Earthquakes
RSOE EDIS
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| 29.05.2012 08:30:38 | 2.3 | North America | United States | Alaska | Hughes |  |
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| 29.05.2012 07:55:29 | 2.0 | Europe | Italy | Castiglione | |
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| 29.05.2012 07:40:59 | 4.5 | Pacific Ocean | Northern Mariana Islands | Shomushon | |
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| 29.05.2012 07:55:49 | 4.5 | Pacific Ocean – East | Northern Mariana Islands | Shomushon | |
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| 29.05.2012 07:10:52 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Port William |  |
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| 29.05.2012 07:56:12 | 3.5 | Europe | Greece | Kalamakion | |
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| 29.05.2012 07:56:33 | 2.0 | Europe | Italy | Possessionazza | |
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| 29.05.2012 06:50:32 | 2.8 | Europe | Greece | Mavron Oros | |
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| 29.05.2012 06:35:41 | 4.6 | Asia | Russia | Kamchatskaya Oblast' | Glinka | |
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| 29.05.2012 06:50:58 | 4.7 | Europe | Russia | Glinka | |
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EMSC | |
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| 29.05.2012 06:51:17 | 2.2 | Europe | Italy | Santa Bianca | |
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| 29.05.2012 06:51:39 | 2.8 | Europe | Italy | Casa Castellana | |
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| 29.05.2012 07:45:31 | 3.3 | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | Islote | |
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| 29.05.2012 06:51:59 | 2.6 | Europe | Greece | Dhouka | |
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| 29.05.2012 06:52:22 | 5.6 | Pacific Ocean – East | Fiji | Matokana | |
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| 29.05.2012 06:05:32 | 5.9 | Pacific Ocean | Fiji | Matokana | |
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| 29.05.2012 05:30:37 | 2.0 | North America | United States | Hawaii | ÂÃpua (historical) | |
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| 29.05.2012 07:11:13 | 2.4 | Caribbean | U.S. Virgin Islands | Cabritaberg | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:57:17 | 5.7 | Asia | Russia | Kamchatskaya Oblast' | Glinka | |
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| 29.05.2012 05:45:29 | 5.3 | Europe | Russia | Glinka | |
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EMSC | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:25:33 | 2.4 | Middle America | Mexico | Estado de Baja California | El Centinela | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:20:32 | 2.3 | North America | United States | California | Coso | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:20:54 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Kantishna | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:45:24 | 2.7 | Europe | Italy | Redena | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:45:50 | 2.6 | Europe | Greece | Poungakia | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:46:13 | 2.5 | Europe | Greece | Neraidhovrisi | |
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EMSC | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:10:35 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Hawaii | ÂAinapö | |
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| 29.05.2012 05:20:28 | 5.2 | Asia | Japan | Iwate-ken | Aneyoshi | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:46:35 | 5.1 | Asia | Japan | Aneyoshi | |
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EMSC | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:46:56 | 2.6 | Europe | Greece | Lipsoi | |
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EMSC | |
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| 29.05.2012 03:47:13 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Hawaii | ÂÃpua (historical) | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:47:17 | 2.4 | Asia | Turkey | Kirazoglu | |
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| 29.05.2012 03:45:29 | 2.7 | Europe | Greece | Vourvoulos | |
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| 29.05.2012 03:45:50 | 2.0 | Europe | Italy | Santa Maria Maddalena | |
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EMSC | |
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| 29.05.2012 07:56:55 | 2.0 | Europe | Greece | Limnaria | |
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EMSC | |
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| 29.05.2012 03:35:40 | 4.5 | Indonesian archipelago | Indonesia | Damau | |
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| 29.05.2012 03:46:18 | 4.5 | Indonesian Archipelago | Indonesia | Damau | |
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| 29.05.2012 03:46:39 | 2.7 | Europe | Greece | Kato Bration | |
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| 29.05.2012 08:00:48 | 3.7 | Middle America | Mexico | Estado de Tamaulipas | Palo Blanco | |
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| 29.05.2012 04:47:37 | 2.5 | Europe | Greece | Neon Karlovasion | |
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EMSC | |
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| 29.05.2012 02:40:27 | 2.4 | Europe | Italy | San Biagio | |
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| 29.05.2012 01:37:15 | 2.3 | North America | United States | Alaska | Port William | |
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| 29.05.2012 01:35:30 | 3.5 | Europe | Greece | Vounopirgos | |
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| 29.05.2012 01:35:48 | 2.1 | Europe | Italy | Il Motto | |
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| 29.05.2012 01:36:10 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Yagcilar | |
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| 29.05.2012 01:36:32 | 2.8 | Asia | Turkey | Bucak | |
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| 29.05.2012 01:36:52 | 2.8 | Europe | Italy | Casa Castellana | |
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| 29.05.2012 00:35:26 | 3.0 | Europe | Italy | Medolla | |
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| 29.05.2012 00:35:45 | 2.3 | Europe | Greece | Lindos | |
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| 29.05.2012 00:10:36 | 5.8 | Pacific Ocean | Tonga | Ha`atafu | |
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| 29.05.2012 00:36:07 | 5.4 | Pacific Ocean – East | Tonga | Ha`atafu | |
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EMSC | |
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| 29.05.2012 00:36:28 | 2.2 | Europe | Italy | San Felice sul Panaro | |
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| 29.05.2012 00:36:47 | 3.2 | Europe | Italy | La Fruttarola | |
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| 28.05.2012 23:30:36 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Bekdemir | |
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| 28.05.2012 23:30:55 | 3.6 | Europe | Greece | Kendrion | |
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| 28.05.2012 22:50:43 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Hawaii | ÂAinapö | |
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| 28.05.2012 23:31:15 | 2.2 | Europe | Italy | San Felice sul Panaro | |
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| 28.05.2012 23:31:34 | 2.3 | Asia | Turkey | Kucukanafarta | |
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| 28.05.2012 22:30:29 | 2.7 | Europe | Italy | Quarantoli | |
