Earth Updates-2010

[dddanieljjjamesss]

I don't know if anyone lives on the northeast coast of the US, but I grew up in NJ and am now living in MA, and my mom called me the other day and told me they had an earthquake. Sure enough there was a 2.2 last week near ramapo county NJ. Never experienced any form of earthquake in my 22 years and we are definitely not in an area that has them very frequently.

[viking]

Hmmmm scarey...more of this to come?

Mummy Gaia is not a happy bunny!!



viking

[5thElement]

Sea level changes in India:


Our grandparents and our parents all used to stay here. We had a lot of wealth and a lot of land before this. But now we are left with very little land and very little money to survive on.


- Durga Pal, resident of Sagar Island in the Bay of Bengal

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=123733017

El

[gscraig]

Chaiten Volcano activity causes Chile to raise Red Alert status.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/am...ano/index.html

6.8 Quake in Eastern Indonesia (6.2 recorded by US Geological Survey) on 2/16/10.

I'm curious how we should go about quake reporting, due to the mini quakes that occur often. Perhaps we post those of at least 6.0 magnitude, and those in areas that generally or historically do not have them??

[5thElement]

Originally Posted by gscraig

Chaiten Volcano activity causes Chile to raise Red Alert status.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/am...ano/index.html

6.8 Quake in Eastern Indonesia (6.2 recorded by US Geological Survey) on 2/16/10.

I'm curious how we should go about quake reporting, due to the mini quakes that occur often. Perhaps we post those of at least 6.0 magnitude, and those in areas that generally or historically do not have them??

I have been thinking about this also - I like the report 6.0 and above for now. When someone has the time to post a list of places with very little EQ activity - those locations can be added to the post and reported on.

Thanks for getting this going
El

[gscraig]

6.9 Quake today at China/North Korean Border

[gscraig]

I stumbled onto this from February 3, 2010. Sorry, if this has been posted before.

Undersea Volcano Erupts, May Form New Island
National Geographic

Erupting from an undersea volcano some 745 miles south of Tokyo, smoke and ash rise roughly 30 stories into the air in this image captured by a Japan Coast Guard helicopter on February 3, 2010.

The helicopter's mother ship, Yashima, was on a routine patrol when the ***utoku-Okanoba volcano exploded. There had been no warning that an eruption was imminent, according to Keiji Doi, senior coordinator for seismic information at the Japan Meteorological Agency.

"Coast Guard vessels and aircraft are now collecting data in the area," Doi said, adding that other ships have been warned to keep their distance. "It is very dangerous to approach the area as it is impossible to predict further eruptions."

Couple of nice photos on the story link.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...47_600x450.jpg

[gscraig]

I debated posting this, but the reason given in this report was that the boat "was flipped upside down in strong winds" and had "catastrophic problems" (whatever that means?). Most other outlets are reporting no known reason has been given yet as to what happened. At any rate, here it is.

Canadian ship sinks off Brazil
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Can...102/story.html

[burgundia]

Unusually high temperatures in 12 cities in Bulgaria. The highest was 23.6 C in the north of the country. At the Black Sea area was 22 C and in the capital 19 C.

[burgundia]

Killer rainstorms and deadly floods in Madeira...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8526679.stm

[gibonos]

moscow experiencing biggest snowfalls since...
and now we're waiting for the floods

gibonos

[5thElement]

Several recent quakes in and around Tonga- one 6.0.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...acific_eqs.php

El

[mgray]

Here's a global earthquake site that is very good. I use it often to monitor activity.
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

[5thElement]

SYDNEY – A massive iceberg struck Antarctica, dislodging another giant block of ice from a glacier, Australian and French scientists said Friday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/...ralia_icebergs

There are several theories going about what effect this will have on ocean currents, weather, sea level etc. They range from "no effect" to "major changes". Bottom line - at the moment no one knows

El

[5thElement]

7.3 Japan (coastal)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

Thank you Viking for the fyi

El

[Rocky_Shorz]

Should we also be watching a difference in behavior of animals?

