Earth Watch Report – Friday July 20th, 2012

Earthquakes

 

RSOE EDIS

 

 

Date/Time (UTC)	Magnitude	Area	Country	State/Prov./Gov.	Location	Risk			Source	Details
20.07.2012 09:45:33	2.5	North America	United States	Hawaii	Pahala				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 10:00:20	2.7	Asia	Turkey	Tokat	Yesilyurt				EMSC
20.07.2012 10:00:48	2.8	Asia	Turkey	Batman	Sason				EMSC
20.07.2012 10:01:10	2.5	Europe	Greece	West Greece	Selianitika				EMSC
20.07.2012 10:01:32	4.8	South-America	Brazil	Ceará	Acarau				EMSC
20.07.2012 09:20:45	4.8	South America	Brazil	Ceará	Acarau				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 09:10:32	4.9	Asia	Japan		Hutami				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 10:01:52	5.0	Asia	Japan		Hutami				EMSC
20.07.2012 08:55:26	5.8	Europe	Russia	Sakhalin	Severo-Kuril’sk				EMSC
20.07.2012 08:57:37	6.3	Asia	Russia	Sakhalin	Severo-Kuril’sk				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 08:30:31	2.5	North America	United States	Alaska	Salamatof				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 08:55:48	5.9	Europe	Russia	Sakhalin	Severo-Kuril’sk				EMSC
20.07.2012 08:35:22	6.1	Asia	Russia	Sakhalin	Severo-Kuril’sk				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 08:56:09	3.4	South-America	Chile	Antofagasta	Calama				EMSC
20.07.2012 08:56:30	2.7	Europe	Portugal	Faro	Sagres				EMSC
20.07.2012 07:55:28	2.5	South-America	Chile	Antofagasta	Tocopilla				EMSC
20.07.2012 07:55:52	3.4	Asia	Turkey	Karabük	Gozyeri				EMSC
20.07.2012 06:45:32	3.3	Europe	France	Pays de la Loire	La Ferriere				EMSC
20.07.2012 06:15:24	2.2	North America	United States	California	Cloverdale				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 10:02:13	4.3	Asia	Japan	Miyagi	Ishinomaki				EMSC
20.07.2012 06:45:54	2.9	South-America	Chile	Libertador General Bernardo O?Higgins	Santa Cruz				EMSC
20.07.2012 06:46:18	3.0	Europe	Greece	Central Macedonia	Sarti				EMSC
20.07.2012 06:46:43	2.2	Europe	Poland	Lower Silesian Voivodeship	Rudna				EMSC
20.07.2012 06:47:04	2.1	Asia	Turkey	Kütahya	Simav				EMSC
20.07.2012 06:47:25	2.1	Asia	Turkey	Kütahya	Pazarlar				EMSC
20.07.2012 08:56:50	2.4	Europe	Albania	Lezhë	Kurbnesh				EMSC
20.07.2012 06:47:43	5.3	Europe	Russia	Sakhalin	Severo-Kuril’sk				EMSC
20.07.2012 06:00:28	5.3	Asia	Russia	Sakhalin	Severo-Kuril’sk				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 05:45:26	3.7	South-America	Chile	Libertador General Bernardo O?Higgins	Santa Cruz				EMSC
20.07.2012 05:45:59	3.7	South-America	Argentina	Salta	San Antonio de los Cobres				EMSC
20.07.2012 05:46:25	2.2	Asia	Turkey	Kütahya	Simav				EMSC
20.07.2012 05:46:46	2.1	Asia	Turkey	Mu?la	Marmaris				EMSC
20.07.2012 05:47:08	2.4	Europe	Greece	North Aegean	Samiopoula				EMSC
20.07.2012 04:40:21	2.5	Asia	Turkey	Mu?la	OEluedeniz				EMSC
20.07.2012 04:40:45	4.6	Indonesian Archipelago	Papua New Guinea	Eastern Highlands	Kainantu				EMSC
20.07.2012 03:45:21	4.6	Indonesian archipelago	Papua New Guinea	Eastern Highlands	Kainantu				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 03:35:26	5.1	Europe	Russia	Sakhalin	Severo-Kuril’sk				EMSC
20.07.2012 03:37:20	5.0	Asia	Russia	Sakhalin	Severo-Kuril’sk				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 03:25:26	2.4	North America	United States	Alaska	Nanwalek				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 03:35:45	2.6	Asia	Turkey	Van	Yuvacik				EMSC
20.07.2012 03:36:02	2.6	Asia	Turkey	Van	Yuvacik				EMSC
20.07.2012 03:36:53	3.0	Asia	Taiwan	Taiwan	Daxi				EMSC
20.07.2012 02:45:48	4.3	Middle East	Iran	Razavi Khorasan	Kashmar				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 02:35:24	4.4	Middle-East	Iran	Razavi Khorasan	Kashmar				EMSC
20.07.2012 05:47:32	2.5	Asia	Turkey	Van	Yuvacik				EMSC
20.07.2012 02:35:46	2.2	Asia	Turkey	?zmir	Foca				EMSC
20.07.2012 02:36:08	4.5	Indonesian Archipelago	Indonesia	Papua	Nabire				EMSC
20.07.2012 02:15:26	4.5	Indonesian archipelago	Indonesia	Papua	Nabire				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 02:36:58	2.1	Middle America	Mexico	Baja California	Alberto Oviedo Mota				USGS-RSOE
20.07.2012 00:40:25	2.4	North America	United States	Hawaii	Volcano				USGS-RSOE

