Earth Changes
The Ministry of the Interior reported that the monitoring parameters remain without important changes. He explained that at night, a glow was observed in the crater of the volcano and that for now; there has been a constant emission of steam and gas.
He said the advisory code remains yellow in color phase 2 and the likelihood of prevailing moderate exhalations, some with ash emissions, and sporadic bursts of low to moderate probability of emission of incandescent fragments could be expected within walking distance of the crater.
Cenapred called for authorities to maintain the safety radius of 12 kilometers around the volcano. Civil Protection has been urged to hold preventive procedures in place, according to their operational plans and that people should keep advised by the latest news bulletins.
"In examining the seismograms, we recorded unusual seismic signals on three of our stations in southern Illinois," said Michael Hamburger, professor in the department of geological sciences at IU Bloomington and one of the researchers conducting the experiment. "The seismograms show a strong, low-frequency pulse beginning around 4:45 a.m. on Feb. 29. Our preliminary interpretation, based on other seismic records of tornadoes, suggests that we were recording not the tornado itself, but a large atmospheric pressure transient related to the large thunderstorms that spawned the tornadoes."

A Mormon Fritillary butterfly feeding on an aspen fleabane daisy, a main nectar source.
Butterflies in the Rocky Mountains are likely taking a hit from climate change, according to new research.
Lab experiments suggest that Mormon fritillaries, dainty butterflies with gold, orange and brown-flecked wings, are dying off in Colorado's Rockies because earlier snowmelts are killing off the wild flowers they feed on.
Long-term data gathered by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory reveal that snowmelts are occurring earlier in the year, and wildflower and butterfly populations are declining. Now, a group of scientists says they have found a connection among the observed trends.
Early, springlike weather may be pleasant for humans, but the mild temperatures can have serious consequences for other organisms.
The balmy weather can trick plants into thinking spring has actually arrived, so they begin to bud - only to be killed off by subsequent freezing weather. And when the plants die off, butterflies don't have as much access to nectar, their required food source.
And when female butterflies don't eat as much nectar, they don't lay as many eggs, according to laboratory work.
Tons of cliff-face sheared off near an area known as Crab Bay, but no-one was injured, the coastguard said.
The collapse may have been caused by rain over the winter months being absorbed into the chalk and freezing.
The collapse may have been caused by rain over the winter months being absorbed into the chalk and freezing here.

Thousands of jellyfish are invading the canals behind Macintosh Island in Surfers Paradise.
"I've never seen anything like it," said Steve Williams, who manages the Capricorn One highrise overlooking the canal.
"There are thousands upon thousands of them that seem to come in every day on the incoming tide and the water has been thick with them . Many of our guests are from overseas and they're loving it.
"It's a bit of a phenomenon and quite spectacular."
Since 2009, six farms have blown up after methane trapped in an unidentified, pit-topping foam caught a spark. In the afflicted region, the foam is found in roughly 1 in 4 hog farms.
There's nothing farmers can do except be very careful. Researchers aren't even sure what the foam is.
"This has all started in the last four or five years here. We don't have any idea where it came from or how it got started," said agricultural engineer Charles Clanton of the University of Minnesota. "Whatever has happened is new."
A gelatinous goop that resembles melted brown Nerf, the foam captures gases emitted by bacteria living in manure, which on industrial farms gathers in pits beneath barns that may contain several thousand animals.
The pits are emptied each fall, after which waste builds up again, turning them into something like giant stomachs: dark, oxygen-starved percolators in which bacteria and single-celled organisms metabolize the muck.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 21:13:11 UTC
Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 07:13:11 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location:
5.642°S, 151.025°E
Depth:
47.8 km (29.7 miles)
Region:
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances:
96 km (59 miles) E of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG
174 km (108 miles) ENE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG
598 km (371 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2429 km (1509 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
The three-metre wide chunk of road opened up on Idylwyld Drive north of 39th Street just before 9 a.m. Monday forcing thousands of motorists to take several detours.
It was caused by a break in a 20-centimetre pipe under the road causing water to swirl beneath the asphalt and led to the sinkhole.
"They are totally unpredictable," said public works manager Pat Hyde to the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. "This could have been happening for days or weeks."
The city received no reports of vehicles falling into the hole, but one commenter on Yahoo! Canada News joked, "I lost my car in there. It's on top of the Jeep, and under the BMW."
Holes are created because freezing and thawing cycles put pressure along underground pipes causing them to become weak and break. Snow melts forcing moisture into the cracks of roads and when it freezes it expands and makes the small cracks into bigger holes. The warmer winter across much of Canada is resulting in potholes being spotted earlier than normal.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 10:49:24 UTC
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 08:49:24 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location:
40.799°N, 144.770°E
Depth:
9.5 km (5.9 miles)
Region:
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances:
244 km (151 miles) S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
268 km (166 miles) SSE of Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
279 km (173 miles) E of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
717 km (445 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan











Comment: Considering the sentimental value the Cliffs have for the British people, a collapse of this magnitude could be taken as a symbol of their current state.