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| 28.05.2012 22:30:51 | 2.0 | Europe | Italy | Ponte di San Pellegrino | |
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| 28.05.2012 21:15:36 | 2.4 | North America | United States | Washington | Wagnersburg | |
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| 28.05.2012 21:25:27 | 2.1 | Europe | Italy | La Massara | |
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| 28.05.2012 21:25:53 | 2.5 | Europe | Greece | Mardhation | |
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| 28.05.2012 21:25:53 | 2.9 | Europe | Greece | Mardhation | |
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| 28.05.2012 20:20:32 | 2.8 | Asia | Turkey | Okuzler | |
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| 28.05.2012 20:00:44 | 2.6 | North America | United States | Hawaii | Royal Gardens | |
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| 28.05.2012 19:55:37 | 2.6 | North America | United States | Hawaii | Pähala | |
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| 28.05.2012 19:30:45 | 2.8 | North America | United States | California | Toomey | |
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| 28.05.2012 22:31:18 | 3.9 | Europe | Russia | Utashud | |
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| 28.05.2012 20:20:52 | 2.2 | Europe | Italy | San Biagio | |
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| 28.05.2012 22:31:38 | 4.9 | Indonesian Archipelago | Malaysia | Matandak | |
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| 28.05.2012 18:55:46 | 5.3 | Asia | Japan | Chiba-ken | Owada | |
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| 28.05.2012 19:20:35 | 5.3 | Asia | Japan | Shiroi | |
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| 28.05.2012 19:20:57 | 2.1 | Europe | Italy | Ghisellina | |
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| 28.05.2012 19:20:57 | 3.0 | Europe | Greece | Spata | |
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| 28.05.2012 19:21:18 | 2.6 | Europe | Italy | Divieto | |
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| 28.05.2012 18:20:34 | 3.3 | Europe | Greece | Spata | |
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| 28.05.2012 18:20:55 | 2.7 | Europe | Greece | Polilofon | |
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| 28.05.2012 18:21:15 | 2.6 | Europe | Greece | Katakolon | |
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| 28.05.2012 18:21:36 | 4.3 | Europe | Greece | Ano Dhrimalaiika | |
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| 28.05.2012 17:55:40 | 5.0 | Pacific Ocean | Fiji | Matokana | |
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| 28.05.2012 18:21:58 | 5.0 | Pacific Ocean – East | Fiji | Matokana | |
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EMSC | |
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| 28.05.2012 20:05:37 | 3.2 | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | Centro Puntas | |
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| 28.05.2012 18:22:24 | 2.1 | Europe | Greece | Sarti | |
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| 28.05.2012 17:15:32 | 2.8 | Europe | Italy | La Massara | |
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| 28.05.2012 17:15:54 | 4.8 | Asia | Japan | Aneyoshi | |
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| 28.05.2012 17:16:15 | 2.4 | Europe | Italy | La Massara | |
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| 28.05.2012 17:16:36 | 2.6 | Europe | Italy | San Nicolo | |
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| 28.05.2012 17:16:58 | 2.7 | Europe | Greece | Ayios Ioannis | |
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| 28.05.2012 16:15:31 | 2.3 | Europe | Italy | Vallacquosa | |
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| 28.05.2012 17:17:18 | 2.5 | Asia | Turkey | Kapikaya | |
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| 28.05.2012 17:17:39 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Seyfettin | |
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| 28.05.2012 16:15:57 | 5.1 | Indonesian Archipelago | Indonesia | Lion | |
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| 28.05.2012 15:30:42 | 5.0 | Indonesian archipelago | Indonesia | North Sulawesi | Lion | |
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| 28.05.2012 16:16:20 | 2.1 | Asia | Turkey | Selametli | |
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| 28.05.2012 15:15:27 | 3.1 | Asia | Turkey | Kizilcagil | |
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| 28.05.2012 14:18:18 | 2.5 | North America | United States | Alaska | Iniskin | |
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| 28.05.2012 15:15:52 | 2.4 | Europe | Italy | Medolla | |
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| 28.05.2012 14:15:29 | 2.2 | Europe | Czech Republic | Studnice | |
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| 28.05.2012 15:16:14 | 2.3 | Europe | Italy | San Biagio | |
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| 28.05.2012 15:16:36 | 3.0 | Europe | Greece | Karpathos | |
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| 28.05.2012 14:15:56 | 3.0 | Asia | Turkey | Kizilcagil | |
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| 28.05.2012 14:18:40 | 5.1 | Atlantic Ocean | Argentina | Provincia de Santiago del Estero | Matara | |
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| 28.05.2012 14:16:18 | 5.0 | South-America | Argentina | Llajta Mauca | |
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| 28.05.2012 14:16:39 | 2.7 | Europe | Italy | San Carlo | |
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| 28.05.2012 14:16:59 | 2.0 | Asia | Turkey | Yiginli | |
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| 28.05.2012 13:10:34 | 3.4 | Asia | Turkey | Kabacamersin | |
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| 28.05.2012 19:25:32 | 2.7 | North America | United States | Alaska | Happy Valley | |
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| 28.05.2012 14:17:19 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Kamran | |
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| 28.05.2012 13:10:55 | 2.5 | Europe | Italy | Casa Alta | |
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| 28.05.2012 13:11:14 | 2.1 | Europe | Italy | Scortichino | |
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| 28.05.2012 13:00:46 | 3.7 | Caribbean | British Virgin Islands | The Settlement | |
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| 28.05.2012 12:05:43 | 2.2 | North America | United States | California | Linnie | |
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| 28.05.2012 12:10:35 | 2.4 | Asia | Turkey | Oymaagac | |
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| 28.05.2012 12:10:57 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Buyukaraplar | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:10:28 | 2.2 | Europe | Italy | San Giovanni del Dosso | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:55:38 | 2.1 | North America | United States | California | Black Oaks | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:10:50 | 2.4 | Europe | Italy | Corte Romana | |
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| 28.05.2012 12:11:18 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Esmetas | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:50:47 | 2.5 | North America | United States | Alaska | Iniskin | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:40:34 | 2.0 | North America | United States | California | Imperial | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:20:44 | 4.5 | Pacific Ocean | Northern Mariana Islands | Taruga (historical) | |
