked. "We do get guest calls as soon as they happen," said Andrew Tredici, overnight supervisor. Tredici said hotel staff could easily distinguish locals or others accustomed to tremors from East Coast and foreign guests for whom the earth movements were a more startling experience.
Two earthquakes centered near Beverly Hills have struck this week. A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 12:03 a.m. Friday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter was one mile from Century City, two miles from West Hollywood, nine miles from Inglewood and nine miles from the Los Angeles Civic Center.
A magnitude 3.2 temblor hit Beverly Hills on Monday. That quake set off some security alarms but caused no damage.
Tredici said the smaller earthquakes are manageable. On Monday, he said, "A couple of things fell down in the gift shop." Even though Friday morning's quake was stronger, the hotel found no evidence of damage or spills. Still, said Tredici, who recently relocated to the Los Angeles area from Arizona: "We don't want a 5.5 or, God forbid, an 8."
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Two earthquakes centered near Beverly Hills have struck this week. A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 12:03 a.m. Friday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter was one mile from Century City, two miles from West Hollywood, nine miles from Inglewood and nine miles from the Los Angeles Civic Center.
A magnitude 3.2 temblor hit Beverly Hills on Monday. That quake set off some security alarms but caused no damage.
Tredici said the smaller earthquakes are manageable. On Monday, he said, "A couple of things fell down in the gift shop." Even though Friday morning's quake was stronger, the hotel found no evidence of damage or spills. Still, said Tredici, who recently relocated to the Los Angeles area from Arizona: "We don't want a 5.5 or, God forbid, an 8."
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In Phoenix, Ariz., a massive dust cloud more than 2,500 feet high and stretching some 30 miles blew through the area. The phenomenon, known as a haboob, is becoming a familiar sight in the skies around Arizona. TODAY's Tamron Hall reports.
Two earthquakes struck in Huron, Calif., Friday, registering magnitudes of 4.2 and 4.0, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The first earthquake hit at 6:22 a.m. PT. One minute later, the 4.2 earthquake was reported.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was eight miles from Avenal, Calif., nine miles from Kettleman City, Calif., 17 miles from Coalinga, Calif., and 132 miles from San Jose. Huron, Calif., is about 50 miles south of Fresno.
About six hours earlier, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck Beverly Hills. Thousands of people reported feeling it, the Associated Press reported.
A spokesman from the USGS told NBC News the earthquakes caused no reported damage.
Seismologists say the quakes are not on the San Andreas Fault and weren't triggered by a magnitude-7.6 earthquake in Costa Rica, according to the Associated Press.
The first earthquake hit at 6:22 a.m. PT. One minute later, the 4.2 earthquake was reported.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was eight miles from Avenal, Calif., nine miles from Kettleman City, Calif., 17 miles from Coalinga, Calif., and 132 miles from San Jose. Huron, Calif., is about 50 miles south of Fresno.
About six hours earlier, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck Beverly Hills. Thousands of people reported feeling it, the Associated Press reported.
A spokesman from the USGS told NBC News the earthquakes caused no reported damage.
Seismologists say the quakes are not on the San Andreas Fault and weren't triggered by a magnitude-7.6 earthquake in Costa Rica, according to the Associated Press.
Residents of the Chinese city of Chongqing were surprised to find that the famous Yangtze river had turned a shade of red yesterday.
The colouration of the waters of Asia's longest river was reported at several points.
The cause for the river turning red is still under investigation by officials, but that did not stop many locals carrying out their normal water-based activities.
