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5.7 earthquake strikes off Nadi and Ba, Fiji


BNO News
Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:05 UTC
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck off Fiji, seismologists say.

The earthquake, which struck at 1:58 a.m. local time on Thursday, was centered about 262 kilometers (163 miles) northwest of Nadi, or 376 kilometers (234 miles) northwest of the capital Suva. It struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that some 5,000 people on nearby islands may have felt "weak" shaking, and said that damage and casualties were unlikely. The earthquake was not strong enough to generate a tsunami, and no tsunami warnings are in effect.

The earthquake was initially measured at 6.2 before being downgraded to 5.7.

Other details were not immediately available.
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7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Ambon island


channelnewsasia.com
Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:54 UTC
earthquake needle
An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck 174km (108 miles) southeast of Indonesia's eastern island of Ambon on Wednesday (Dec 9), the US Geological Survey said.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in the quake, which the USGS initially said was 7 magnitude and which occurred at a depth of 75km (47 miles).

Indonesia's tsunami warning centre said there was no potential for the quake to trigger a tsunami. Officials also said there was no damage immediately reported.

"The quake was felt strongly in Ambon and Banda, but until now there is no report of damage or casualties," Jandri Pattinama, an officer at a geophysics station in Ambon, told AFP.
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Flooding in Congo capital kill at least 31 in three weeks

Aaron Ross
Reuters
Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:42 UTC
Floods Congo

Floods in Kinshasa December 2015
At least 31 people have died in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa in the last three weeks in the worst flooding in years, the provincial interior minister said on Tuesday, warning conditions could get even worse.

The deaths since Nov. 17, concentrated in neighbourhoods along the Congo River and its tributary, the Ndjili, have resulted mainly from home collapses, Emmanuel Akweti said.

The flooding has made 20,000 families homeless and inundated the main water collection station, preventing two-thirds of Kinshasa's communes from accessing drinkable water, he added.

An employee at the public water utility said officials hoped to resume service there by Thursday.
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Strong earthquake hits near Escuintla in Guatemala


BNO News
Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:06 UTC
earthquake needle
A strongly felt earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck near the city of Escuintla in south central Guatemala, not far from the capital, seismologists say.

The earthquake, which struck at 4:53 p.m. local time on Monday, was centered next to Masagua about 12 kilometers (7 miles) southwest of Escuintla, or 59 kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Guatemala City. It struck about 108.6 kilometers (67.5 miles) deep, making it a relatively deep earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Witnesses in the region reported feeling strong shaking, causing buildings to shake in Guatemala City, but there was no immediate word on damages or casualties. There is no threat of a tsunami.
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Suspected burglar hides in pond, is killed by alligator

Lee Moran
Huffington Post
Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:31 UTC

A suspected burglar was killed by an alligator while hiding in a Florida pond to avoid arrest, police believe.

The body of Matthew Riggins, 22, was discovered floating in a lake in Barefoot Bay, Brevard County, on Nov. 23, according to multiple reports.

The lower sections of his legs and a part of one arm were missing, reports the Orlando Sentinel.

The 11-foot-long alligator was so ferocious it had to be euthanized by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trapper as Riggins' corpse was being recovered, according to Florida Today.
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NASA maps show 2015 storm season was one of extremes

George Dvorsky
Gizmodo Australia
Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:00 UTC
Cyclone Chapala
© EPA
A Nasa photo of Cyclone Chapala moving towards Yemen, followed less than a week later by Cyclone Megh - an unprecedented double whammy!
It was an uncharacteristically quiet hurricane season in the Atlantic, but the same cannot be said for the eastern Pacific and central Pacific basins, which got absolutely hammered this year. New maps by NASA and Unisys Weather show the extent of this year's storm season.

The hurricane season in the Atlantic and the eastern and central Pacific basins is now officially over. In all we saw some, 30 major hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones, most of them fuelled by El Niño, which appears to be the worst ever recorded. Prior to 2015, the greatest number of storms in a single season was 23, set in 2004. Incredibly, of the 30 storms recorded this year, 25 of them, or 83 per cent, attained category 4 or 5 status — again, another record (the previous record was 18).

Meanwhile, the Atlantic was comparatively quiet; the total from the past three years is the lowest since 1992-94.

Comment: All over the world 'extreme' weather records have been broken this year! Keep up to date with the increasing chaotic weather events and planetary upheavals by viewing the monthly SOTT Earth Changes Summary.

To understand what's going on, check out our book explaining how all these events are part of a natural climate shift, and why it's taking place now: Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection.

Check out previous installments in this series - now translated into multiple languages - and more videos from SOTT Media here or here.

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Mud volcano erupts near Leninsky, Crimea


Vestnik Kavkaza
Sun, 06 Dec 2015 20:59 UTC
Mud volcano
© Vestnik Kavkaza
An eruption of a mud volcano has occurred in the Leninsky district of Crimea near the village of Novoselovka. The mass of soil stopped at a distance of 100 meters from the village.

The information was announced at a meeting of the inter-agency staff on eliminating the consequences of the emergency situation caused by the energy crisis by the head of the Lenin district administration Alexander Machussky, Tass reports.

He also made a request to send experts to the area in order to assess the current situation.
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Cloud Precipitation

Record rainfall causes severe flooding in south Norway

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:07 UTC
Floods Norway
© Eigersund Kommune
Floods in Eigersund, Norway, December 2015.
Severe flooding has been reported in parts of southern Norway after heavy rain brought by storm Synne between 04 and 06 December 2015. Maudal in Gjesdal, Rogaland saw just under 300 mm of rain in 3 days.

No injuries or deaths have been reported. However the flooding has caused some damage to roads, bridges and homes in Rogaland, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties. Around 100 families had to be evacuated from their homes in Eigersund, Rogaland county. Norway's state broadcaster, NRK, reports that around 30 farms have also been severely hit, suffering major damage.

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Heavy rains saturate Portland, northwest Oregon, causing flooding, landslides, sewer overflow


Fox News
Tue, 08 Dec 2015 16:20 UTC
Flooding
Heavy rains turned streets in the Portland area into creeks, interrupted bus and light rail service and forced the evacuation of at least one neighborhood.

Monday's flooding caused the closure of numerous roads, and heavy rains triggered landslides.

The rain also caused Portland's sewer system to overflow into the Willamette River. Officials said people should avoid contact with the river for at least 48 hours because of bacteria in the water.

A big sinkhole developed in a street in Gresham, a Portland suburb. Crews were pumping water from an elementary school in Gresham, as well as cleaning up hallways and classrooms.

The parking lot at Multnomah Falls, a popular tourist stop in the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland, was closed after a creek overflowed its banks.

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50+ small earthquakes have shaken Pacific northwest in a week

Russ Bowen
kboi2.com
Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:46 UTC
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The U.S. Geological Survey says our region has seen more than 50 small earthquakes in just the last seven days, including a magnitude 3.0 quake in Stanwood on Monday morning.

"I did not feel the one today," said Farmer's Caf server Kylie Johnson. But, she said just the news of the small quake is still a bit unsettling.

"It's true that there's been more activity than usual this week," said seismologist John Vidale with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University of Washington.

In fact, Vidale said there's been more recent activity at Glacier Peak since they've been monitoring siesmic activity in that area over for the past fifty years. Recently, there was a 3.1 then a 3.5 an hour later and then aftershocks.

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