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Strange noise: Something's rattling small Wisconsin town


CNN
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:44 UTC
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Mysterious explosions. Unexplained shaking. Something's going on in Clintonville, Wisconsin, but nobody seems to know what it is.

The sounds -- variously described as rattling pipes, clanging metal, thunder or firecrackers -- have continued on and off since early Sunday night in just one part of the small town of 4,600, located about 180 miles northeast of Madison.

Accompanying the sounds are vibrations that have shaken homes and household objects in the northeast corner of town, city manager Lisa Kuss said.

The sounds were loud enough Monday morning that a CNN journalist could hear them during a cell phone conversation with Kuss.
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Earthquake Magnitude 7.6 - Oaxaca, Mexico


US Geological Survey
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:27 UTC
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Date-Time:
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 18:02:48 UTC
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 12:02:48 PM at epicenter

Location:
16.662°N, 98.188°W

Depth:
17.5 km (10.9 miles)

Region:
OAXACA, MEXICO

Distances:
25 km (15 miles) E (95°) from Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico

42 km (26 miles) NNW (335°) from Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico

87 km (54 miles) SW (219°) from Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico

162 km (101 miles) WSW (255°) from Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

186 km (115 miles) E (96°) from Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
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2011 - The Year Of The Earthquake: A Visual And Auditory Guide


ZeroHedge
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:07 UTC
If there is one thing 2011 taught us is that one totally unpredictable and unexpected event, such as the great March 11 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima disaster, can wreak massive havoc on otherwise stable economic ecosystems, models and forecasts. According to many, most certainly the Fed, the events in Japan had a major spillover effect on global GDP that lasted for months, in turn forcing fiscal and monetary responses around the world. A true black swan. As the following brief video summarizes, 2011 was the year of earthquakes. Has the earth become increasingly unstable? Will the pattern from 2011 continue into 2012 and beyond? Is mother nature getting angrier? We have no idea, but we do know that the following clip is quite awesome: make sure you have your volume turned up high.

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Evil Rays

Rumblings in Sooke Spark Mystery


UFO Digest
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:28 UTC
(British Columbia, Canada) In the last 48 hours a number of people in Sooke have reported feeling powerful tremors that some believe are an earthquake. "I heard what sounded like a freight train coming, that rumble, and it was very brief.


My bed actually shifted," one Sooke homeowner told CTV News. Seismologists say there are no indications of an earthquake in the Sooke area and all calling the recent reports a mystery.
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4.6-Magnitude Earthquake Rumbles Haiti Again


Black PR Wire
Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:45 UTC
According to the United States Geological Survey, on March 7th at about 9:51:32 p.m. EDT, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake panicked southern Haiti.

The earthquake was centered 22 miles (37 kilometers) southeast of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince and was about 3 miles (4.9 kms) deep.

After the devastating earthquake that left many Haitians traumatized on January 12, 2010, the rattle they felt from this year's earthquake caused some residents to run into the streets in fear that their homes would collapse again.

Although the 7-magnitude earthquake killed 314,000 Haitians in 2010, there has been no immediate report of death and serious damages with this 4.6-magnitude earthquake.

Marguerite Supre, an 82-year-old Haitian-born U.S. citizen said, "When I first became aware of this earthquake, I got scared and started to panic because of my daughter. I just wanted to know she was safe."

Her daughter Guerdy Ambroise has been in Haiti her whole life. She explained that during the 2010 earthquake she nearly lost her life.
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Mysterious rumbles bring down an old barn

Jack Knox
Times Colonist
Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:10 UTC
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© Supplied photoMysterious "rumbles" are blamed for the colapse of Sharon Hanslipês barn in Otter Point on Friday March 16, 2012.
(British Columbia, Canada) Life is full of mysteries: why hot water freezes faster than cold, how they built the pyramids, why anyone listens to Rush Limbaugh.

And now, or perhaps still, The Rumbles.

Three times Thursday morning, an unexplained phenomenon rattled windows, dishes and nerves from Langford to Otter Point, even knocking down an old barn.

It sounded like sustained thunder, or God bowling. Some feared it was an earthquake, others suspected blasting, while still others thought it was bad choices from the '60s coming home to roost.

"It's still pretty much of a mystery," said Otter Point's Sharon Hanslip on Friday.

The episodes came at 9: 30 a.m, 10 and 11, the last the most intense. "It shook the house and brought down the barn."
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5.9 magnitude earthquake sparks mall stampede in Philippines, causes some damage, hurting 23


The Washington Post
Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:30 UTC
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A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Friday, causing minor damage and a mall stampede that left at least 23 people injured, officials said. Most of the injured were sent home after being treated for minor cuts. Two people who were crushed remained in hospital for observation, said George Tremedal, a hospital doctor.

The quake was centered 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) off Dinagat Island near southeastern Surigao del Norte province, said Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology chief Renato Solidum. No tsunami alert was raised. "It was very strong. You could really feel it. You could see the vehicles moving. I could not control my body as it was moving," said Albert Lancin, a city health official.

Surigao del Norte Gov. Sol Matugas said 20 people had been hurt in a stampede at a mall packed with shoppers in the provincial capital, Surigao City.
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Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - Papua New Guinea


US Geological Survey
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:36 UTC
PNG Quake_140312
© USGSEarthquake Location
Date-Time:
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 21:13:11 UTC

Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 07:13:11 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
5.642°S, 151.025°E

Depth:
47.8 km (29.7 miles)

Region:
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Distances:
96 km (59 miles) E of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG

174 km (108 miles) ENE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG

598 km (371 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

2429 km (1509 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
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Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - Off The East Coast of Honshu, Japan


US Geological Survey
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:25 UTC
Honshu Quake_140312
© USGSEarthquake Location
Date-Time:
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 10:49:24 UTC

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 08:49:24 PM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
40.799°N, 144.770°E

Depth:
9.5 km (5.9 miles)

Region:
OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances:
244 km (151 miles) S of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

268 km (166 miles) SSE of Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

279 km (173 miles) E of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan

717 km (445 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
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Earthquake shakes Tokyo region hours after northern Japanese tremor causes small tsunami


The Washington Post
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:41 UTC
A series of earthquakes rattled Tokyo and northeastern Japan on Wednesday evening but caused no apparent damage or injury in the same region hit by last year's devastating tsunami.

A magnitude-6.8 earthquake first struck the southern coast of Hokkaido island in the evening, causing a small tsunami. Tsunami advisories were issued along the northern Pacific coast, prompting some communities to advise residents to evacuate coastal homes.

A swelling of 20 centimeters (8 inches) was observed in water at the port of Hachinohe in Aomori about an hour after the tremor, with smaller changes reported elsewhere. The agency lifted all tsunami advisories within about 90 minutes.

Within about three hours, a magnitude-6.1 quake shook buildings in the capital. It was centered just off the coast of Chiba, east of Tokyo, at a rather shallow 15 kilometers (9 miles) below the sea surface.
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