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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - 101km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico

Mexico Quake_260913
© USGS
Event Time
2013-09-26 06:46:04 UTC
2013-09-26 00:46:04 UTC-06:00 at epicenter

Location
14.479°N 93.332°W depth=10.4km (6.5mi)

Nearby Cities
101km (63mi) WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
115km (71mi) SSW of Mapastepec, Mexico
119km (74mi) SW of Huixtla, Mexico
120km (75mi) W of Suchiate, Mexico
304km (189mi) W of Guatemala City, Guatemala

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Pakistan's new quake island emits methane gas

New Island Pakistan
© PressTVPeople walk on an island that that rose from the sea just off Pakistan’s southern coast following Tuesday’s earthquake on September 25, 2013.
A new island that rose from the sea just off Pakistan's southern coast following Tuesday's earthquake is emitting methane gas.

The 7.7-magnitude quake, which killed at least 328 people, occurred on Tuesday at 4:29 p.m. local time (1129 GMT). Its epicenter was 20 kilometers below ground in the Awaran district of southwestern Balochistan province, which borders Iran.

The powerful quake caused the seabed to rise and create a new island about 600 meters off the South Asian country's Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea.

A man living near the coastline sent a text message to local journalist Bahram Baloch, saying "a hill has appeared outside my house."

"I stepped out, and was flabbergasted. I could see this grey, dome-shaped body in the distance, like a giant whale swimming near the surface. Hundreds of people had gathered to watch it in disbelief," the text message said.

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Yellowstone National Park registers 130 earthquakes in less than a week

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A total of 130 earthquakes shook Yellowstone National Park between Sept. 10 and Sept. 15, according to a University of Utah press release, though most were too small for a person to feel.

Bob Smith is a geophysicist who has spent the last 53 years monitoring seismic activity in and around the Yellowstone Caldera. During this time, he told The Associated Press, he only recently witnessed two simultaneous earthquake swarms, or groupings. Then, last week, he detected three.

"It's very remarkable," Smith said. "How does one swarm relate to another? Can one swarm trigger another and vice versa?"

The answers aren't clear, though Smith said he "wouldn't doubt" if at least two of the swarms were related.

According to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations, the sequence of swarms began on Sept. 10 and have concentrated around Lewis Lake, the Lower Geyser Basin and northwest of Norris Geyser Basin.

"Notably much of the seismicity in Yellowstone occurs as swarms," the press statement notes.

"This is pretty unusual, to be honest," Smith said, explaining that an earthquake generally isn't felt until it reaches a magnitude of 3.0 on the Richter scale. The range for the latest swarms have fallen between 0.6 and 3.6.

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 7.0- 46km S of Acari, Peru

Peru Quake_250913
© USGS
Event Time
2013-09-25 16:42:43 UTC
2013-09-25 11:42:43 UTC-05:00 at epicenter

Location

15.851°S 74.562°W depth=45.8km (28.5mi)

Nearby Cities
46km (29mi) S of Acari, Peru
91km (57mi) SE of Minas de Marcona, Peru
120km (75mi) SSE of Nazca, Peru
135km (84mi) SSW of Puquio, Peru
498km (309mi) SSE of Lima, Peru

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7.7 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan just created a new island

A massive, 7.7 magnitude quake struck south-central Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon local time. The USGS warns that there will high casualties and economic losses, requiring international response. Seismologists have also confirmed that the quake raised a new island, about 30-40 feet high, off the coast.

The island is about half a mile off the coast of Gwadar, in the Arabian Sea. Already, reports the International Herald Tribune, crowds have gathered to see the mountainous, rocky island. Some are claiming it is 100 feet long.

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 7.7 - 66km NNE of Awaran, Pakistan

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© USGS
Event Time:
2013-09-24 11:29:48 UTC
2013-09-24 16:29:48 UTC+05:00 at epicenter

Location:
27.000°N 65.514°E depth=20.0km (12.4mi)

Nearby Cities:
66km (41mi) NNE of Awaran, Pakistan
116km (72mi) NW of Bela, Pakistan
172km (107mi) NW of Uthal, Pakistan
175km (109mi) S of Kharan, Pakistan
791km (492mi) ENE of Muscat, Oman

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - 119km NNW of Nggilat, Indonesia

Nggilat Quake_210913
© USGS
Event Time
2013-09-21 01:39:14 UTC
2013-09-21 09:39:14 UTC+08:00 at epicenter

Location
7.264°S 119.961°E depth=536.8km (333.6mi)

Nearby Cities
119km (74mi) NNW of Nggilat, Indonesia
136km (85mi) N of Labuhanbajo, Indonesia
159km (99mi) NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia
191km (119mi) NE of Bima, Indonesia
635km (395mi) WNW of Dili, East Timor

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2013 is strange, part 18: September 2013

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The green fireball that turned night into day over Ferrara, Italy on September 3rd 2013, the second major fireball to explode over Italy in a week.
'2013 is strange, part 18' covers the 8 days from August 27, 2013 to September 4, 2013 - during which we saw major wildfires in Southern California and elsewhere, volcanic eruptions in Japan and elsewhere, fireballs in Italy and elsewhere... we live in interesting times!

This series include strange phenomena of all kinds and awesome natural events or beautiful phenomena in 2013. Enjoy my editing!

You can find all my other videos for the collective awakening on my channel 2013MESSAGE.


This is an educational/teaching and research purposes only video.

This application is not commercial and is free to use.

Music

1) Pip John - Dante's Riddle
2) How To Dress Well-Take It On (Holy Other Remix)
3) Sun Glitters - The Wind Caresses Her Hair

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5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Fukushima

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has hit the Japanese prefecture that is home to the nuclear power plant crippled in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck early Friday at a depth of about 13 miles (22 kilometers) under Fukushima Prefecture and about 110 miles (177 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue an alert.

The Japanese news agency Kyodo News reported that the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., observed no abnormality in radiation or equipment after the quake.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday ordered TEPCO to scrap all six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant and concentrate on tackling pressing issues like leaks of radioactive water.

The 2011 disaster caused three reactors to melt and damaged a fuel cooling pool at another. Officials have acknowledged that radiation-contaminated groundwater has been seeping into the Pacific Ocean since soon after the meltdowns.

The region lies on the "Ring of Fire" - an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones that stretches around the Pacific Rim. About 90 percent of the world's quakes occur in the region.

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Earth's biggest deep earthquake still a mystery

Sea of Okhotsk Quake
© USGSRecent earthquakes near the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia, including one of the deepest ever recorded.
It's confirmed: The largest deep earthquake ever recorded happened in May off the coast of Russia. But this massive temblor is still a mystery to scientists.

The magnitude-8.3 earthquake occurred on May 24, 2013, in the Sea of Okhotsk, deep within the Earth's mantle. The earthquake, described today (Sept. 19) in the journal Science, is perplexing because seismologists don't understand how massive earthquakes can happen at such depths.

"It's the biggest event we've ever seen," said study co-author Thorne Lay, a seismologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. "It looks so similar to shallow events, even though it's got 600 kilometers of rock on top of it. It's hard to understand how such an earthquake occurs at all under such huge pressure."