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Tsunami warning for US and Canadian Pacific coast after 8.2 magnitude earthquake strikes in Gulf of Alaska - UPDATE


The Canadian Press
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 05:38 UTC
Alaska earthquake
© unknownA map from the USGS shows where an earthquake struck near Alaska, prompting a tsunami warning for B.C.'s coast
A tsunami warning has been posted for the coast of British Columbia and Alaska following a powerful earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake has a preliminary reading of 8.2 and struck 278 kilometres southeast of Kodiak, Alaska, at a depth of about 10 kilometres.

Environment Canada says the tsunami warning covers the Central Coast and Northeast Vancouver Island coast, including Kitimat Bella Coola and Port Hardy

The weather agency says people in coastal areas are at risk and should move to high ground now and heed further instruction from local authorities.
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Powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Java, Indonesia


The Independent
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 09:47 UTC
Alert area: 81 km SouthWest Lebak Banten, 100 km SouthWest Pandeglang, Banten, 108 km SouthWest Bogor, West Java, 125 km SouthWest Serang-Banten, and 153 km SouthWest Jakarta-Indonesia
Alert area: 81 km SouthWest Lebak Banten, 100 km SouthWest Pandeglang, Banten, 108 km SouthWest Bogor, West Java, 125 km SouthWest Serang-Banten, and 153 km SouthWest Jakarta-Indonesia
Buildings shake as tremors felt in Jakarta over 60 miles from epicentre

A moderately strong earthquake shook the Indonesian island of Java and the country's capital Jakarta on Tuesday.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

According to the US Geological Survey, the 6.0 magnitude quake was centered offshore western Java at a depth of about 43 kilometres (27 miles). The epicentre was about 153 kilometres (95 miles) southwest of Jakarta.

According to Indonesia's Department of Meteorology, Climate and Geophysics, the quake didn't have the potential to generate a tsunami and no warning was issued.
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Mystery grows as earthquake swarm in Reno, Nevada lasts 7 days straight

Meghan Bartels
Newsweek
Sat, 20 Jan 2018 01:27 UTC
earthquake swarm Reno 2018
More than 250 earthquakes hit South Reno, Nevada since January January 12, 2018.
In the past month, parts of Reno, Nevada, have experienced a total of 274 known earthquakes. But if you're surprised you haven't heard about them by now, consider that the vast majority of those have been truly tiny tremors-just five of those quakes have been stronger than a magnitude 2.0, which means they've mostly been too gentle to feel. Some have even been so tiny that seismological networks haven't even alerted scientists there has been a quake. Instead, they've pored through data to identify the small quivers.

According to Ken Smith, an earth scientist at the University of Nevada Reno's Nevada Seismological Laboratory, the swarm kicked off on December 18, then quieted down until January 12. Then seismological activity picked back up and has continued since, although in the past day or so the tremors have slowed down again. "Things are starting to cool off a little bit, so that's good news," Smith told Newsweek.

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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolts northern Chile


The Hindu
Sun, 21 Jan 2018 05:39 UTC
Chile earthquake
© USGS
The temblor, which was deep at 110 kilometres, struck at 10:06 p.m. local time on Saturday, epicentred at Tarapaca

The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck northern Chile.

The quake, which was deep at 110 kilometres, struck at 10:06 p.m. local time on Saturday. The epicentre in Tarapaca was 76 kilometres east of the city of Putre, and 118 kilometres southeast of the Peruvian city of Tacna.

No tsunami threat

Local media in Chile said there were no immediate reports of damage and that the navy's oceanographic service had discarded the possibility of a tsunami.

An earthquake with a similar strength shook Tarapaca last October.
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Earthquake swarm hits South Reno, Nevada - More than 230 quakes and counting

Sam Gross
Reno Gazzette Journal
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:55 UTC
South Reno earthquake swarm
South Reno has been shaking, ever so gently, for six days now.

If you live there - near Galena High School or where the Mount Rose Highway goes below the I-580 - you likely haven't felt much, if anything. But earthquake detecting instruments in the area have picked up more than 230 small temblors since late last Thursday.

The largest in the swarm so far, which hit Tuesday afternoon, measured a 2.7 on the Richter scale - a magnitude that University of Nevada, Reno seismologist Ken Smith described as "pretty small."

"You'd have to be right above it to really feel anything," he said, noting they've gotten a few dozen reports from people who've felt the jolts.

While earthquakes in Northern Nevada are commonplace (The Silver State is the third-most seismically active state in the nation), Smith said he and his colleagues at UNR's Nevada Seismological Laboratory pay special attention to earthquake swarms.

Comment: In recent months we have seen other areas of the US experiencing these swarms of mini-earthquakes as well:

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Meteor fireball lights up night sky over Michigan; USGS registers impact as M2.0 earthquake - fragments found (UPDATE, PHOTOS)


RT
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 03:14 UTC
Meteor over Michigan
© Mike Austin/YouTube
Residents in several cities across Michigan reported seeing a bright and colorful flash travel through the sky before hearing a loud boom. The US Department of Homeland Security confirmed that it was a meteor fireball.

