Preliminary Earthquake Report:
Magnitude 6.1
Date-Time - 26 Sep 2019 16:36:18 UTC
- 26 Sep 2019 13:36:18 near epicenter
Earth Changes
Preliminary Earthquake Report:
Magnitude 6.1
Date-Time - 26 Sep 2019 16:36:18 UTC
- 26 Sep 2019 13:36:18 near epicenter
Nearly 16,000 people, including some stuck on rooftops and trees, were rescued from Pune city and other parts of the district, they said, adding that four persons were missing.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he was pained to know about the loss of lives due to heavy rains in Pune.
Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said in a statement that the quake struck in the Sea of Marmara at 13:59 pm (10:59 GMT) at 6.9 kilometres below ground.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said eight people were injured and had received treatment. "Apart from small damage, we have not received any reports so far that would pain our hearts," he said.
"He who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities"
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Officers arrived on the scene on Monday at noon and found the boy with life-threatening injuries in a wooded area not far from where he lived. He was then pronounced dead at the scene.
The assumption was he wandered away from his home at God's Lake First Nation into the wooded area, and that was where the attack happened.
The community members living near the forest were forced to shoot several dogs returning to the area.
Pictures posted online show two dogs believed to be those involved in the attack
Neighbours said mum-of-three Elayne Stanley, 44, was mauled at the house in Graham Road, Widnes, on Tuesday evening.
They reported hearing screams from the terrace house before police arrived to find Ms Stanley seriously injured.
Cheshire Police said one of the dogs had to be destroyed while the other had been captured and taken to a secure kennel. No arrests have been made.
Officers made repeated attempts to capture both animals, the force said.
Miru, a female walrus at the Ocean Park in Hong Kong.
The joint expedition by Russia's Northern Fleet and Geographical Society was sailing in the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic Ocean last week when the incident occurred.
Russian military officials said in a statement that the vessel was attacked as researchers were making a landing at Cape Heller on Wilczek Land, an island on the archipelago.
"A group of researchers had to flee from a female walrus who attacked an expedition boat when protecting her cub," the Russian military statement reads, according to the Barents Observer, an English-language news site in the region.
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The sun on Sept. 22, 2019--as blank as a billiard ball.
The sun on Sept. 22, 2019--as blank as a billiard ball.
This is a sign that Solar Minimum is underway and probably near its deepest point. For 2019 overall (January through September), the sun has been blank 72% of the time, comparable to annual averages during the century-class Solar Minimum of 2008 (73%) and 2009 (71%). The current Solar Minimum appears to be century-class as well, meaning you have to go back to the beginnning of the 20th century to find lulls in solar activity this deep.
Contrary to the sound of it, "Solar Minimum" is not boring. During this phase of the solar cycle, the sun's magnetic field weakens, allowing cosmic rays to enter the solar system. This doses astronauts and possibly air travelers with extra radiation. The sun also dims, especially at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, causing the upper atmosphere to cool and collapse. Space junk accumulates in Earth orbit as a result. Finally, streams of solar wind punch through the sun's weakening magnetic field, lashing Earth with gaseous material that can cause geomagnetic storms. (One such stream is due later this week on Sept. 27-28.)
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 today struck Pakistan , causing buildings to collapse and roads to crack
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 today struck Pakistan , causing buildings to collapse and roads to crack
According to US Geological Survey, the epicentre of the quake was near New Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police in Mirpur, Sardar Gulfaraz Khan, said that at least 19 people were killed and over 300 injured in Mirpur and surrounding areas due to the powerful quake.
Pakistan Meteorological Department's earthquake centre said the 5.8-magnitude earthquake was located near the mountainous city of Jehlum in Punjab province.
Some houses collapsed in Mirpur following the earthquake, Deputy Commissioner Raja Qaiser said. Parts of a mosque also collapsed in the area. Emergency has been declared in hospitals across PoK.
Comment: NASA predicts the weakest solar activity in 200 years