Earth Changes

Kermadec Islands - Earthquake Magnitude 6.0

US Geological Survey
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:04 UTC

Date-Time:
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 13:06:45 UTC

Friday, June 18, 2010 at 01:06:45 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
33.065°S, 179.817°E

Depth:
156.1 km (97.0 miles)

Region:
SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS

Distances:
220 km (135 miles) SSW of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands

475 km (295 miles) SSW of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands

625 km (390 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand

1020 km (630 miles) NNE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand

US: Earthquake Magnitude 4.2 - Washington

US Geological Survey
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:57 UTC

Date-Time:
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 14:23:24 UTC

Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 07:23:24 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
46.118°N, 120.745°W

Depth:
2.2 km (1.4 miles) set by location program

Region:
WASHINGTON

Distances:
31 km (19 miles) S (186°) from White Swan, WA

34 km (21 miles) N (10°) from Goldendale, WA

35 km (22 miles) SSW (206°) from Harrah, WA

154 km (95 miles) ENE (69°) from Vancouver, WA

Noctilucent Clouds Are Brightening Over Europe

SpaceWeather.com
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:58 UTC

Observers in Europe are reporting brightening displays of noctilucent clouds (NLCs). "We had a lovely show on June 15th," says Peter McCabe of Dundalk, Co.Louth, Ireland. "The electric-blue colors were striking." He took this picture using a Canon 450D:

"They were not the most intense NLCs I've seen, says McCabe, "but they bode well for the weeks ahead." Indeed, as northern summer unfolds, NLCs should become even more intense. The seasonal peak is not fully understood but it rarely fails to produce vivid displays in June and July.

Australia: Woman dies as storms and snow hit Victoria

ABC News
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:56 UTC

A woman has died after she was hit by a falling tree at Woori Yallock, east of Melbourne, as heavy storms swept across the state.

An Ambulance Victoria spokesman says the woman was hit by a tree around 11:00am (AEST) and died at the scene.

The wild weather has brought down trees and cut power to some areas.

Justin Kibell from the State Emergency Service (SES) says they have had 300 calls for help so far today after receiving about 100 calls overnight.

"These requests have been around trees that have been blown down on to roads or on to property, on to cars," he said.

"We've also had a number of roofs that have been dislodged with roofing materials blown off."

Kamchatka Volcano Spews Ash to 4,000 Meters

RIA Novosti
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:43 UTC

© Y. Demyanchuk http://www.kscnet.ru
Shiveluch Volcano - The clouds of volcanic ash could also pose threat to air traffic.

Russia's northern most active volcano is churning out ash to a height of 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) in the country's Far East, the local geophysics service said on Thursday.

The 3,283-meter (10,771-foot) Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula last erupted in December 2006 and has been active ever since with the volcano spewing out gas and ash up to 8,000 meters (26,000 feet).

The local seismological service reported registering dozens of tremors within the area in the past 24 hours.

Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore

John Flesher And Tamara Lush
Associated Press
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:39 UTC

Gulf Sores Alabama - Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier. Birds covered in oil are crawling deep into marshes, never to be seen again.

Marine scientists studying the effects of the BP disaster are seeing some strange - and troubling - phenomena.

Fish and other wildlife are fleeing the oil out in the Gulf and clustering in cleaner waters along the coast. But that is not the hopeful sign it might appear to be, researchers say.

Orange Alert for Nevado del Huila Volcano

Kirsten Begg
Colombia Reports
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:00 UTC

The government on Tuesday raised the alert code to orange for the Nevado del Huila volcano in south-west Colombia, after an increased level of volcanic activity was detected.

The Interior Ministry changed the warning code from yellow to orange, after a report issued by the National Observatory of Vulcanology and Seismology and the Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining (Inegominas), warned of a probable eruption within days or weeks.

"According to Inegominas, since Sunday June 13, an evident change has been observed in the volcano's seismic activity, and it is necessary to keep contingency plans activated, in order to avoid emergencies," Minister Fabio Valencia Cossio stated in a press release.

Nevado del Huila has been subdued in recent months, following a period of increased activity in late 2009.

The volcano's summit, at 5,364m above sea level, is the highest in Colombia's Andean Central Cordillera, and the crater is capped by ice.

2.52 million gallons of crude a day: BP leak could be equivalent to Exxon Valdez every four days

Raw Story
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:47 UTC

Scientists provided a new estimate for the amount of oil gushing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday that indicates it could be leaking up to 2.52 million gallons of crude a day.

"That is roughly 2.5 million gallons of oil a day, and it means an amount equal to the Exxon Valdez spill could be gushing from the well about every four days," the New York Times notes.

A government panel of scientists said that the ruptured well is leaking between 1.47 million and 2.52 million gallons of oil daily. The figures move the government's worst-case estimates more in line with what an independent team had previously thought was the maximum size of the spill.

"This estimate brings together several scientific methodologies and the latest information from the sea floor, and represents a significant step forward in our effort to put a number on the oil that is escaping from BP's well," Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in a statement.

The latest numbers reflect an increase in the flow that scientists believe happened after undersea robots earlier this month cut off a kinked pipe near the sea floor that was believed to be restricting the flow of oil, just as a bend in a garden hose reduces water flow. BP officials has estimated that cutting the kinked pipe likely increased the flow by up 20 percent.

BP Gulf Oil spill - aka volcano?

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YouTube
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:27 UTC

Part 1

Dozens dead, missing in China landslides

Terra Daily / Agence-France Presse
Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:33 UTC

Landslides triggered by heavy rain have left at least 24 people dead and another 23 people missing in southern China, state media reported Tuesday.

In the southwest, 23 people were killed when part of a mountain cascaded down onto a construction site in Sichuan province's Kangding county, slamming into tents where the victims were sleeping, the China News Service said.

Seven people were hurt, three of them seriously, it said. Only four workers managed to escape unscathed.

In southeastern China, one person was killed and 23 others were reported missing after a bus was swept off a road by a landslide and dumped into a river in Fujian province, China National Radio said.

Rescue teams, battling the difficult terrain, reached the bus early Tuesday, but found only one body some 100 metres (yards) downstream from the wreck, the report said. Search and rescue efforts were ongoing.

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Earth Changes

Kermadec Islands - Earthquake Magnitude 6.0

US: Earthquake Magnitude 4.2 - Washington

Noctilucent Clouds Are Brightening Over Europe

Australia: Woman dies as storms and snow hit Victoria

Kamchatka Volcano Spews Ash to 4,000 Meters

Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore

Orange Alert for Nevado del Huila Volcano

2.52 million gallons of crude a day: BP leak could be equivalent to Exxon Valdez every four days

BP Gulf Oil spill - aka volcano?

Dozens dead, missing in China landslides

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