A woman who had watched the whales perform before the incident said the trainers were having difficulties getting the whales to perform.

"They weren't following the instructions," Lori Miller said on "Larry King Live." "And the senior trainer actually came out onto the stage to let the crowd know ... that the whales decided they were having more fun splashing each other than splashing the crowd."...


Guest David Dalton told CNN affiliate WFTV, "All of a sudden, out of nowhere, two of the bigger whales just kind of flipped out, going as fast as they could in the water."

full story

[5thElement]

Big news day for earth changes This time it is drought:

Josefa Garcia Rojas walks through the eerily barren streets of Potosi, a small Venezuelan city where she lived most of her 84 years, amid the skeletons of trees and groups of curious onlookers. This is the first time she's stepped foot here since she and a thousand other residents were forced to flee their homes to make way for a hydroelectric dam being built to block the water of a river that ran through town. It's been 26 years since then, but due to an unprecedented drought in the region, Petosi has reemerged from the murky depths. While it may bring some nostalgic comfort to Josefa and others to see the town's old church once again--there's the creeping sense that all is not well.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010...or-decades.php

El

[Majorion]

Originally Posted by Rocky_Shorz

Should we also be watching a difference in behavior of animals?

Yes, animals have a strong sixth sense and it is widely known that they can anticipate danger and disaster, so if you see a horde of animals running away from what appears to be nothing, you should probably take the cue. Humans also have that sixth sense but unfortunately we're conditioned from a very young age to suppress those abilities.

[Rocky_Shorz]

GREAT FILAMENT: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is tracking an enormous magnetic filament on the sun.

Sun Link

It Collapsed on the 24th...

7.3 Quake Hits Japan February 27 2010

A very powerful 7.3 earthquake has struck Japan.

A tsunami warning was in effect for Japan after the massive earthquake that struck in the early morning hours of Saturday February 27 2010 local time.

The US Geological Survey, who monitor earthquakes world wide said the quake read an initial reading of 7.3 on the Richter scale.

Japan Quake

and that was followed by...

A massive earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.8 has struck central Chile.

Chile Quake

[gscraig]

Posting from the Massive earthquake in Chile thread.

Multiple Tsunami Alerts due to Chile quakes. Thanks to PeaceandLove, TheRebel

http://latestnewsalert.com/

...Tsunami Warning Issued http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/message....27.064454.txt


California Under Tsunami Advisory AND WASHINGTON http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...visory27m.html
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[burgundia]

Warning for northern Spain. Hurricane and heavy rain expected...

[peaceandlove]

Originally Posted by gscraig

Posting from the Massive earthquake in Chile thread.

Multiple Tsunami Alerts due to Chile quakes. Thanks to PeaceandLove, TheRebel

http://latestnewsalert.com/

...Tsunami Warning Issued http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/message....27.064454.txt


California Under Tsunami Advisory AND WASHINGTON http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...visory27m.html
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Emergency and Disaster Information Service

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=&lang=eng

This has been posted elsewhere on PA before.

[gscraig]

Fierce storms over Spain, Portugal and France

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...TMBQAD9E58ER80

Thanks to Winadeyo

[Swanny]

gscraig your link doesn't work

[Clarityofawareness]

Found some live streams concerning related information. If they don't work, oh well. *However, I am listening and viewing those links since at that time of me posting that information here.

Hawaii County Police (live scanner)
Includes Police, Fire, EMS, Emergency Rescue, Airports, and Civil Defense *** (covers just about all of the Big Island including Kona, Hilo, Pahoa, Waimea, Keaau, and Volcano)

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=866

FM 100 Radio (live talk show format)

http://streaming.kccnfm100.com/_play...allsign=KCCNFM

Audio arreglado, transmitiendo Canal 13 Chile (Live TV news from Chile)

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/chile-...hqake-coverage

Live web cams covering various places around the islands of Hawaii

http://mauisurfcams.com/

Kevin

Please post any other "live stream links" here as well.