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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes near Indonesia's Bali

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A strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck near the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Monday.

Data from the US Geological Survey shows the earthquake hitting about 182 kilometers (113 miles) northeast of the island Gili Air.

No tsunami warning was issued following the earthquake.

In November, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia's West Java province resulted in the tragic loss of over 300 lives and left thousands injured.

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6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Argentina

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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck deep underground in northern Argentina on Wednesday, and there were no immediate reports of damages.

The quake occurred at a depth of 353 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was in the province of Santiago del Estero, in northern Argentina, about 80 miles northeast of the provincial capital.

The earthquake took place a few minutes after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck at a depth of 55 miles in northern neighboring Chile, 35 miles east of the town of La Tirana.

Neither Argentine nor Chilean authorities reported any damages.

Reuters

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Shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Colombian capital, one dead

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A strong earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck the Colombian capital Bogota on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, prompting frightened residents to flee into the street and leading a woman to fall to her death.

There were no immediate reports of major damage from the quake, which Colombia's national geological service reported as a magnitude 6.1.

"It was strong, and lasted a long time, said Adrian Alarcon, 43, who works near the capital's busy Park 93 district.


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Shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake in Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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6.0 magnitude earthquake

UTC time: Thursday, August 17, 2023 16:41 PM
Your time: Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 5:41 PM GMT+1
Magnitude Type: mww
USGS page: M 6.0 - central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 0 people
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Sola, Vanuatu region

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An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck the Sola, Vanuatu region late on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The quake was estimated at a depth of 193 kilometers (119.92 miles), USGS added.

Reuters

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Shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake hits off Northern Mariana Islands

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted 271 km SE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands at 1351 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 13.38 degrees north latitude and 147.54 degrees east longitude.

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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Argentina

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Significant magnitude 6.0 earthquake 42 km northwest of Añatuya, Argentina

Earthquake details
Date & time Aug 5, 2023 07:20:07 UTC
Local time at epicenter Saturday, Aug 5, 2023 at 4:20 am (GMT -3)
Status Confirmed
Magnitude 6.2
Depth 597.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude 28.2143°S / 63.1854°W (Departamento de Juan F. Ibarra, Santiago del Estero, Argentina)

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Shallow magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes east of Vanuatu

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A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit 83 kilometers (51 miles) east off the coast of Vanuatu on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

The US Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat for the islands of Guam, Rota, Tinian or Saipan from the offshore quake, which hit at a depth of 10 kilometers.

The nearest city, Port-Olry, was 95 kilometers away.

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Best of the Web: Seismic signals from Space: Intriguing correlation between earthquakes and cosmic radiation discovered

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© IFJ PAN/NASA/JSCIn space, you can see impending earthquakes. Not so literally, as in the above collage of photos, but still clearly - in the changes in the intensity of cosmic rays recorded by observatories on the surface of our planet.
Scientists have found a strong statistical link between changes in cosmic radiation and seismic activity, potentially aiding in earthquake prediction. However, the ability to predict specific locations remains unclear, and the discovery has led to intriguing questions about the potential influence of phenomena like dark matter streams.

There is a clear statistical correlation between global seismic activity and changes in the intensity of cosmic radiation recorded at the surface of our planet, potentially helping to predict earthquakes. Surprisingly, it exhibits a periodicity that escapes unambiguous physical interpretation.

Strong earthquakes usually result in many human casualties and huge material losses. The scale of the tragedy could be significantly reduced if we had the ability to predict the time and place of such cataclysmic events. The CREDO project, initiated in 2016 by the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) in Cracow, attempts to verify the previously known hypothesis that earthquakes could potentially be predicted by observing changes in... cosmic radiation. Statistical analyses have shown that a correlation between the two phenomena does indeed exist, but manifests characteristics that no one had expected.

Comment: For fascinating insight into the driving forces of everything from weather to cataclysms on our planet, check out Pierre Lescaudron's book: Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection as well as his SOTT article Volcanoes, Earthquakes And The 3,600 Year Comet Cycle. For more, check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?


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6.0-magnitude quake hits south of the Fiji Islands: USGS

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 02:49:58 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 553.4 km, was initially determined to be at 24.18 degrees south latitude and 178.76 degrees east longitude.