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Volcanic Activity

 

 

Today

Volcano Activity

New Zealand

Northland, [Mount Tongariro Volcano]

 

Volcano Activity in New Zealand on Friday, 20 July, 2012 at 05:40 (05:40 AM) UTC.

Description

The volcanic alert level has been lifted for Mt Tongariro following a series of earthquakes. Small earthquakes were recorded beneath the central North Island mountain on July 13. They died down but flared up again on July 18 and increased in frequency yesterday and today. GNS volcanologist Brad Scott said the small earthquakes were all below magnitude 2.5, but they had increased monitoring due to the frequency. “Our historic seismic data has shown that these small volcanic earthquakes are common at Tongariro, but usually only occur at an average rate of 2 per year. We have recorded more than 20 since July 13.” Seismic activity indicating unrest was last detected at Tongariro during 2001. “Our routine volcano monitoring also includes the chemistry of the lakes, springs and fumaroles on Tongariro.” The most recent samples collected in May showed no anomalies, Mr Scott said. GNS Science had upgraded the volcanic alert level from zero to one, meaning activity had risen from typical background surface activity. Level two signals minor eruptive activity and level five indicates a large hazardous eruption in progress. Mt Ruapehu and White Island each have an alert level of one. The aviation colour code was also upgraded for Mt Tongariro from green to yellow, meaning the volcano is experiencing signs of elevated unrest above known background levels. This month’s quakes were clustered in a zone between Emerald Crater and the Te Māri craters at a depth of between two and seven kilometres. Volcanologists will set up portable seismic recorders around the eipcentres of the quakes and sample hot springs, crater lakes and fumarole in the area. Tongariro is made up of multiple volcanic cones constructed over a period of 275,000 years. There have been five reported eruptions from Te Māri craters and Red Crater between 1855 and 1896 and these have since been dormant.

 

 

 

19.07.2012 12:04 PM

Batangas, Luzon, Philippines

Taal Volcano

Volcano Activity

0703-07=

Stratovolcano

1977

No. 0

 

 

 

Volcano Activity in Philippines on Thursday, 19 July, 2012 at 12:04 (12:04 PM) UTC.

Description

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded yesterday three volcanic tremors in Taal Volcano along with an increase in the water temperature in its main crater. The carbon dioxide emission of the main crater lake also rose to 627 tons per day on July 7, the agency added. In contrast, Mayon Volcano slumbered the whole day yesterday, with no tremor recorded and no danger of sudden eruption. However, both volcanoes are still under Alert Level 1. Meanwhile, at 6:15 a.m. yesterday, an earthquake swayed a remote town in Occidental Mindoro in contrast to the nine tremors that rocked the entire country on July 17. The solitary quake, which was a gentle magnitude 2.4, had an epicenter 11 kilometers deep at 26 kilometers southeast of Looc, Occidental Mindoro.