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| 28.05.2012 12:11:40 | 4.5 | Pacific Ocean – East | Northern Mariana Islands | Taruga (historical) | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:46:08 | 4.6 | South America | Chile | Region de Atacama | Totoral | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:11:11 | 4.6 | South-America | Chile | Totoral | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:25:32 | 2.0 | North America | United States | California | Caldwell Pines | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:11:36 | 2.2 | Europe | Italy | Vallacquosa | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:11:57 | 2.1 | Asia | Turkey | Isakoy | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:10:43 | 2.4 | Asia | Turkey | Kahya | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:12:19 | 3.9 | Europe | Russia | Urkhnishcha | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:11:02 | 2.0 | Asia | Turkey | Karakilise | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:12:40 | 2.8 | Europe | Albania | Librazhd-Katund | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:11:22 | 2.5 | Europe | Italy | Barchessone | |
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| 28.05.2012 19:21:48 | 2.9 | North America | United States | Alaska | Adak | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:11:43 | 2.5 | Europe | Greece | Mindiloglion | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:12:04 | 2.1 | Europe | Italy | Casa Castellana | |
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| 28.05.2012 09:05:35 | 2.2 | Europe | Switzerland | Sennwald | |
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| 28.05.2012 14:17:39 | 2.0 | Europe | Greece | Selianitika | |
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| 28.05.2012 09:41:12 | 3.4 | Pacific Ocean | New Zealand | Woodville County | New Brighton | |
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| 28.05.2012 09:05:55 | 2.7 | Europe | Italy | Barchessone | |
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| 28.05.2012 09:06:16 | 2.6 | Europe | Greece | Neokhorion | |
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| 28.05.2012 13:11:36 | 2.1 | Europe | Greece | Ayioi Theodhoroi | |
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| 28.05.2012 13:11:57 | 2.1 | Europe | Greece | Stefanion | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:12:27 | 2.3 | Asia | Turkey | Akgedik | |
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| 28.05.2012 12:12:01 | 2.0 | Europe | Greece | Trizonia | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:12:48 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Alaca | |
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| 28.05.2012 19:10:37 | 3.5 | North America | United States | Alaska | Biorka | |
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| 28.05.2012 12:12:24 | 2.8 | Europe | Greece | Erimoupolis | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:12:59 | 2.3 | Europe | Greece | Vasilikos | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:13:19 | 2.0 | Europe | Greece | Tsaflaiika | |
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| 28.05.2012 11:13:39 | 2.1 | Europe | Greece | Potamos | |
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| 28.05.2012 10:13:10 | 2.0 | Europe | Greece | Kerion | |
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Reuters: More aftershocks hit Italy, thousands still homeless
The Civil Protection Authority said the quake hit an area near Modena at around 1820 GMT and checks for damage were being carried out.
Thousands of people are still accommodated in tents or other makeshift housing a week after the original earthquake, the most serious to hit Italy since the 2009 shock in L’Aquila which killed almost 300.
An almost continuous series of minor aftershocks has rattled the area over the past days, making it potentially unsafe for many people to return to their badly damaged homes.
Last Sunday’s earthquake carved a swathe of destruction across the prosperous Emilia Romagna region, destroying or damaging hundreds of buildings including homes, factories and farms as well as historic churches and castles.
The government of Prime Minister Mario Monti has declared a state of emergency and pledged emergency funding of around 50 million euros.
Strong quake strikes northern Argentina – USGS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck northern Argentina early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake occurred at 2:07 a.m. local time (5.07 a.m. British time) and was centred 72 miles (116 km) east-southeast of Santiago del Estero, the USGS said.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake, which was upgraded from an initial 6.3.
(Reporting by Paul Simao; Editing by John Stonestreet)
Copyright © 2012 Reuters
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Volcanic Activity
| 15 | 29.05.2012 | Volcano Activity | Mexico | State of Puebla, [Popocatepetl Volcano] |  |
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Volcano Activity in Mexico on Monday, 16 April, 2012 at 05:02 (05:02 AM) UTC.
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| Popocatépetl, the nearly 18,000 foot volcano that hovers like a sentinel on the southeastern fringe of Mexico’s capital, awakened again Sunday, punctuating an especially shaky seismic season. Popo, as the mountain is widely called, spewed at least seven exhalations overnight Saturday and through the day Sunday, sending vapor, smoke and gas billowing into the clear sky. The most serious occurred just after 9 a.m. Sunday, sending a vapor cloud a mile into the air. Mexico’s National Disaster Prevention Center issued a precautionary warning to residents, advising them to stay alert for a worsening situation and to keep at least seven miles away from the volcano’s crater. The service predicted continuing “moderate exhalations, some with ash, sporadic low to moderate explosions with likely burning fragments emitted close to the crater, and flaming magma within the crater visible at night.” Popo’s latest fuming comes amid a series of earthquakes striking southern and central Mexico in the past three weeks. Several 6 magnitude quakes struck Wednesday, but no damage. A midday 7.4 quake on March 20 damaged hundreds of buildings in Oaxaca and Guerrero states and sent hundreds of thousands of residents scrambling into Mexico City’s streets.
The volcano, whose full name means Smoking Mountain in the Nahuatl tongue of the Aztecs, is a fairly active volcano, with such exhalations occurring regularly. Events like Sunday’s serve to prevent more dangerous pressure from building inside the volcano, scientists say. Popo experienced similar moderate activity several times in 2011 and again at the beginning of this year. Though more than 40 miles from downtown Mexico City , Popo and its adjoining snow-capped sister mountain, Iztaccihuatl dominate the Valley of Mexico and the surrounding highlands, home to some 25 million people. Mexico City’s teeming working class suburbs now lick at the mountains’ base. The city of Puebla, home to 1 million people, stands a few dozen miles from the volcano eastern slopes. Aztec legend held that Popocatepetl was a warrior deeply in love with Izta, whose silhouette can resemble a sleeping woman from the right angles. Sent by her father to battle to prove his worth, Popo was falsely reported killed. Iztaccihuatl died grief-stricken. When he returned from battle, Popo hunched next to her body, bowed his head and died of heartbreak. |
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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather
| Today | Heat Wave | Pakistan | State of Punjab, Lahore | |
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Heat Wave in Pakistan on Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 at 01:06 (01:06 AM) UTC.
