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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 00:04:52 UTC
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 09:04:52 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location:
6.448°S, 129.196°E
Earth Changes
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 00:04:52 UTC
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 09:04:52 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location:
6.448°S, 129.196°E
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Earthquake Location
Earthquake Location
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 03:58:10 UTC
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:58:10 PM at epicenter
Location:
2.368°S, 136.480°E
Depth:
19.9 km (12.4 miles)
Region:
NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances:
160 km (100 miles) N (7°) from Enarotali, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
313 km (195 miles) ESE (122°) from Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
457 km (284 miles) NNE (33°) from Dobo, Aru Islands, Indonesia
469 km (292 miles) W (272°) from Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
1102 km (685 miles) S (169°) from KOROR, Palau
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Earthquake Location
Earthquake Location
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 03:16:29 UTC
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:16:29 PM at epicenter
Location:
2.141°S, 136.460°E
Depth:
28.8 km (17.9 miles)
Region:
NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances:
185 km (115 miles) N (5°) from Enarotali, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
299 km (186 miles) ESE (118°) from Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
473 km (294 miles) W (275°) from Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
1077 km (669 miles) SSE (168°) from KOROR, Palau
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Earthquake Location
Earthquake Location
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 03:06:05 UTC
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:06:05 PM at epicenter
Location:
2.450°S, 136.497°E
Depth:
25.1 km (15.6 miles)
Region:
NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
Distances:
165 km (100 miles) N of Enarotali, Papua, Indonesia
320 km (200 miles) ESE of Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia
1275 km (790 miles) NNE of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
3315 km (2060 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
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The quake hit at 8:31 am (0031 GMT) 32 kilometres (20 miles) below the city of Hualien, according to the USGS.
Hualien, one of the main cities on the thinly populated east coast, is home to about 110,000 people. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Taiwan is regularly hit by earthquakes as the island lies near the junction of two tectonic plates.
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Chop chop into the fish meal factory they go.
Chop chop into the fish meal factory they go.
Ahead of a key meeting of the 88-nation International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Agadir, Morocco next week, debate on the use of hunted whales has centered on the consumption of meat, especially in Japan.
But the three countries harvesting the marine mammals despite a 1982 global moratorium also exploit whales in other ways and are laying a foundation for future commercial applications, said the report prepared by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) and released late Tuesday.
Thousands of approved patents list whale oil, cartilage, and spermaceti -- a wax-like liquid found in the head cavities of sperm whales -- as ingredients in goods as diverse as golf balls, hair dye, "eco-friendly" detergent, candy, health drinks and bio-diesel, investigators found.
Disaster officials in Papua New Guinea's West New Britain Province are on alert as one of PNG's highest active volcano shows signs of an eruption. Mount Ulawun volcano in the Kimbe region has been emitting vapour over the last few weeks. Seismologist, Ima Itikarai says there's a strong possibility of an eruption and urged disaster officials to put contingency plans in place. There are up to 10,000 residents at the foot of Mount Ulawun volcano.
Listen: Windows Media
Speaker: Ima Itikarai, Seismologist with PNG's Rabaul Volcanological Observatory
Presenter: Firmin Nanol
Listen: Windows Media
Speaker: Ima Itikarai, Seismologist with PNG's Rabaul Volcanological Observatory
Presenter: Firmin Nanol
Sunspots come and go, but recently they have mostly gone. For centuries, astronomers have recorded when these dark blemishes on the solar surface emerge, only for them to fade away again after a few days, weeks or months. Thanks to their efforts, we know that sunspot numbers ebb and flow in cycles lasting about 11 years.
But for the past two years, the sunspots have mostly been missing. Their absence, the most prolonged for nearly a hundred years, has taken even seasoned sun watchers by surprise. "This is solar behaviour we haven't seen in living memory," says David Hathaway, a physicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
The sun is under scrutiny as never before thanks to an armada of space telescopes. The results they beam back are portraying our nearest star, and its influence on Earth, in a new light. Sunspots and other clues indicate that the sun's magnetic activity is diminishing, and that the sun may even be shrinking. Together the results hint that something profound is happening inside the sun. The big question is what?
But for the past two years, the sunspots have mostly been missing. Their absence, the most prolonged for nearly a hundred years, has taken even seasoned sun watchers by surprise. "This is solar behaviour we haven't seen in living memory," says David Hathaway, a physicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
The sun is under scrutiny as never before thanks to an armada of space telescopes. The results they beam back are portraying our nearest star, and its influence on Earth, in a new light. Sunspots and other clues indicate that the sun's magnetic activity is diminishing, and that the sun may even be shrinking. Together the results hint that something profound is happening inside the sun. The big question is what?
It is midnight on 22 September 2012 and the skies above Manhattan are filled with a flickering curtain of colourful light. Few New Yorkers have seen the aurora this far south but their fascination is short-lived. Within a few seconds, electric bulbs dim and flicker, then become unusually bright for a fleeting moment. Then all the lights in the state go out. Within 90 seconds, the entire eastern half of the US is without power.
A year later and millions of Americans are dead and the nation's infrastructure lies in tatters. The World Bank declares America a developing nation. Europe, Scandinavia, China and Japan are also struggling to recover from the same fateful event - a violent storm, 150 million kilometres away on the surface of the sun.
A year later and millions of Americans are dead and the nation's infrastructure lies in tatters. The World Bank declares America a developing nation. Europe, Scandinavia, China and Japan are also struggling to recover from the same fateful event - a violent storm, 150 million kilometres away on the surface of the sun.
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Giant Jesus of Monroe was disintegrated after being struck by lightning Monday Night.
Giant Jesus of Monroe was disintegrated after being struck by lightning Monday Night.
The "King of Kings" statue had become a nationally-known landmark, the most well known landmark in southwest Ohio. It measured at 62 feet high and 40 feet wide and reportedly cost the Solid Rock Church of Monroe, Ohio $250,000 to construct.
When crews arrived, Monroe Fire Chief Mark Neu said the statue was fully engulfed and the fire had spread to the attic area of the church's adjacent amphitheater. There were no injuries, said Neu, who spoke just before 2:30 a.m. to media at the scene. It was a "hot fire," he said, which made it more difficult to battle, but it was extinguished within about an hour.