 

 

 

 

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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather / Drought

 

Excessive Heat Warning

 

TOPEKA KS

ST LOUIS MO
KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
TULSA OK

Excessive Heat Watch

 

TULSA OK

Heat Advisory

 

MEMPHIS TN
ABERDEEN SD
TOPEKA KS
ST LOUIS MO
KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
SIOUX FALLS SD
HASTINGS NE
NORTH PLATTE NE
LITTLE ROCK AR
WICHITA KS
TULSA OK
RAPID CITY SD
SPRINGFIELD MO
GOODLAND KS

 

 

At 107°F, Death Valley Sets Record for Hottest Daily Low

Death Valley. Photo: Ray Ordinario

While large parts of the United States battle high temperatures and drought, Death Valley, California, set an unusual new record last week, matching the hottest low temperature ever recorded on Earth. Jeff Masters on Wunderground.com says,

On Thursday morning, July 12, 2012 the low temperature at Death Valley, California dropped to just 107°F (41.7°C), after hitting a high of 128° (53.3°C) the previous day. Not only does the morning low temperature tie a record for the world’s warmest low temperature ever recorded, the average temperature of 117.5°F is the world’s warmest 24-hour temperature on record.

Flanked to the north, south, and west by the Sylvania, Owlshead, and Pinamint mountains, respectively, Death Valley National Park is largely cut off from predominantly south- or westward winds. As they rise up the outer edges of the mountains, water-laden winds from all around shed their water vapor. Normally, a large amount of sunlight’s energy is used to evaporate water vapor, but in Death Valley, the lack of moisture in the air and in the soil means that most of the sun’s energy feeds directly into its soaring temperatures.

This same lack of water usually drives desert temperatures down at night. The average low for July 12 from 1911 to 2008 is 87°F, and last year the warmest minimum temperature was 97°F.

Masters says,

Wednesday’s high of 128°F (53.3°C) was the 10th hottest temperature in U.S. history, and the hottest temperature measured in the U.S. since July 18, 2009, when Death Valley recorded another 128° reading. The only hotter temperatures in U.S. history were all measured at Death Valley, the most recent one being the 129° measured on July 6, 2007. The all-time high for Death Valley is the 134° reading of July 10, 1913.

Heat records like this always need to taken with a grain of salt, however, as there are places on Earth that are so hot or so remote that people don’t even want to venture in to set up the required monitoring equipment, according to CNN.

 

 

Red Flag Warning

FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

 

POCATELLO ID
MEDFORD OR
BOISE ID

 

 

 

 

 

20.07.2012

Forest / Wild Fire

Greece

West Greece, [Patras city area]

 

 

Forest / Wild Fire in Greece on Wednesday, 18 July, 2012 at 11:06 (11:06 AM) UTC.

Description

Authorities issued evacuation orders for villages in southwestern Greece on Wednesday where wildfires, aided by strong winds and soaring temperatures, have ravaged large areas. The blaze, burning mostly pine forest, sent smoke over the city of Patras, a port with some 220,000 inhabitants, where regional authorities have declared an emergency. Nine planes and one helicopter were involved in the firefighting effort at Argyra, some 15 kilometres (9 miles) east of Patras. Apostolos Katsifaras, regional governor for western Greece, said evacuation orders had been issued for villages in the rugged fire stricken area — likely to involve several hundred residents. “The conditions are very tough. We are using everything we have against the fire,” Katsifaras said. The state of emergency allows authorities to use additional resources, including Greece’s military.

 

20.07.2012

Forest / Wild Fire

Portugal

Atlantic Ocean – North, [Island of Madeira ]

 

 

 

Forest / Wild Fire in Portugal on Thursday, 19 July, 2012 at 19:09 (07:09 PM) UTC.