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| A strong heat wave has taken the city in its grip and the weather is expected to get more hot and dry in the next few days. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, most of the cities including Lahore, will face increasing heat in the next four to five days, with temperature expected to reach 48 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius in some areas. Maximum temperature for Lahore recorded in the last 24 hours was 43 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, harsh weather conditions forced Lahoris to avoid unnecessary travel and stay indoors, which translated into less traffic on the otherwise busy arteries of the city. Irked by massive load shedding and rising temperature, a large number of citizens, including youngsters, women and children, were also seen bathing in the canal even on Monday despite it being a working day. |
Michigan wildfire destroys nearly 100 buildings
NEWBERRY, Mich. (AP) – Officials say a wildfire burning across more than 30 square miles of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has destroyed nearly 100 buildings, but there have been no reports of injuries.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources via APA wildfire in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula grew to more than 21,000 acres Saturday.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources via AP
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Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 at 03:25 (03:25 AM) UTC.
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| On Saturday, crews in Colorado battled a wildfire that has scorched more than 3,000 acres of rugged canyon land near the Colorado-Utah border. U.S. Forest Service spokesman Steve Segin said the fire started Friday afternoon and is burning in a remote area near Paradox. It is not threatening any structures, and no injuries have been reported. Shannon Borders, a spokeswoman for The Bureau of Land Management, said sheriff’s deputies have evacuated the Buckeye Reservoir area, a popular recreation spot near the Utah border. The Rock Creek and Sinbad Valley areas also were evacuated. |
| 1 | Today | Forest / Wild Fire | USA | State of New Mexico, [Gila National Forest] | |
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Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 at 01:07 (01:07 AM) UTC.
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| Crews battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico’s Gila National Forest began burnout operations Monday aimed at halting the blaze from creeping into two small towns. After growing to more than 190 square miles and becoming one of the largest fires in New Mexico history, lighter winds helped firefighters start control measures along the mountainous forest lands. Last week, strong winds forced crews to the sidelines as the fire rapidly spread in an isolated region of southwestern New Mexico, destroying a dozen homes and several in the community of Willow Creek, which remains under evacuation. No other communities were threatened. Denise Ottaviano, a spokeswoman for the crew fighting the blaze, said since the winds slowed, the fire hasn’t made a significant push toward the small, privately owned ghost town of Mogollon. However, nearby residents were forced to evacuate. On Sunday, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez authorized the deployment of 15 National Guard soldiers to help secure areas around the fire. The 156,593-acre Los Conchas fire last year was the state’s largest in its history when it charred around 244 square miles. |
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Storms, Flooding,Landslides
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Hailstorm in New Zealand on Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 at 00:47 (12:47 AM) UTC.
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| A freak hailstorm lashed the capital this morning – causing at least three minor crashes. Two were on the motorway between Thorndon and Aotea Quay and one on Wallace St in Mt Cook. Affected vehicles were not blocking traffic and there were no reports of injuries. Weather Watch spokesman Philip Duncan said the hailstorm was unexpected and is part of a swift southerly change that has been “dropping temperatures everywhere”. “Wellington just got clipped by that southerly that’s been coming up from the South Island,” said Mr Duncan. He said the front was moving up the Hutt Valley and into the Wairarapa. Freak hailstorms are caused by volatility caused by the presence of “big fluffy cumulus clouds”, a mixture of hot and cold air and the right amount of moisture in the air. “You have all the right ingredients that then send these raindrops up a lot further into the atmosphere where it’s colder and then it freezes and then you start to get hail,” said Mr Duncan. Once you get hail you can also get thunder, he said. “When the hail starts knocking around up there in the clouds it can produce static charges and thunderstorms so it’s a possibility we might see an isolated thunderstorm in the lower North Island as well.” Wellington Police spokesman Sergeant Andy Dow has asked drivers to drive to the conditions and to put dipped headlights on. |
| Today | Flood | Canada | Province of Ontario, [Thunder Bay region] | |
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Flood in Canada on Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 at 01:08 (01:08 AM) UTC.
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| Thunder Bay and surrounding communities in northern Ontario have declared a state of emergency after heavy weekend rains caused extensive flooding. More than 100 mm of rain showered the area over the weekend, knocking out power, washing out roads and flooding basements in the city’s south end. The decision to declare an emergency came after a pump failed at the city’s sewage plant. Huge swaths of highways in and out of the region are closed and more than 50 homes have lost power. Conmee Township and Oliver Paipoonge also declared states of emergency and asked residents to at stay home if possible. Environment Canada is forecasting more rain on Monday and Tuesday. |
| 29.05.2012 | Flash Flood | MultiCountries | [Haiti and Dominican Republic] |  |
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Flash Flood in MultiCountries on Thursday, 26 April, 2012 at 02:53 (02:53 AM) UTC.
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| Heavy rains drenching the Caribbean island of Hispaniola have caused mudslides and floods that killed up to nine people in Haiti and forced more than 11,000 people to flee their homes in the neighboring Dominican Republic, authorities said Wednesday. Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste of Haiti’s Civil Protection Office said nine people died in the southern and western parts of the country. The deaths included a 6-year-old child and a woman killed by landslides in the capital of Port-au-Prince and four who drowned in rivers outside the city, she said. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs gave a lower toll from three days of heavy storms at the start of the rainy season. It said in a statement that only six people had died since Monday. High water and heavy rain are creating problems for the nearly 500,000 people still without homes in the aftermath of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake. In the Dominican Republic, officials said there had not been any reports of deaths or injuries, but said about 11,150 people had been evacuated from their homes. Emergency office spokesman Jose Luis German said nearly 3,000 homes were flooded when rivers and streams spilled from their banks in the northern province of Puerto Plata and some central and southeastern towns. He said 23 of the country’s 32 provinces were at risk for flooding in the coming days since rains were forecast to continue for the rest of the week. |
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| 28.05.2012 | Landslide | Taiwan | [County of Nantou] | |
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Landslide in Taiwan on Monday, 28 May, 2012 at 10:05 (10:05 AM) UTC.
