Monday, April 30, 2007

Update: 2007-04-30 16:33:02

Random Gallery PhotoDurban - Tidal Wave
Durban - Tidal Wave
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-04-30 13:595.338.437097.799010.0 NORTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
2007-04-30 12:375.0-7.1420156.241010.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-04-29 17:225.02.782095.778040.9 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
2007-04-29 12:416.252.0790-179.9790123.3 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
2007-04-29 03:445.4-8.3120157.134010.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-04-28 20:125.148.2210154.77203.5 KURIL ISLANDS
2007-04-28 14:026.0-60.5300-20.760033.0 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
2007-04-28 14:025.9-60.4910-20.443021.0 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
2007-04-28 14:026.0-60.6840-20.180010.0 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
2007-04-28 13:245.223.3380143.312010.0 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-03-31 19:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-03-27 09:02-0.980100.680OrangeTalangSumatra
2007-03-31 19:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-03-28 06:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-03-31 06:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-03-27 12:0237.73015.000OrangeMt. EtnaSicily
2007-03-28 19:021.220-77.170OrangeGalerasColombia
2007-03-27 12:02-2.75035.900OrangeOl Doinyo LengaiE. Africa
2007-03-31 06:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Update: 2007-04-29 16:03:01

Random Gallery PhotoFact or Photoshop?
Fact or Photoshop?
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-04-29 17:225.02.782095.778040.9 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
2007-04-29 12:416.252.0790-179.9790123.3 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
2007-04-29 03:445.4-8.3120157.134010.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-04-28 20:125.148.2210154.77203.5 KURIL ISLANDS
2007-04-28 14:026.0-60.5300-20.760033.0 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
2007-04-28 14:025.9-60.4910-20.443021.0 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
2007-04-28 14:025.7-60.6840-20.180010.0 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
2007-04-28 13:245.223.3380143.312010.0 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-04-27 13:495.8-7.0960155.318048.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-04-27 13:495.7-6.9800155.970046.0 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-03-31 19:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-03-27 09:02-0.980100.680OrangeTalangSumatra
2007-03-31 19:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-03-28 06:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-03-31 06:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-03-27 12:0237.73015.000OrangeMt. EtnaSicily
2007-03-28 19:021.220-77.170OrangeGalerasColombia
2007-03-27 12:02-2.75035.900OrangeOl Doinyo LengaiE. Africa
2007-03-31 06:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Update: 2007-04-28 15:33:02

Random Gallery PhotoHubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-04-28 14:026.0-60.5300-20.760033.0 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
2007-04-28 14:025.9-60.4910-20.443021.0 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
2007-04-28 14:025.7-60.6840-20.180010.0 EAST OF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
2007-04-28 13:245.223.3380143.312010.0 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-04-27 13:495.8-7.0960155.318048.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-04-27 13:495.7-6.9800155.970046.0 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2007-04-27 08:026.15.180094.580033.0 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2007-04-27 08:025.95.348094.608029.7 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2007-04-26 16:375.442.4580143.581036.9 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
2007-04-26 12:135.6-28.1360-70.554050.0 ATACAMA, CHILE

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-03-31 19:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-03-27 09:02-0.980100.680OrangeTalangSumatra
2007-03-31 19:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-03-28 06:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-03-31 06:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-03-27 12:0237.73015.000OrangeMt. EtnaSicily
2007-03-28 19:021.220-77.170OrangeGalerasColombia
2007-03-27 12:02-2.75035.900OrangeOl Doinyo LengaiE. Africa
2007-03-31 06:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Friday, April 27, 2007

Update: 2007-04-27 15:33:01

Random Gallery PhotoSouthern African Cloud Cover
Southern African Cloud Cover
Posted by GenesysAngel

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-04-27 13:495.8-7.0960155.318048.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-04-27 13:495.8-6.9740155.954046.0 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2007-04-27 08:026.15.180094.580033.0 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2007-04-27 08:025.95.348094.608029.7 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2007-04-26 16:375.442.4580143.581036.9 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
2007-04-26 12:135.6-28.1360-70.554050.0 ATACAMA, CHILE
2007-04-26 12:045.012.5040123.483079.4 MASBATE REGION, PHILIPPINES
2007-04-26 12:015.012.4460123.457050.0 MASBATE REGION, PHILIPPINES
2007-04-26 10:015.0-18.2780172.7610161.0 VANUATU REGION
2007-04-26 09:395.4-17.9790172.864022.6 VANUATU REGION

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-03-31 19:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-03-27 09:02-0.980100.680OrangeTalangSumatra
2007-03-31 19:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-03-28 06:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-03-31 06:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-03-27 12:0237.73015.000OrangeMt. EtnaSicily
2007-03-28 19:021.220-77.170OrangeGalerasColombia
2007-03-27 12:02-2.75035.900OrangeOl Doinyo LengaiE. Africa
2007-03-31 06:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Update: 2007-04-26 15:03:02