Description

Wildfires have forced the evacuation of dozens of villagers from their homes in Madeira on Thursday, with the Portuguese authorities sending teams from the mainland to help overwhelmed local firefighters. Portugal had suffered from a severe drought this year before being hit by temperatures of up to 40C this week, which has triggered forest blazes on the mainland too. More than 300 firefighters were struggling on Thursday to put out wildfires near Tavira, a popular holiday destination in the Algarve region near the Spanish border. Authorities in Madeira have used planes and helicopters to combat the flames, including an aircraft sent by Spain’s civil defence. Portugal sent a military transport plane with 83 firefighters to Madeira, where the flames briefly threatened the outskirts of Funchal, the archipelago’s capital, on Wednesday night. The Portuguese interior minister, Miguel Macedo, is also in Madeira to co-ordinate the efforts. While Funchal was mostly out of danger on Thursday, television footage from the archipelago’s smaller island of Porto Santo showed houses catching fire and firefighters telling residents of Camacha to abandon the area. “The changing wind is strongly compromising the effort to put out the flames, and we only have five firemen there and one truck,” the local fire brigade chief, Afonso Nobrega, told the Lusa news agency. SIC television showed a local man shouting for help to get three women out of a building whose door was on fire. Enveloped in heavy smoke, local residents sprayed water on the outside of their homes while others fled. There have been no reports of deaths of serious injuries. This year’s drought, coupled with scorching weather, poses a threat that fires will escalate during the hottest period in late July and August.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homeland Security: “Don’t want to be alarmists”

Published on Jul 19, 2012 by wish

On Daybreak, Anchor Lauren Lowrey asks some of your questions regarding the drought and water shortage to Indiana Department of Homeland Security and Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

 

Water shortage hits big business

Published on Jul 19, 2012 by wish

Big businesses are also affected by the drought and subsequent water shortage, especially those that need a lot of water to operate.

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Storms / Flooding / Tornadoes / Typhoon

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

 

BISMARCK ND

Flash Flood Watch

 

BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
STATE COLLEGE PA
NEW ORLEANS LA
JACKSON KY
SPOKANE WA
PENDLETON OR
MISSOULA MT
TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
LAKE CHARLES LA

Flood Advisory

 

NASHVILLE TN
BISMARCK ND
SPOKANE WA
NASHVILLE TN

Saskatchewan Mayhem!! 5 tornadoes in Canada!

Published on Jul 19, 2012 by TornadoVideosdotnet

Storm chaser Greg Johnson documented 5 incredible tornadoes in central Saskatchewan near Wadena. The storms that produced these tornadoes passed over Greg’s family farm near Lintlaw, Saskatchewan. Fortunately there were no injuries and the damage was minimal.

This video was streamed live at http://live.TVNweather.com.

Typhoon Khanun sweeps across Korea, 1 dead

The entrance to the Cheonggyecheon stream in central Seoul is blocked on Thursday morning after typhoon Khanun hit the nation. Typhoon Khanun dumped heavy rains on the nation on Thursday morning, leaving one dead, tens of thousands of households without electricity and major transportation systems at a halt before it subsided in the afternoon. — PHOTO: THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK

(THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Typhoon Khanun dumped heavy rains on the nation on Thursday morning, leaving one dead, tens of thousands of households without electricity and major transportation systems at a halt before it subsided in the afternoon.

The government said that the first tropical storm of this year left less-than-feared damage.

The Korean Meteorological Administration cleared most of the typhoon alerts and warnings nationwide as of 1pm (12pm Singapore time).

The state weather agency said that the typhoon reached Korea on Wednesday where it lost its power and turned into an extratropical cyclone in the seas off Sokcho, Gangwon Province. Still, torrential downpours and strong winds were expected to continue until late Thursday night in some parts of the country, it said.

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Radiation /  Nuclear

 

“High neutron flux” causes shutdown at New York nuke plant — “Neutrons are not equally spread around reactor core”

 

 

Title: Nine Mile Point Unit 1 shuts down
Source: The Post-Standard
Author: Debra J. Groom
Date: July 17, 2012

Officials with Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, the plant’s owner, originally thought the turbine that spins to make electricity had tripped. But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said late Tuesday the shutdown was due to a high neutron flux in the plant’s reactor.

