Earth Changes

Australia: Earthquake Magnitude 4.7 - Northern Territory

US Geological Survey
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:39 UTC

Date-Time:
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 21:59:35 UTC

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 07:29:35 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location:
21.069°S, 135.432°E

Depth:
9.8 km (6.1 miles)

Region:
NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA

Distances:
334 km (208 miles) NNE (29°) from Alice Springs, Australia

1180 km (733 miles) WSW (245°) from Cairns, Australia

1744 km (1084 miles) SE (144°) from DILI, East Timor

Baby dolphin deaths spike on Gulf Coast

Karen Nelson
Sun Herald
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:50 UTC

© James Edward/Sun Herald
Mammal Studies research intern Rhiannon Blake takes tissue and organ samples from a male baby dolphin discovered on the beach in Gulfport on Monday.

Gulfport -- Baby dolphins, some barely three feet in length, are washing up along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines at 10 times the normal rate of stillborn and infant deaths, researchers are finding.

The Sun Herald has learned that 17 young dolphins, either aborted before they reached maturity or dead soon after birth, have been collected along the shorelines.

The Institute of Marine Mammal Studies is doing necropsies, animal autopsies, on two of the babies now.

Earthquake Magnitude 6.4 - South of The Fiji Islands

USGS
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:04 UTC

Date-Time:
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 10:57:53 UTC

Monday, February 21, 2011 at 10:57:53 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
26.083°S, 178.439°E

Depth:
561.8 km (349.1 miles)

Region:
SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

Distances:
505 km (315 miles) NW of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands

620 km (385 miles) SE of Ceva-i-Ra, Fiji

1245 km (770 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand

1725 km (1070 miles) NNE of WELLINGTON, New Zealand

High Winds Topple U.S. National Christmas Tree

Reuters
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:49 UTC

America's National Christmas Tree came tumbling down Saturday in a windstorm that battered the U.S. capital.

The 47-year-old, 42-foot-high (13-metre) Colorado blue spruce, which the president lit each year to mark the Christmas season, snapped near its base on the Ellipse near the White House.

"We're glad that there are no injuries," said Bill Line, a spokesman for the National Park Service.

Pilots, boaters adjust to shift in magnetic north

Ken Kaye
Sun Sentinel
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:24 UTC

Magnetic north, the point at the top of the Earth that determines compass headings, is shifting its position at a rate of about 40 miles per year. In geologic terms, it's racing from the Arctic Ocean near Canada toward Russia.

As a result, everyone who uses a compass, even as a backup to modern GPS navigation systems, needs to be aware of the shift, make adjustments or obtain updated charts to ensure they get where they intend to go, authorities say. That includes pilots, boaters and even hikers.

"You could end up a few miles off or a couple hundred miles off, depending how far you're going," said Matthew Brock, a technician with Lauderdale Speedometer and Compass, a Fort Lauderdale company that repairs compasses.

New Zealand: Oyster Virus Shuts Hatchery

Bill Moore
The Nelson Mail
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:18 UTC

A herpes virus that has devastated North Island oyster farms and so far cost about $12 million in potential sales has shut the pioneering Nelson hatchery that supplies 20 per cent of New Zealand's stock.

No explanation has yet been found for how the virus, which has killed about half of Northland's farmed pacific oysters due for harvest next year, got into the Cawthron Institute's hatchery at The Glen.

But there was nothing to suggest that the hatchery itself, opened with great fanfare in mid-2009, was the source of the outbreak, Cawthron business development manager Mike Mandeno said yesterday.

"It's a temporary setback for us in terms of producing more stock. We'll be trying again at the end of the month."

Juvenile-farmed Northland oysters began dying towards the end of last year and the cause was identified by MAF scientists as a form of herpes which poses no risk to humans but which has been blamed for killing large numbers of oysters in France over the past three years. It is also found in many other countries, including Australia.

Mt. Bulusan Erupts: Major Volcano Eruption In Philippines

Huffington Post
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:52 UTC

Philippines volcano Mount Bulusan erupted on Monday morning at 9:15 a.m. local time, per the ABS-CBN News Channel.

Ash and steam from the explosion reached as high as 2 kilometers, according to the report.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer posted this photo of the Mount Bulusan eruption to Posterous.

Journalist Harold Geronimo of Manila, Philippines, was the first to report the eruption on Twitter, sending this tweet from his Blackberry minutes after the eruption.

Mount Bulusan had increased volcanic activity in November 2010, spewing ash and steam over several days (the photo above is from Nov. 2010). Families were evacuated at the time.

Russia: Earthquake Magnitude 5.9 - Near the East Coast of Kamchatka

USGS
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:48 UTC

Date-Time:
Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 21:43:20 UTC

Monday, February 21, 2011 at 09:43:20 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
55.920°N, 162.114°E

Depth:
9.3 km (5.8 miles) set by location program

Region:
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA

Distances:
260 km (160 miles) WNW of Nikol'skoye, Komandorskiye Ostrova, Rus.

380 km (235 miles) SSE of Palana, Koryakia, Russia

395 km (245 miles) NNE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

6660 km (4140 miles) NNE of MOSCOW, Russia 1

New Zealand: Stranded Whales Put Down on Stewart Island

One News
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:35 UTC

Time, hot dry conditions and a pending storm warning beat any attempts to save a large pod of pilot whales that beached themselves on Stewart Island.

The 107-strong pod was discovered by two trampers on Saturday.

Department of Conservation(DoC) biodiversity manager Brent Beavan says it took them several hours before they could raise the alarm.

Beavan says when DoC staff reached the whales, with about half their number still alive, they were stranded high up on the beach with the tide going out.

He said they were quickly aware that it would be at least 10 to 12 hours before any attempt could be made to re float them.

Middle East: Earthquakes hit Northern Emirates

Emirates 24/7
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:07 UTC

Measured 3.0 and 2.0 on Richter scale; no damage reported

Tremors from earthquake were felt twice in the Northern Emirates on Sunday evening but there was no news of damage, according to the UAE's national network stations for monitoring earthquakes.

For the first time, the quake was felt in Fujairah and Hatta areas at 5.10 pm UAE time measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale. While the second quake was felt only in Fujairah at 7.10 pm measuring 2.0.

National Center of Meteorology & Seismology (NCMS) said the epicentre of the earthquakes was 24 kilometres southwest of Fujairah and 10 kilometres east of Hatta.

The residents living in the vicinity of epicentre said they felt mild tremors but there was no news of loss or damage.

On January 19, tremors from a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Pakistan were felt across the UAE.

The UAE, which is located close to one of the world major earthquake zone in Iran, has some fault zones in the northern emirates.

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Earth Changes

Australia: Earthquake Magnitude 4.7 - Northern Territory

Baby dolphin deaths spike on Gulf Coast

Earthquake Magnitude 6.4 - South of The Fiji Islands

High Winds Topple U.S. National Christmas Tree

Pilots, boaters adjust to shift in magnetic north

New Zealand: Oyster Virus Shuts Hatchery

Mt. Bulusan Erupts: Major Volcano Eruption In Philippines

Russia: Earthquake Magnitude 5.9 - Near the East Coast of Kamchatka

New Zealand: Stranded Whales Put Down on Stewart Island

Middle East: Earthquakes hit Northern Emirates

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