Thursday, May 27, 2010

Quakes Tsunamis & Volcanos

 BALLENY ISLANDS REGION
Geographic coordinates:            65.513S, 179.765E
Magnitude:                        5.1 Mb
Depth:                            10 km
Universal Time (UTC):             25 May 2010  09:19:34
Time near the Epicenter:          25 May 2010  21:19:34
Local standard time in your area: 25 May 2010  03:19:34

Location with respect to nearby cities:
 221 km (137 miles) N (359 degrees) of Scott Island, Antarctica
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 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
Geographic coordinates:             9.306S, 113.566E
Magnitude:                        4.8 Mb
Depth:                            65 km
Universal Time (UTC):             26 May 2010  15:55:56
Time near the Epicenter:          26 May 2010  23:55:56
Local standard time in your area: 26 May 2010  09:55:56

Location with respect to nearby cities:
 134 km (83 miles) S (189 degrees) of Jember, Java, Indonesia
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NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Geographic coordinates:            19.389N,  68.813W
Magnitude:                        3.6 Mcd
Depth:                            109 km
Universal Time (UTC):             26 May 2010  19:29:52
Time near the Epicenter:          26 May 2010  15:29:52
Local standard time in your area: 26 May 2010  13:29:52

Location with respect to nearby cities:
 58 km (36 miles) ENE (70 degrees) of Samaná, Samaná, Dominican Republic
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RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates:            50.808N, 175.802E
Magnitude:                        3.7 Ml
Depth:                            22 km
Universal Time (UTC):             26 May 2010  22:30:56
Time near the Epicenter:          26 May 2010  13:30:56
Local standard time in your area: 26 May 2010  16:30:56

Location with respect to nearby cities:
 289 km (180 miles) SE (141 degrees) of Attu Station, AK
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SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates:            12.204S, 166.487E
Magnitude:                        4.8 Mb
Depth:                            79 km
Universal Time (UTC):             27 May 2010  01:52:15
Time near the Epicenter:          27 May 2010  12:52:15
Local standard time in your area: 26 May 2010  19:52:15

Location with respect to nearby cities:
 377 km (234 miles) N (349 degrees) of Santo (Luganville), Vanuatu
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CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN
Geographic coordinates:            33.952N,  68.348E
Magnitude:                        4.4 Mb
Depth:                            10 km
Universal Time (UTC):             27 May 2010  01:29:58
Time near the Epicenter:          27 May 2010  05:59:58
Local standard time in your area: 26 May 2010  19:29:58

Location with respect to nearby cities:
 99 km (62 miles) SW (231 degrees) of KABUL, Afghanistan
 201 km (125 miles) WSW (255 degrees) of Jalalabad, Afghanistan
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LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
Geographic coordinates:            34.684S,  71.722W
Magnitude:                        4.6 Mb
Depth:                            35 km
Universal Time (UTC):             27 May 2010  03:54:01
Time near the Epicenter:          26 May 2010  23:54:01
Local standard time in your area: 26 May 2010  21:54:01

Location with respect to nearby cities:
 87 km (54 miles) N (357 degrees) of Talca, Chile
 164 km (102 miles) SW (216 degrees) of SANTIAGO, Chile
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SOUTHEAST OF RYUKYU ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates:            25.713N, 129.703E
Magnitude:                        4.7 Mb
Depth:                            10 km
Universal Time (UTC):             27 May 2010  02:48:11
Time near the Epicenter:          27 May 2010  11:48:11
Local standard time in your area: 26 May 2010  20:48:11

Location with respect to nearby cities:
 210 km (130 miles) ESE (103 degrees) of Naha, Okinawa, Japan
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 KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA
Geographic coordinates:            51.453N, 156.556E
Magnitude:                        4.7 Mb
Depth:                            128 km
Universal Time (UTC):             27 May 2010  10:32:39
Time near the Epicenter:          27 May 2010  23:32:39
Local standard time in your area: 27 May 2010  04:32:39

Location with respect to nearby cities:
 91 km (56 miles) NNE (19 degrees) of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
 225 km (140 miles) SW (220 degrees) of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
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Volcano's big brother issues ominous warning

Scientists say a more powerful Icelandic volcano is 'close to failure'

An April 17 NASA image took place at Eyjafjallajokull to the west and Myrdalsjokull ice cap, beneath which slumbers the mighty Katla volcano, to the east.


LONDON - A second, much larger volcano in Iceland is showing signs that it may be about to erupt, scientists have warned.

Since the start of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, which caused cancellations of thousands of flights in Europe because of a giant ash cloud, there has been much speculation about neighboring Katla.

An initial research paper by the University College of London Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction said: "Analysis of the seismic energy released around Katla over the last decade or so is interpreted as providing evidence of a rising ... intrusive magma body on the western flank of the volcano."

Icelandic President Ólafur Grímsson has warned governments around Europe that a significant eruption at the volcano is close. "We [Iceland] have prepared ... it is high time for European governments and airline authorities all over Europe and the world to start planning for the eventual Katla eruption," he said.

The UCL scientists, engineers and statisticians also criticized the response to the earlier eruption.

"The impact of the eruption on regional airspace could have been predicted and better prepared for as the growing problem of aircraft-ash cloud encounters has been recognized for decades," the report added.

"Similarly, the potential for ash clouds, specifically from Icelandic volcanoes, to interfere with air traffic in UK, European and North Atlantic air-space was appreciated by the aviation industry well before the start of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption," it said.

"The response to the ash cloud's arrival in UK and adjacent airspace was entirely reactive and therefore less effective than it should have been."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37371442/ns/world_news-europe/

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Mt. Rainier Faces Grim Future

http://podcasts.discovery.com/dsc/podcasts/2010/05/dsc_discoveryvideo_news_rainier.mp4


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