Numerous videos recorded by security cameras and dashcams in the Metro-Detroit area and surrounding cities Tuesday night show a flash of bright light zooming across the sky, instantly turning night into day for an instant.


Comment: UPDATE: Wed, 17 Jan. 2018 (18.15 CET)

USGS has registered this event as a M2.0 earthquake with the epicenter at New Haven, just north of Detroit in Michigan.
Meteorite seen and heard in Detroit area. Location is approximate. The magnitude reported for this meteor cannot be directly used to compare its size to an earthquake because the source of the seismic signals are different.
The American Meteor Society (AMS) has received almost 400 reports of the event. The flashing light and loud boom felt across Michigan and seen as far away as New York City and parts of Canada on Tuesday night was a meteoroid entering the atmosphere, according to NASA.

A post on the NASA Meteor Watch Facebook page, said the meteoroid traveled northwest from the Brighton area to the Howell area, citing the American Meteor Society's website. The 1 a.m. post read:
"Our analysis yields a similar result, and we have calculated that this was a very slow moving meteor - speed of about 28,000 miles per hour,"

"This fact, combined with the brightness of the meteor (which suggests a fairly big space rock at least a yard across), shows that the object penetrated deep into the atmosphere before it broke apart (which produced the sounds heard by many observers). It is likely that there are meteorites on the ground near this region - one of our colleagues has found a Doppler weather radar signature characteristic of meteoritic material falling to earth."


UPDATE: Sat, 20th Jan. 2018

The Daily Mail reports meteorite hunters have found fragments:
Meteorite hunters who flocked to Detroit from across the U.S. after a meteor exploded are finding the fragments.

Most of the fragments landed in Hamburg Township.

meteor michigan found fragments longway planetarium
The first fragments were located Thursday by professional hunters Larry Atkins and Robert Ward of Arizona, according to the American Meteor Society.
WHAT IS A METEOROID

A meteoroid is a small chunk of asteroid or comet.

When it enters Earth's atmosphere it becomes a meteor, fireball or shooting star.

The pieces of rock that hit the ground are meteorites, and are valuable to collectors.

The remnants must be analyzed by a lab to be accredited as meteorites.
Atkins owns Cosmic Connection Meteorites, while Ward operates Robert Ward Meteorites.

'It's a really spectacular specimen,' Ward said while holding one of the meteorites.

'Two days ago, this was hundreds of thousands of miles past the moon, and now I'm standing here holding it in my hand.

'It's been a real good day.'
meteor meteroid michigan fragments found
Ward said he used seismic data, Doppler radar and witness information to narrow down where to search.

Meteorite hunters seek permission from landowners before searching on their property, Ward said.

Ward estimates he's collected about 600 meteorites from around the world over the years.

Longway Planetarium astronomers have also located three meteorites that'll be displayed Friday.
michigan meteor meteoroid fragment found

Darryl Pitt, a New York City resident and meteorite consultant to Christie's auction house, is offering $20,000 for a recovered fragment weighing at least 1 kilogram.

'I want to motivate more people to look,' Pitt said.

'Meteorites are extraordinarily rare and the world is just coming to terms with how special they are.'


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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Mexico


KABC7
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:02 UTC
Loreto Earthquake
© USGSThis map from the U.S. Geological Survey indicates the location of an earthquake that struck around 45 miles north-northeast of Loreto, Mexico, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.
Gulf of California-- A preliminary-magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Friday morning in the Gulf of California, just west of Mexico's Sinaloa state.

The quake struck at 8:17 a.m. PT and was centered about 48 miles north-northeast of Loreto, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
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Earthquake in Öræfajökull volcano in Iceland


Iceland Monitor
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:12 UTC
The last eruption in Öræfajökull occured in 1727.
© mbl.is/RAXThe last eruption in Öræfajökull occured in 1727.
An earthquake measuring 3.2 occurred at 02:14 AM in the North Eastern part of Öræfajökull volcano. There are no signs of an eruption according to the Iceland Met Office.

Last week, 220 earthquakes were detected using the SIL seismis system at the Iceland Met Office. The week before, 500 earthquakes were detected.
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Shallow 5.8 magnitude off Raoul Island, New Zealand


Earthquake Report
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:10 UTC
Seismogram as recorded in the scientific station at Raoul Island
Seismogram as recorded in the scientific station at Raoul Island
Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 5.8

Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown

GMT/UTC Time : 2018-01-17 22:56:58

Depth (Hypocenter) : 30.82 km
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Buildings shake as 5.7 magnitude earthquake rocks Taiwan


RT
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:20 UTC
earthquake taipei 2018
© Central Weather Bureau
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake has rocked Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan, according to the Central Meteorological Bureau. Local witnesses reported a slight rocking of buildings in the city.

The quake's epicenter was nearly 12km north of Taipei City Hall, at a depth of 140km.
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