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According to the Institute of Geodynamics the epicenter of the earthquake was in the city of Chalkida, Euboea, 54 kilometers north of Athens. The focal depth of the quake was detected at five kilometers.
Historically, earthquakes have caused widespread damage across central and southern Greece, the islands of the Ionian Sea, Crete, Cyprus, Sicily and other neighboring regions.
In January, a series of strong earthquakes on the western island of Kefalonia damaged hundreds of homes and injured more than a dozen people.
The biggest earthquake in Jersey and Guernsey on the Channel Islands for almost 90 years has struck, with a magnitude of 4.2.
Rumbles of sounds were heard as windows rattled when the quake struck at a depth of seven miles around 12 miles west of St Helier at 12.54pm.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) said it was the largest earthquake to have hit the region since a 5.6-magnitude quake on February 17, 1927.A spokesman for the BGS said it was also felt weakly on the South Coast of England, but only caused "very minor" damage.
One local thought a plane had crashed nearby, while another reported that the impact was enough to make them jump and go outside.
Rumbles of sounds were heard as windows rattled when the quake struck at a depth of seven miles around 12 miles west of St Helier at 12.54pm.
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Jersey hit by biggest earthquake in 90 years.
Jersey hit by biggest earthquake in 90 years.
One local thought a plane had crashed nearby, while another reported that the impact was enough to make them jump and go outside.
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2014-07-11 19:22:00 UTC
2014-07-12 04:22:00 UTC+09:00 at epicenter
Location
37.069°N 142.364°E depth=13.3km (8.2mi)
Nearby Cities
129km (80mi) ESE of Namie, Japan
131km (81mi) E of Iwaki, Japan
147km (91mi) ENE of Kitaibaraki, Japan
151km (94mi) ENE of Takahagi, Japan
284km (176mi) ENE of Tokyo, Japan
Scientific data
Comment: This is getting uncomfortably close to Fukushima! Namie lies in Fukushima prefecture.
A necropsy performed on the whale, found near the heel of the island at Port Royal Plantation, did not reveal a cause of death. More tests to check for viruses or other conditions that led to the 700-pound mammal's stranding will be completed in coming weeks, said Jessica Conway, a marine mammal technician with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
It was the first pilot whale to be stranded on Beaufort County shores since 2012, when one was found on Hunting Island.
The whale on Hilton Head was found near marker 118 at about 6 a.m. by a beachgoer who notified the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.
A group of about eight people tried to push the dying whale back into the water, according to an email to The Island Packet from an onlooker. The whale had been thrashing in the surf, but was dead by 7:30 a.m. when volunteers with the island's Sea Turtle Protection Project arrived.
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Just as the camera went black, so did the man’s ability to function.
Just as the camera went black, so did the man’s ability to function.
Chad Greenless, a resident of Arvade, Colorado was standing on his front porch with a camera in hand, ready to record an intense summer storm Monday night.
It was in the middle of filming that the unexpected happened: Greenless was struck by the very lightning he had set out to record.
It's not the first time an attempt to use technology has resulted in a lightning strike, either. Just last week, a Peterborogh man was struck by lightning when he tried to live tweet a storm.
Eyewitness News reported that Greenless was paralyzed at the moment of contact, but is now slowly recovering at home.
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Willie Harris says he couldn't believe his eyes. "So when I was going to use the restroom, I see a snake around the commode and I'm thinking it was a joke."
But once Harris saw the snake move a few times, he knew this was no laughing matter.
Comment: Reports of snakes being found in toilets have been an alarmingly regular occurrence lately!
Woman bitten by snake while on toilet in Naron, Spain
Man finds snake in Starbucks bathroom
Python living down the toilet
Mystery behind the 3ft snake found in an Exeter, UK toilet
Snake takes over couple's toilet in Brisbane, Australia
Man finds 2ft snake in bathroom of Bideford,UK property
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Rachel McGough is the manager at the Sherwin Williams paint store in East Huntingdon Township. She noticed the doe Tuesday morning as she was about to open the store.
"There was a deer standing outside the liquor store," Said McGough. "Thought that was pretty funny, so I took a picture of it. And it started to charge me!"
She didn't know what to think as the doe began pushing her.
"Oh my God! This deer is going to kill me," she said.
McGough says the stuff she was carrying actually helped a little.
"I had a couple of bags with me that I shoved at it trying to get away. One of the bags got looped around its neck, which allowed me to get a couple feet away," said McGough.
Turns out, two guys up at the McDonald's had been watching the deer cross the parking lot and then come over to McGough. They became Good Samaritans when they came running down and tackled the deer.
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A barn swallow hunting over a flowering oilseed rape field, Spain.
A barn swallow hunting over a flowering oilseed rape field, Spain.
New research has identified the world's most widely used insecticides as the key factor in the recent reduction in numbers of farmland birds.
The finding represents a significant escalation of the known dangers of the insecticides and follows an assessment in June that warned that pervasive pollution by these nerve agents was now threatening all food production.
The neonicotinoid insecticides are believed to seriously harm bees and other pollinating insects, and a two-year EU suspension on three of the poisons began at the end of 2013. But the suspected knock-on effects on other species had not been demonstrated until now.
Peer-reviewed research, published in the leading journal Nature this Wednesday, has revealed data from the Netherlands showing that bird populations fell most sharply in those areas where neonicotinoid pollution was highest. Starlings, tree sparrows and swallows were among the most affected.
Starlings like this one have been impacted by the use of a neonicotinoid chemical according to scientists
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Tree sparrow
Tree sparrow
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The carcass of one of the two rhinos after it was shot in The Kruger National Park, South Africa.
The carcass of one of the two rhinos after it was shot in The Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Some 558 rhino have been killed in South Africa already this year, setting the country on course for a gruesome new record number of poaching deaths, wildlife officials said on Thursday.
Despite stepped-up efforts to curb the scourge, the number of animals killed is around 100 higher than at the same point in 2013, a year which saw a record 1,004 deaths.
The vast, tourist-filled Kruger National Park has been hardest hit.
"Since January 2014, 351 rhinos have been poached in the park," the department of environmental affairs said.
Comment: USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.8 - 129km ESE of Namie, Japan