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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - Southwest Indian Ridge

South Indian Ocean_170813
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Event Time

2013-08-17 16:32:31 UTC
2013-08-17 20:32:31 UTC+04:00 at epicenter

Location
34.884°S 54.067°E depth=10.0km (6.2mi)

Nearby Cities
1286km (799mi) SSE of Fort Dauphin, Madagascar
1318km (819mi) SSE of Amboasary, Madagascar
1323km (822mi) SSE of Ambovombe, Madagascar
1345km (836mi) SE of Tsiombe, Madagascar
1557km (967mi) S of Saint-Denis, Reunion

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.5 - SSW of Blenheim, New Zealand

Blenheim Quake_160813
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Event Time
2013-08-16 02:31:10 UTC
2013-08-16 14:31:10 UTC+12:00 at epicenter


Location

41.751°S 173.833°E depth=10.6km (6.6mi)

Nearby Cities
27km (17mi) SSW of Blenheim, New Zealand
69km (43mi) SE of Nelson, New Zealand
71km (44mi) SE of Richmond, New Zealand
91km (57mi) SW of Karori, New Zealand
94km (58mi) WSW of Wellington, New Zealand

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.6 - WSW of Mutis, Colombia

Mutis Quake_130813
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Event Time
2013-08-13 15:43:14 UTC
2013-08-13 10:43:14 UTC-05:00 at epicenter

Location
5.757°N 78.200°W depth=10.0km (6.2mi)

Nearby Cities
102km (63mi) WSW of Mutis, Colombia
170km (106mi) W of Quibdo, Colombia
180km (112mi) WNW of Istmina, Colombia
189km (117mi) WNW of Tado, Colombia
386km (240mi) SSE of Panama, Panama

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USGS: Earthqquake Magnitude 6.1 - 90km WSW of Paita, Peru

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Event Time:
2013-08-12 09:49:32 UTC
2013-08-12 04:49:32 UTC-05:00 at epicenter

Location:
5.384°S 81.873°W depth=10.0km (6.2mi)

Nearby Cities:
90km (56mi) WSW of Paita, Peru
97km (60mi) WSW of Salinera Colan, Peru
111km (69mi) SW of Talara, Peru
118km (73mi) W of Sechura, Peru
680km (423mi) SSW of Quito, Ecuador

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - NW of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand

L'Esperance Rock Quake_120813
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Event Time
2013-08-12 04:16:46 UTC
2013-08-11 16:16:46 UTC-12:00 at epicenter

Location

30.620°S 179.613°W depth=325.2km (202.1mi)

Nearby Cities
112km (70mi) NW of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand
800km (497mi) NE of Whangarei, New Zealand
861km (535mi) NE of North Shore, New Zealand
866km (538mi) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
1139km (708mi) SSW of Nuku'alofa, Tonga

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia

Saumlaki Quake_120813
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Event Time
2013-08-12 00:53:43 UTC
2013-08-12 09:53:43 UTC+09:00 at epicenter

Location
7.128°S 129.806°E depth=92.7km (57.6mi)

Nearby Cities
189km (117mi) WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia
363km (226mi) WSW of Tual, Indonesia
420km (261mi) SSE of Ambon, Indonesia
431km (268mi) SSE of Amahai, Indonesia
492km (306mi) ENE of Dili, East Timor

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NSA Data used by IRS, DEA, etc. prosecute Americans


Newspaper

Our Fearless Leader Obama unveils new plan to 'increase transparency' and 'build greater confidence' in government's mass surveillance program

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President Barack Obama unveiled new efforts to increase transparency and "build greater confidence" about the government's controversial surveillance efforts, acknowledging that the public's trust has been shaken after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked details about the programs.

"It's not enough for me as president to have confidence in these programs," Obama declared at a White House news conference. "The American people have to have confidence as well."

Among other things, Obama called for the creation of an outside task force to advise his administration on how to balance civil liberties and security issues. He also said he had directed the intelligence community to make public as much information about the spying programs as possible and directed the NSA to create a website that would be a "hub" for that information.

Comment: These "new efforts to increase transparency and build greater confidence" are to be seen in the stunt the US government pulled last week by shutting down its embassies in a swathe of predominantly Muslim countries, massively stepping up its bombing campaigns in several of them, and terrorising its citizens from straying beyond US borders.


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Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu

Lakatoro Quake_060813
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Event Time
2013-08-06 17:21:58 UTC
2013-08-07 04:21:58 UTC+11:00 at epicenter

Location
16.880°S 167.401°E depth=31.2km (19.4mi)

Nearby Cities
84km (52mi) S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
136km (85mi) NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
151km (94mi) S of Luganville, Vanuatu
447km (278mi) N of We, New Caledonia
591km (367mi) N of Dumbea, New Caledonia

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Earthquakes recorded below Mt. Tongariro

Mt.Tongariro
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Mt Tongariro is under a watching brief after a series of small earthquakes was detected under the volcano over the past two weeks.

GNS Science duty volcanologist Michael Rosenberg said the quakes were not connected to the ongoing flurry of seismic activity centred in the Cook Strait and the tremors were no cause for ''undue alarm.''

Fewer than 10 quakes, all under magnitude 1.5, have been recorded on a handful of seismic monitors and are too small to be pinpointed.

''The reason we're paying attention is because of their location and we don't see quakes there very often,'' Rosenberg said.

The volcano erupted for the first time in a century at the Te Maari craters in August last year, followed by another eruption in November and scientists warn the craters could still erupt with little or no warning.