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| Several landslides occurred Monday in the central county of Nantou, on a provincial highway and the road around the Sun Moon Lake tourist area, but no casualties were reported.The landslides were caused by heavy rains that started early in the morning in the mountain areas, officials of the Directorate General of Highways said. As of noon Monday, the accumulated rainfall in Renai Township, Aowanda Mountain, and the Sun Moon Lake area in Yuchih Township had reached more than 120 millimeters, exceeding the level defined as torrential rain, according to the Central Weather Bureau.The landslides occurred at the 67 km-mark on the Taiwan Provincial Highway No.14, and at the 1.5 km-, 11 km- and 17 km-mark on the Sun Moon Lake circle road, partly blocking traffic, the officials said.The weather bureau’s forecast for Monday was showers and thunder showers around Taiwan, with torrential rain in the central, southern and northeastern regions of the island.The front that is lingering over Taiwan is expected to move southward to the Bashi Channel on Tuesday, but intermittent showers will continue in southern, eastern and northeastern parts of the island, the weather bureau forecast. |
Eight killed in Indonesia landslide
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Jakarta (AFP)
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A landslide in Indonesia killed eight people, an official said Saturday, after days of heavy rain hit a mountainous part of the country’s main island.
“The landslide occurred on Thursday night and killed eight people. We were able to retrieve all eight bodies by late Friday night,” Bogor Disaster Mitigation Agency official Makmur Rozak told AFP.
He said 16 people were illegally mining for gold in western Java in the mountains of Bogor district, south of the capital Jakarta, when the landslide struck “after days of heavy rain”.
“We rescued the other eight, so everyone is accounted for,” Rozak said.
Landslides are common in Indonesia, particularly in heavily deforested mountainous areas.
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Radiation
Chris Park / Associated Press
Virtually all bluefin tuna on the U.S. market is either farmed, like these in Mexico, or caught far from the Fukushima area.
For the first time, scientists have detected radioactivity in fish that have migrated into California waters from the ocean off Japan, where radiation contaminated the sea after explosions tore through the Fukushima nuclear reactors last year.
Radioactive cesium was detected in samples of highly prized Pacific bluefin tuna, but it is well below levels considered unsafe for humans, the scientists say.
The evidence is “unequivocal” that the tuna – caught off San Diego a year ago – were contaminated with radiation from Japan’s nuclear disaster, the researchers said.
Virtually all bluefin tuna on the market in the United States is either farmed or caught far from the Fukushima area, so American consumers should not be affected by radiation contamination in their fish, seafood distributors say. The migratory bluefin studied by the researchers were all caught by sport fishermen and were not headed for the market.
Daniel J. Madigan, a marine ecologist at Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove (Monterey County), Nicholas Fisher, a marine scientist internationally known as a specialist in radiation hazards at Stony Brook University on Long Island, and Zophia Baumann, a staff scientist in Fisher’s laboratory, reported their discovery Monday in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Unexpected discovery
The finding was wholly unexpected, Madigan said. It came about when he was researching the migratory patterns of bluefin tuna as part of a broader study of Pacific fish migration.
Madigan had collected samples of muscle tissue from 15 2-year-old tuna given to him by San Diego fishermen in August, and when tests detected radioactivity in one sample he sent all 15 samples to Fisher in Long Island, he said.
The young tuna, averaging about 13 pounds apiece, were found to be contaminated with two radioactive forms of the element cesium. Isotopes called cesium-134 and cesium-137 do not exist in nature but are produced only in nuclear explosions such as the weapons tests of the Cold War era.
Before the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami, low levels of the radioactive cesium-137 , which decays to harmlessness only over thousands of years, had been measured in Japanese waters, while the shorter-lived cesium-134 was undetectable, the scientists said. That difference, they said, was crucial in concluding that the radioactive contamination was linked to the Fukushima disaster.
Increased concentrations of radioactivity contaminated nearly 60,000 square miles of the ocean off Japan after workers at Fukushima pumped thousands of tons of seawater over reactors last year to prevent a complete meltdown of the reactor cores.
Fisher said there is one unanticipated benefit from Madigan’s discovery of radioactivity in the bluefin tuna. If the cesium isotopes are also detected in other migratory ocean species like turtles, sharks, seals and seabirds, that information should prove valuable as “tracers” that would add fresh details of migratory patterns to what is now gathered by widespread tagging programs, he said.
A new study planned
Meanwhile, Madigan said, he is preparing to collect samples from a new group of bluefin tuna that have recently migrated to the waters off San Diego in order to determine their levels of radioactive cesium.
They will have lived in Fukushima’s contaminated ocean for a full year longer than the first fish he collected, and the scientists will seek to know whether radiation levels in the tunas’ bodies have increased or decreased, he said.
“We don’t think there will be any public health concern from the results of the new tests,” Fisher said, “but if we do see any higher concentrations of cesium, we will certainly alert public health agencies again.”
In Japan the fatty muscle in the tuna is particularly prized as a delicacy, sliced and eaten raw as sushi. It is very pricey, and early this year a nearly 600-pound Pacific bluefin sold in a Japanese wholesale market for the equivalent of $736,000 – $1,238 a pound.
David Perlman is The San Francisco Chronicle’s science editor. E-mail: dperlman@sfchronicle.com
This article appeared on page C – 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle
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Solar Activity
AR1492 ERUPTS, CME TARGETS MARS:
The magnetic canopy of sunspot AR1492 erupted on May 27th, producing a long-duration C3-class solar flare and hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Mars. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the explosion’s extreme UV flash:
Note the shadowy wave billowing away from the blast site. That’s the ‘solar tsunami’ so often associated with the ejection of CMEs.
Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab say the CME from this blast will hit the Mars Science Lab spacecraft (containing Mars rover Curiosity) on May 31st at 0100 UT followed by Mars itself about 10 hours later. Earth could receive a glancing blow from the cloud on May 29th; more likely, though, it will completely miss.