Random Gallery PhotoFrom a distance
From a distance
Posted by SilverJade

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-04-26 16:375.442.4580143.581036.9 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
2007-04-26 12:235.046.5380152.404033.9 KURIL ISLANDS
2007-04-26 12:135.6-28.1360-70.554050.0 ATACAMA, CHILE
2007-04-26 12:045.012.5040123.483079.4 MASBATE REGION, PHILIPPINES
2007-04-26 12:015.112.4980123.464050.0 MASBATE REGION, PHILIPPINES
2007-04-26 10:015.0-18.2470172.6010212.7 VANUATU REGION
2007-04-26 09:395.4-17.9790172.864022.6 VANUATU REGION
2007-04-26 00:025.133.9270133.477047.8 SHIKOKU, JAPAN
2007-04-25 13:346.3-14.3000166.790063.0 VANUATU
2007-04-25 13:346.3-14.2870166.819069.3 VANUATU

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-03-31 19:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-03-27 09:02-0.980100.680OrangeTalangSumatra
2007-03-31 19:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-03-28 06:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-03-31 06:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-03-27 12:0237.73015.000OrangeMt. EtnaSicily
2007-03-28 19:021.220-77.170OrangeGalerasColombia
2007-03-27 12:02-2.75035.900OrangeOl Doinyo LengaiE. Africa
2007-03-31 06:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Update: 2007-04-25 15:03:01

Random Gallery PhotoBedfordshire Crop Circle
Bedfordshire Crop Circle
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-04-25 13:346.3-14.3000166.790063.0 VANUATU
2007-04-25 13:346.3-14.2870166.819069.3 VANUATU
2007-04-25 11:525.77.3680126.527035.0 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
2007-04-25 10:065.046.6440152.551010.0 KURIL ISLANDS
2007-04-25 04:195.228.190056.220015.9 SOUTHERN IRAN
2007-04-25 03:225.2-15.5480167.6760132.6 VANUATU
2007-04-25 02:115.047.1110-27.451010.0 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
2007-04-24 16:075.329.0580-43.114010.0 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
2007-04-24 12:145.5-7.7570155.619010.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-04-24 08:535.35.8060-75.896054.7 COLOMBIA

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-03-31 19:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-03-27 09:02-0.980100.680OrangeTalangSumatra
2007-03-31 19:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-03-28 06:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-03-31 06:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-03-27 12:0237.73015.000OrangeMt. EtnaSicily
2007-03-28 19:021.220-77.170OrangeGalerasColombia
2007-03-27 12:02-2.75035.900OrangeOl Doinyo LengaiE. Africa
2007-03-31 06:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Update: 2007-04-24 14:33:01

Random Gallery Photogrand finale
grand finale
Posted by SilverJade

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-04-24 16:075.329.0580-43.114010.0 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
2007-04-24 12:145.5-7.7570155.619010.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
2007-04-24 08:535.35.8060-75.896054.7 COLOMBIA
2007-04-24 07:365.029.1950-43.225010.0 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
2007-04-24 05:565.029.2200-43.218010.0 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
2007-04-23 09:455.1-20.5990169.247083.0 VANUATU
2007-04-23 05:135.0-6.8140129.7940122.1 BANDA SEA
2007-04-22 23:565.248.1240152.376035.0 KURIL ISLANDS
2007-04-22 10:285.025.6320125.171010.0 SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
2007-04-22 10:225.3-32.3940-71.240038.9 VALPARAISO, CHILE

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-03-31 19:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-03-27 09:02-0.980100.680OrangeTalangSumatra
2007-03-31 19:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-03-28 06:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-03-31 06:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-03-27 12:0237.73015.000OrangeMt. EtnaSicily
2007-03-28 19:021.220-77.170OrangeGalerasColombia
2007-03-27 12:02-2.75035.900OrangeOl Doinyo LengaiE. Africa
2007-03-31 06:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Monday, April 23, 2007

Update: 2007-04-23 14:03:02

Random Gallery Photoa flame
a flame
Posted by SilverJade

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-04-23 09:455.1-20.5990169.247083.0 VANUATU
2007-04-23 05:135.0-6.8140129.7940122.1 BANDA SEA
2007-04-22 23:565.248.1240152.376035.0 KURIL ISLANDS
2007-04-22 10:285.025.6320125.171010.0 SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
2007-04-22 10:225.3-32.3940-71.240038.9 VALPARAISO, CHILE
2007-04-21 21:245.052.4170-170.075033.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
2007-04-21 17:536.2-45.2660-72.496038.1 AISEN, CHILE
2007-04-21 17:206.2-13.8740166.9370112.0 VANUATU
2007-04-21 17:206.0-13.9120166.881040.7 VANUATU
2007-04-21 10:125.1-3.0760100.911030.0 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-03-31 19:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-03-27 09:02-0.980100.680OrangeTalangSumatra
2007-03-31 19:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-03-28 06:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-03-31 06:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-03-27 12:0237.73015.000OrangeMt. EtnaSicily
2007-03-28 19:021.220-77.170OrangeGalerasColombia
2007-03-27 12:02-2.75035.900OrangeOl Doinyo LengaiE. Africa
2007-03-31 06:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

Disaster decade prompts UN to expand rescue system

Random Gallery PhotoBush Pig
Bush Pig
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Robin Pomeroy - Rueters Alertnet).

