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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 3.0 - 12km N of West Yellowstone, Montana



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Event Time:

2014-02-15 10:23:53 UTC
2014-02-15 03:23:53 UTC-07:00 at epicenter

Location:
44.776°N 111.085°W depth=7.7km (4.8mi)

Nearby Cities:
12km (7mi) N of West Yellowstone, Montana
100km (62mi) S of Bozeman, Montana
119km (74mi) NNE of Rexburg, Idaho
161km (100mi) NNE of Ammon, Idaho
215km (134mi) SSE of Helena, Montana

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 4.1 - 12km WNW of Edgefield, South Carolina

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Event Time:
2014-02-15 03:23:38 UTC
2014-02-14 22:23:38 UTC-05:00 at epicenter

Location:
33.812°N 82.063°W depth=4.8km (3.0mi)

Nearby Cities:
12km (7mi) WNW of Edgefield, South Carolina
31km (19mi) NNE of Evans, Georgia
32km (20mi) N of Martinez, Georgia
35km (22mi) NNW of North Augusta, South Carolina
97km (60mi) WSW of Columbia, South Carolina

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Cow Skull

Pod of nine Orca whales die on New Zealand beach after being stranded overnight

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© SouthlandScientists examine orcas who stranded on New Zealand beach
Marine biologists are baffled by the mysterious deaths of nine orca whales stranded on New Zealand's Southland beach on Feb 12. New Zealand experts continue to investigate and conduct scientific testing to determine the cause.

Nine orca whales, including a calf, had died while beached on Te WaeWae Bay overnight. The deaths of the orca whales were described as a tragedy for the entire species in New Zealand. According to reports, the population of orca whales in New Zealand waters is estimated to be less than 200. The stranded pod of whales accounted for five per cent of the total population in the country, but New Zealand scientists have been unable to identify the dead whales.

Did earthquakes cause the stranding?

Orca Research Trust founder and whale expert Dr Ingrid Visser said it was possible the whales came from southern waters and became stranded on the bay. Dr Visser has been working with orca whales in the country for about 20 years. She said scientists still have no explanation why the whales became stranded.

Ms Visser declared the recent deaths of the orca whales is the "third largest stranding" of the species in New Zealand. When seen from an international perspective, it could be included in the world's top 10.

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.9 - 268km ESE of Hotan, China

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Event Time
2014-02-12 09:19:48 UTC
2014-02-12 17:19:48 UTC+08:00 at epicenter

Location
35.922°N 82.549°E depth=10.0km (6.2mi)

Nearby Cities
268km (167mi) ESE of Hotan, China
493km (306mi) ENE of Leh, India
522km (324mi) SSE of Aral, China
546km (339mi) ESE of Shache, China
902km (560mi) ENE of Islamabad, Pakistan

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - Scotia Sea

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Event Time
2014-02-08 19:50:36 UTC
2014-02-08 16:50:36 UTC-03:00 at epicenter

Location
60.435°S 45.239°W depth=18.3km (11.3mi)

Nearby Cities
862km (536mi) SW of Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
1503km (934mi) SE of Ushuaia, Argentina
1750km (1087mi) SE of Punta Arenas, Chile
1772km (1101mi) SE of Rio Gallegos, Argentina
1245km (774mi) SE of Stanley, Falkland Islands

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USGS: Magnitude 6.5 - 31km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu

Earthquake Vanuatu
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Event Time
2014-02-07 08:40:13 UTC
2014-02-07 19:40:13 UTC+11:00 at epicenter
2014-02-07 09:40:13 UTC+01:00 system time

Location

15.060°S 167.339°E depth=117.7km (73.2mi)

Nearby Cities
31km (19mi) E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
55km (34mi) NNE of Luganville, Vanuatu
314km (195mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
648km (403mi) N of We, New Caledonia
789km (490mi) N of Paita, New Caledonia
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Galaxy

Best of the Web: Signs of Change in January 2014

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Dazzling green fireball filmed above Belgium, January 2014
Mysterious booms across the US, often occuring in and around earthquakes - A series of unusual earthquakes in Australia - More 'strange sky sounds' - More meteor fireballs raining down - Massive sinkholes swallowing houses, cars and people - Storm after storm battering the UK and Western Europe, bringing massive waves, widespread flooding and landslides - Mass whale stranding in New Zealand - Polar Vortex (twice!) freezing most of the US in ice age conditions and making it colder than Mars - Major flooding in Florida, while hurricane-force winds smash into Oregon and the Carolinas - Tonga flattened by most powerful cyclone to hit the region half a century - A strong earthquake hit Puerto Rico - 100,000 people affected by major flooding in the Philippines, while another 40,000 were displaced by heavy rainfall in Indonesia - Bats falling out of the sky as wildfires rage in Australia's record heatwave - 'Winter wildfires' raging across snow-covered US - An eerily quiet Sun that hasn't been seen since the 17th Century - Several volcanic eruptions in Indonesia causing multiple deaths and the evacuation of thousands - Another strong earthquake in New Zealand - More mass animal deaths, including a whole pod of pilot whales off the coast of Florida - Record-breaking snowfall across the US...

2014 has stated with a bang, literally, with a surge of loud booms being heard and felt throughout much of North America. But then again, didn't the last few years start this way? This video includes strange and extreme weather, geological and cosmic events, covering most of the month of January. Things aren't looking good for certain few heavily populated areas...


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Heaven and Earth: Unusual natural events and strange phenomena from around the world in January 2014

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© AP
This video compiles footages of strange phenomena of all kinds, including awesome natural events or beautiful phenomena from around the world in the last few weeks.

In just the last couple of weeks, we've seen:

Volcanic eruptions in Sicily and Indonesia and elsewhere - 'Sky trumpet sounds' in Iceland, and loud booms shaking homes all over the US - Large earthquake in New Zealand, and an ongoing heatwave in Australia - Giant boulders falling off a mountain Italy and record flooding across Europe - More 'spinning ice-river' circles, this time in Norway - Strange cloud cover producing pretty sunsets and unusual light refraction, including a spectacular sun halo over Moscow - More mass animal deaths - More meteor fireballs falling from the sky, and 'hole-punch clouds'! - More UFO sightings - Massive electrical storms, including a super-electrical storm in Rio de Janeiro that produced an interesting omen: a thunderbolt struck the giant statue of Jesus above the city!... There were also major electrical storms in Europe... and this in the middle of winter! - Tornado outbreaks in the UK, which are unusual even in the summer - Thousands of wildfires breaking out in some of the coldest places on the planet - UK's wettest January in 250 years as the island continues to be pummeled with storm after storm...


I covered events from earlier in January and late December 2013 here.

Check out the rest of this series here.

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia

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Event Time
2014-02-03 22:36:41 UTC
2014-02-04 07:36:41 UTC+09:00 at epicenter

Location
7.164°S 128.100°E depth=18.1km (11.3mi)

Nearby Cities
318km (198mi) ENE of Dili, East Timor
383km (238mi) S of Ambon, Indonesia
413km (257mi) ENE of Atambua, Indonesia
433km (269mi) SSW of Amahai, Indonesia

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - 12km NW of Lixourion, Greece

Lixourion Quake_030214
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Event Time
2014-02-03 03:08:46 UTC
2014-02-03 05:08:46 UTC+02:00 at epicenter

Location
38.292°N 20.337°E depth=13.7km (8.5mi)

Nearby Cities
12km (7mi) NW of Lixourion, Greece
74km (46mi) NW of Zakynthos, Greece
81km (50mi) SSW of Preveza, Greece
95km (59mi) W of Mesolongi, Greece
298km (185mi) W of Athens, Greece

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