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Space
SMALL ASTEROID BUZZES EARTH:
Newly-discovered asteroid 2012 KT42 is flying past Earth today (May 29th) only ~14,000 km above the planet’s surface. This means 2012 KT42 will actually fly inside the Clark Belt of geosynchronous satellites. The 3- to 10-meter wide asteroid ranks # 6 on the top 20 list of closest-approachers to Earth. According to the asteroid’s orbit, there is no danger of a collision. Even if it did hit, this space rock is too small to cause significant damage. It would likely disintegrate almost entirely in the atmosphere, peppering the ground below with relatively small meteorites. [flyby images]
VENUS SLENDERIZES:
As Venus approaches the sun for a much-anticipated transit on June 5-6, the second planet is turning its night side toward Earth. Seen through a telescope, all that remains of Venus is a vanishingly-slender crescent:
Pete Lawrence of Selsey, UK, took the picture in broad daylight on May 28th: “This beautiful planet has just slipped below 2.7% phase on it’s way to the historic transit on June 5/6. We had clear sunny weather today, so I was able to capture Venus in daylight conditions.”
In words and a picture, he explains how he accomplished the daytime shot: “Sun shields were erected to shade the main telescope. In addition, the main tube was wrapped in aluminium foil in an attempt to keep it cool and prevent internal air currents from distorting the view. Note the proper solar filter–i.e. not foil!–covering the full aperture.”
The crescent of Venus could soon become a ring. When Venus is less than few degrees away from the sun, the horns of the crescent soetimes reach around and touch, producing a complete annulus. The effect is caused by sunlight-scatteriing particles in upper layers of Venus’s atmosphere. It is very difficult to observe, and often only black-belt astrophotographers are able to record the phenomenon.
Keep an eye on SpaceWeather’s realtime photo gallery to see how Venus shape-shifts in the days ahead.
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Epidemic Hazard/ Disease
| 3 | 29.05.2012 | Epidemic Hazard | Vietnam | Province of Quang Ngai, [Son Ky Commune] | |
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Epidemic Hazard in Vietnam on Wednesday, 18 April, 2012 at 06:22 (06:22 AM) UTC.
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| More people are reported suffering from stiffness of the limbs, respiratory problems, and miscarriages, caused by a peculiar and unidentified skin ulceration that has plagued the central province of Quang Ngai since April [2012], said medical authorities from the province. According to statistics of the Son Ha District Medical Centre on [11 Apr 2012], the numbers of people suffering from the bizarre skin disease have increased to 50, most of them being residents of Son Ba and Son Ky Communes. Since 8 Mar 2012 to date, 3 inhabitants of Son Ky Commune have succumbed to the disease and 13 others are suffering from eye disease and respiratory problems. Medical experts suspect the victims are suffering from poisoning from chemical herbicides, as they were affected soon after spraying the chemical in cassava fields. The provincial health authorities have yet to determine the cause of deaths, but believe use of high contents of chemical herbicides have polluted the water sources in the commune. Residents in these communes use [Kanup 480 SL], a herbicide, imported by the Viet Thang Company in the northern province of Bac Giang. The chemical was offered for sale in the company’s catalog on [5 Nov 2011]. Samples of water, soil from cassava fields, and herbicide packages have been collected for testing. Preventive medicine centres in the province have warned people not to use the present water source but find an alternative source. Farmers must eat meals before spraying on fields, drink sugar water when experiencing symptoms, and visit a medical centre immediately. | |
| Biohazard name: | Unidentified serious illness |
| Biohazard level: | 4/4 Hazardous |
| Biohazard desc.: | Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release. |
| Symptoms: | Stiffness of the limbs, respiratory problems, and miscarriages, caused by a peculiar and unidentified skin ulceration. |
| Status: | suspected |
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Biological Hazard/Wildlife
| Today | Biological Hazard | USA | State of California, Santa Ana [Orange County] | |
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Biological Hazard in USA on Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 at 00:42 (12:42 AM) UTC.
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| Orange County health officials issued warnings to Santa Ana residents to protect themselves and their pets against typhus after a man and a child contracted the disease from infected fleas. The man who lived near Broadway and Washington contracted typhus. The child was hospitalized late last month and has been released. According to NBC Los Angeles website, the child contracted the disease near schools in the 1300 block of North Ross Street (Frances E. Willard Intermediate School and in the 1000 block of North Broadway (El Sol Science and Arts Academy). Flea-borne typhus is caused by bacteria found infected fleas and their feces. Fleas defecate as they feed. The disease is transmitted by the common cat flea which can be found on opossums, raccoons, skunks, feral and domestic cats, dogs, rats and any other mammal that carry fleas. These mammals serve largely to nourish the fleas and transport them. Symptoms begin one to two weeks after exposure and can include a fever, headache chills, body pains and rash on the chest back arms or legs. | |
| Biohazard name: | Typhus |
| Biohazard level: | 2/4 Medium |
| Biohazard desc.: | Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents. |
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| Status: | confirmed |
| 1 | 29.05.2012 | Biological Hazard | China | Ningxia Autonomous region, [Touying township] | |
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Biological Hazard in China on Wednesday, 18 April, 2012 at 12:16 (12:16 PM) UTC.
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| Agricultural authorities in northwest China have culled about 95,000 chickens after an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus, state press reported on Wednesday. The outbreak in Touying township of the Ningxia region was discovered on Friday last week after over 23,000 chickens began showing symptoms, reported the Ministry of Agriculture. The ministry said the “epidemic is now under control”, the report said, while work teams have been sent to the area to step up prevention measures. China is considered one of the nations most at risk of bird flu epidemics because it has the world’s biggest poultry population and many chickens in rural areas are kept close to humans. In January, a man in southwest China’s Guizhou province died after contracting the bird flu virus, the second such fatality reported in China this year, health authorities said. | |
| Biohazard name: | H5N1 – Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
| Biohazard level: | 4/4 Hazardous |
| Biohazard desc.: | Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release. |
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Articles of Interest
The Day Humans Opened The Door To Hell 
MessageToEagle.com – It is without doubt one of Earth’s most breath-taking sites.