BRINDISI, Italy, April 22 (Reuters) - Wars in Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq, a huge tsunami, earthquakes and famines -- it has been a busy decade for the rescue business. So much so, the U.N. has decided to expand its emergency service.

Since 2000, the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) had been based in a corner of a military base near the southern Italian port of Brindisi.

For many people fleeing conflicts and disasters, the first aid they received was flown out from an 80-year-old corrugated iron shed stocked to the rafters with tents, blankets generators, water purification machines and food rations.

"Our raison d'etre is to intervene as quickly as possible in an emergency, because getting there a few hours earlier means saving more...
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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Strong earthquake in southern Chile, 10 missing

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(Rueters Alertnet) from Chile.

SANTIAGO, April 21 (Reuters) - At least 10 people were missing on Saturday after a large earthquake in southern Chile caused power cuts, landslides and large waves off the nation's Pacific coast, authorities said.

The 6.2 magnitude quake hit at 13:50 local time (1750 GMT) with an epicenter 820 miles (1,320 km) south of the capital Santiago, near the city of Coyhaique. At first it was not thought to have caused material damages.

The government disaster agency Onemi said later that the quake had caused chunks of land to fall into the ocean, causing large waves, but not a tsunami, in an area where there are salmon farms.

Onemi said in a statement army patrols and police were searching for 10 people who had been reported missing and are thought to have been on...
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Cellphones may be the end of world's bees

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(Geoffrey Lean and Harriet Shawcross - IOL News).

It seems like the plot of a particularly far-fetched horror film. But some scientists suggest that our love of the cellphone could cause massive food shortages as the world's harvests fail.

They are putting forward the theory that radiation given off by cellphones and other high-tech gadgets is a possible answer to one of the more bizarre mysteries ever to happen in the natural world - the abrupt disappearance of the bees that pollinate crops.

Late last week, some beekeepers claimed that the phenomenon - which started in the United States, then spread to continental Europe - was beginning to hit Britain as well.

The theory is that radiation from cellphones interferes with bees' navigation systems, preventing them from finding their way back to their...
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Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: USGS
2007-04-22 11:575.1-3.7310-81.170041.6 NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN PERU
2007-04-22 10:285.125.6550125.159010.0 SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
2007-04-22 10:225.3-32.3940-71.240038.9 VALPARAISO, CHILE
2007-04-21 21:245.052.4170-170.075033.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
2007-04-21 17:536.2-45.2660-72.496038.1 AISEN, CHILE
2007-04-21 17:206.2-13.8740166.9370112.0 VANUATU
2007-04-21 17:205.5-13.9110166.881040.7 VANUATU
2007-04-21 10:125.1-3.0760100.911030.0 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
2007-04-21 07:126.3-3.5460151.2840410.4 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
2007-04-21 00:325.421.1770122.132035.0 TAIWAN REGION

Recent Significant Earthquakes
DateMagnitudeLatitudeLongitudeDepthRegion
Network: EMSC
2007-01-02 03:135.127.0400140.4000348.0BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2007-01-01 11:145.0-8.1100106.590010.0SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
2007-01-01 00:315.11.520067.180033.0CARLSBERG RIDGE
2007-01-01 00:305.1-5.460070.810033.0CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO REGION
2007-01-01 00:185.0-26.2300179.8400275.0SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
2006-12-31 22:485.1-28.5200-112.200035.0EASTER ISLAND REGION
2006-12-31 14:555.5-37.4400-70.690040.0NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
2006-12-31 13:125.2-8.2000111.080083.0JAVA, INDONESIA
2006-12-30 22:345.343.3400146.370060.0KURIL ISLANDS
2006-12-30 17:495.035.0800139.360080.0NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Recent Volcanic Activity
DateLatitudeLongitudeStatusVolcanoNameCountry
2007-03-31 19:0216.720-62.180OrangeSoufriere HillsWest Indies
2007-03-27 09:02-0.980100.680OrangeTalangSumatra
2007-03-31 19:021.110124.730OrangeSoputanSulawesi
2007-03-28 06:02-19.520169.430OrangeYasurSo. Pacific
2006-09-07 08:02-7.940112.950OrangeTenggerJava
2007-03-31 06:02-16.36070.700OrangeUbinasPeru
2007-03-27 12:0237.73015.000OrangeMt. EtnaSicily
2007-03-28 19:021.220-77.170OrangeGalerasColombia
2007-03-27 12:02-2.75035.900OrangeOl Doinyo LengaiE. Africa
2007-03-31 06:0231.580130.670OrangeSakura-JimaJapan

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