It is a natural phenomenon and it all started back in 1971 when geologists accidentally opened what today has become known as the Door To Hell!
Looking for natural gas in the village of Derweze, Turkmenistam the geologists suddenly discovered an underground cavern.
The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a huge hole with a diameter 70 metres (230 ft).
| No person dared to go down because the was filled with gas.To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided to burn it of.
After being ignited, so the gas couldn’t escape from the hole it has been burning ever since 1971 without any sign of stopping. No-one knows how many tons of gas has been burning for all those years. Today the Darvaza Gas Crater, in the Karakum desert is called the Gates To Hell, or Door to Hell by locals. |
Darvaza Gas Crater has been burning for many years.
The Doot to Hell is very visible during the night. Image credit: flytime
The fiery crater can be seen glowing for miles around.
@ MessageToEagle.com
See also:
The Manta Ray – A Mysterious Beautiful Ocean Giant Organism Needs Protection!
Darvaza, Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan 01 – Gas Crater
The Gate to Hell – Darvaza, Turkmenistan
25,000 Invisibility Cloaks Created By Scientists
MessageToEagle.com – Many people anticipating the creation of an invisibility cloak might be surprised to learn that a group of American researchers has created 25,000 individual cloaks.
But before you rush to buy one from your local shop, the cloaks are just 30 micrometres in diameter and are laid out together on a 25 millimetre gold sheet.
This array of invisibility cloaks is the first of its kind and has been created by researchers from Towson University and University of Maryland who present their study on May 25, in the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society’s New Journal of Physics.
| Although the well-reported intention to make everyday objects disappear with a Harry Potter-style cloak is beyond this array of cloaks, they could be used to slow down, or even stop, light, creating what is known as a “trapped rainbow.”The trapped rainbow could be utilised in tiny biosensors to identify biological materials based on the amount of light they absorb and then subsequently emit, which is known as fluorescence spectroscopy.
Slowed-down light has a stronger interaction with molecules than light travelling at normal speeds, so it enables a more detailed analysis.
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It will take a while before you can become invisble but the technology is being developed.
Lead author of the study, Dr Vera Smolyaninova, said: “The benefit of a biochip array is that you have a large number of small sensors, meaning you can perform many tests at once. For example, you could test for multiple genetic conditions in a person’s DNA in just one go.
“In our array, light is stopped at the boundary of each of the cloaks, meaning we observe the trapped rainbow at the edge of each cloak. This means we could do ‘spectroscopy on-a-chip’ and examine fluorescence at thousands of points all in one go.”
Prism and rainbow of colors. Many people anticipating the creation of an invisibility cloak might be surprised to learn that a group of American researchers has created 25,000 individual cloaks.
Credit: © Pete Saloutos / Fotolia
The 25 000 invisibility cloaks are uniformly laid out on a gold sheet, with each having a microlens that bends light around itself, effectively hiding an area in its middle. As the light squeezes through the gaps between each of the cloaks, the different components of light, or colours, are made to stop at ever narrower points, creating the rainbow.
To construct the array of invisibility cloaks, a commercially available microlens array, containing all of the individual microlenses, was coated with a gold film. This was then placed, gold-side down, onto a glass slide which had also been coated with gold, creating a double layer.
A laser beam was directed into the array to test performance of the cloaks at different angles.
The researchers believe that this type of array could also be used to test the performance of individual invisibility cloaks, especially in instances where they may be positioned close together.
In this study, for example, the cloaks worked very well when light was shone along the rows; however, when it was shone at different angles, imperfections were clearly visible.
MessageToEagle.com via Institute of Physics
See also:
Magic Is Not Just The Domain For Magicians
| Today | Power Outage | USA | State of California, [Vista and Ramona] | |
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Power Outage in USA on Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 at 01:38 (01:38 AM) UTC.
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| Thousands of residents in Vista and Ramona spent part of Memorial Day without power, according to San Diego Gas & Electric Co. The Vista outage started at 1:35 p.m. and affected nearly 3,000 customers, according to an outage map on the utility’s website. Crews expected to restore power by 3:30 p.m. The outage is the second in Vista in two days. On Sunday afternoon, more than 400 addresses in the western part of the city went without electricity for about two hours. Parts of the Ramona area, including Iron Mountain and Barona, lost power about 1:45 p.m., affecting 1,171 customers. Power was supposed to be back on by 2:45 p.m., the utility’s website said. Both outages were blamed on suspected problems in the over |
| Today | Terror Attack | Kenya | Capital City, Kenya | |
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Terror Attack in Kenya on Tuesday, 29 May, 2012 at 00:54 (12:54 AM) UTC.
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| An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, wounding at least 28 people, officials said. A blast in Kenya’s capital immediately conjures fears that al-Shabab- Islamist militants from Somalia – have carried out an attack. Police officials indicated the blast was not a deliberate bombing – given a lack of shrapnel at the scene – but some sort of electrical accident. The prime minister, though, appeared to blame terrorism. “This is a heinous act,” Prime Minister Raila Odinga said while visiting the scene of the blast. “They want to scare us but we will not be scared.” The explosion sent dark smoke billowing out of a one-story building on a downtown avenue named after Kenya’s second president. The blast peeled back the front corner of the building’s aluminum roof and sent items for sale in the shops – like shoes and clothes – scattered across the ground. People with bloody wounds received medical care on the street as authorities tried to usher hundreds of people in the street away from the scene. Security blocked off areas around the building with yellow tape. A hospital official said that at least 28 people were wounded, including four with serious injuries such as burns, fractures and deep lacerations. None of the victims had shrapnel in them, said Thomas Mutie, the acting chief executive at Kenyatta National Hospital.
The force of the explosion also shattered windows in the building, but a high-rise building with a glass exterior right next to the blast did not appear to sustain major damage. A high-ranking police official said there were no obvious signs that the blast was caused by a terrorist’s bomb. No ball bearings or nails – lethal shrapnel packed into bombs – were found, and officials were investigating the possibility that a faulty electrical line caused the explosion. The official said he could not be quoted by name. “Let me not speculate this is a terrorist attack. It could be a wire fault,” said another official Orwa Ojode, assistance minister for internal security. Odinga, though, gave an energetic speech at the scene, telling Kenyans to support their security forces. Odinga said security would be improved downtown, and made a reference to Somali militants despite the fact police said the blast wasn’t caused by a bomb. “They want to scare investors. They want to scare tourists,” said Odinga, who is expected to run for president in Kenya’s election next year. “We condemn the terrorists and tell them their days are numbered.” Al-Shabab militants from neighboring Somalia have long threatened to carry out substantial attacks in Kenya following Kenya’s decision last October to send troops into Somalia to pursue al-Shabab militants. Kenya blamed a series of kidnappings on Kenyan soil last year on al-Shabab, and the country saw tourist numbers plummet – especially around the coastal resort of Lamu – after the kidnappings. |
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In Canada, two varieties of Designer Whey protein powder have been recalled because they contain undeclared gluten. Gluten can cause severe illness and reactions in those sensitive to the protein, such as those with celiac disease.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently conducted an analysis about the cost of health foods. Many people say that convenience foods such as fast food meals, and junk foods such as chips and candy, are cheaper than nutrient dense foods. The study is titled 
Used in surface applications at cold temperatures, orange essential oils can inhibit the growth of 
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Even a tiny dose of a popular pesticide has the effect – hindering bees from leading nestmates to the nearest food
Amounts of pesticide considered ‘safe’ to use could affect the health of entire bee colonies
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The staphylococcus aureus bacteria is a normal strain of bacteria your pet normally harbors (as do people). It’s found on your dog’s or cat’s skin, mucous membranes, urogenital and gastrointestinal tracts.
At long last, the benefit of probiotics for your companion animals is receiving the attention it deserves in the traditional veterinary community.
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![Read Full Article Here](Blood by Dan Flynn | May 27, 2012 Opinion Big Fresh has the blood on its hands. The big fruit and vegetable lobby managed to kill a little food safety program that cost this $3 trillion government a grand total of $5 million annually. Chump change. producelobby-iphone.jpg Big Fresh meanwhile has its snout so far up the 2012 Farm Bill trough that it's going to reap hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business for fruit and vegetable growers, thanks to the federal government's willingness to take our money and put us further in debt. But nothing for the little "trip wire" that was out there catching pathogens in fruits and vegetables - not even after last year's cantaloupe-caused Listeria incident that killed more people than any other foodborne illness outbreak in a century. Big Fresh, also known as the United Fresh Produce Association, through its paid lobbyists, gets the credit for the kill.){kind=link}
Food Safety Report – Sunday May 27th, 2012
Food Safety
UK Imposes Moratorium on Desinewed Meat
USDA Works to Create Organic Aquaculture Standards
Indiana Seeks Public Comment On Raw Milk
The Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) is seeking public comment on raw milk consumption and sales that will be compiled and submitted as a report to the the Governor and the Legislative Council.
The sale of raw milk for human consumption is currently illegal in Indiana, but it is legal to sell raw milk for consumption by pets. In January, Senator John Waterman (R-Shelburn) added wording to a Senate bill that would have allowed small farms to sell raw milk sales for human consumption under the following conditions:
Ban on Korean Shellfish Includes Canned Shellfish
USDA Report Says Pesticide Residues Aren’t a Food Safety Concern
USDA to mask sodium benzoate preservative with new ‘anti-microbial’ label to trick consumers
By Ethan A. Huff,
(NaturalNews) Kraft Foods Global, Inc. and a food chemical company known as Kemin Food Technologies, Inc. have both propositioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in recent years to approve the use of propionic acid and salt solutions in various new food applications, including in raw meat and poultry products, sausages, hot dogs, soups, stews, salads, and brine injections. According to a recent May 7 petition filing, the Des Moines, Ia.-based…
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Recalls
Contaminated Beef Mars Australia’s Usually Clean Track Record
California Warns of Botulism Risk in Jarred Soups
Smoked Bratwurst Recalled For Undeclared Soy
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Raw Milk Aged Cheeses Are Relatively Safe, According to Study
The regulations regarding raw milk aged cheeses were enacted in 1950, ”long before contemporary pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes, E. coli 0157:H7, and Campylobacter had been recognized,” according to the study. Those bacteria can tolerate inhospitable environments such as low pH and low water activity.
In the last 20 years, “many small and several large foodborne outbreaks linked to consumption of cheese made from unpasteurized milk have occurred, both in Europe and in the U.S.” according to the study.
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Dried Shitake Mushroom Slices Recalled
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Allergen Alert
Allergen Alert: Frozen Chicken Breasts With Wheat
Allergen Alert: Bratwurst With Soy Protein
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Articles of Interest
Majority of Americans Confident in Safety of Food Supply, Survey Finds
The vast majority of Americans have confidence in the safety of the U.S. food supply, according to a new survey by the International Food Information Council, a food industry communications group.
The “2012 Food & Health Survey” shows a jump over last year’s confidence numbers, which IFIC found particularly interesting considering the survey was fielded during the first two weeks of April when food safety headlines — about Salmonella sushi, E. coli beef and new limits in antibiotics in agriculture — were widespread.
The survey found that 78 percent of those surveyed were either “somewhat confident” or “very confident” in the safety of the domestic food supply. Last year that number was closer to 50 percent.
Though the vast majority of Americans have thought about the safety of food and beverages over the past year — 85 percent reported giving “a little” or “a lot” of thought — most Americans think the chances are low they will themselves come down with foodborne illness.
“What I think is interesting is that more than 50 percent think their chance is extremely low,” said Smith Edge. Fifty seven percent of consumers said they “strongly” or “somewhat agree” that the chances they will get a serious foodborne illness are extremely low. Some consumers disagreed: 27 percent “somewhat disagree” and 9 percent “strongly disagree.”
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Rand Paul Wins One in Senate Passage of FDA Bill
Jensen Farms Files for Bankruptcy
Cantaloupe grower responsible for 2011 Listeria outbreak
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