The cause of the condition is still under review.

[…]

Title: Four U.S. power reactors shut & NYC sweats during heat wave
Source: Reuters
Date: July 18, 2012

Constellation Nuclear Energy Group’s 630-megawatt Nine Mile Point 1 nuclear reactor in New York automatically shut on Tuesday due to high neutron flux — meaning neutrons are not equally spread around the reactor core.

Title: NRC: Event Notification Report for July 18, 2012
Source: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Date: July 18, 2012

Facility: NINE MILE POINT
Region: 1 State: NY
Event Date: 07/17/2012
Event Time: 11:18 [EDT]

[…]

AUTOMATIC REACTOR SCRAM DUE TO HIGH NEUTRON FLUX

“On July 17 2012, at 1118 [EDT], Nine Mile Point Unit 1 experienced an automatic reactor scram due to high neutron flux as measured by the Average Power Range Monitoring system. The cause is currently under investigation.

[…]

 

 

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Epidemic Hazards / Diseases

 

 

S.Leone cholera outbreak kills 62 in less than a month

(AFP) – 1 day ago

FREETOWN — Sierra Leone’s health ministry on Wednesday said an outbreak of cholera in the west African country has killed 62 people in less than a month.

The western area, including the capital Freetown, and “three towns in the northern and southern parts of the country have now been declared cholera outbreak areas”, said a ministry statement.

“Emergency referral centres have been set up and hospitals and health clinics have been boosted with drugs to combat any escalation of the problem.”

Between June 23 and Tuesday, 62 people have died and 3,721 cases have been reported in the areas concerned, statistics showed.

The highest number of cases was in the town of Port Loko, where 21 children under the age of five have died.

“The outbreak has been traced to unsanitary conditions, acute water shortages in many parts of the country and migration from affected regions,” a health official said.

The Sierra Leone Red Cross has mobilised some 400 volunteers to control the spread of the disease and educate communities on how to prevent it.

A recent report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said the disease had also spread to neighbouring Guinea.

As the annual rainy season is getting underway, the water-borne disease has already left some 700 people dead in West and Central Africa with more than 29,000 cases reported, UNICEF said last week.

Mali and Niger have also been hard hit, with high levels of malnourishment as a result of a food crisis exacerbating the problem.

Poor water and sanitation systems give rise to the disease, an acute intestinal infection caused by ingesting contaminated food and water which causes acute diarrhea and vomiting and can kill in hours, according to the World Health Organisation.

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Climate Change

Nasa satellite pictures show massive iceberg breaking free from glacier

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Solar Activity

2MIN News July 19, 2012: Radiation Storm

Published on Jul 19, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

Thanks to everyone who shares info and articles with this community… your efforts help us all.

TODAYS LINKS
Dead Baby Crabs: http://www.inquisitr.com/278396/thousands-of-mystery-crabs-wash-ashore-in-haw…
Nuke Plant: http://enenews.com/high-neutron-flux-causes-shutdown-at-new-york-nuke-plant-n… and http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-limerick-nuclear-power-…
Death Valley: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/07/at-107f-death-valley-sets-r… [Thanks MrDaveJ420]
UFO Files: http://ufos.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ [Thanks p2sharri]

REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com/ [Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]

HAARP: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html [Click online data, and have a little fun]

SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ [Place to find Solar Images and Videos – as seen from earth]

SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater [SOHO; Lasco and EIT – as seen from earth]

Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images [Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI – as seen from the side]

SunAEON:http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/ [Just click it… trust me]

SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/ [All purpose data viewing site]

iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html [Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]

NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/cme-based/ [CME Evolution]

NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]

JAPAN Radiation Map: http://jciv.iidj.net/map/

LISS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php

Gamma Ray Bursts: http://grb.sonoma.edu/ [Really? You can’t figure out what this one is for?]

BARTOL Cosmic Rays: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html [Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]

TORCON: http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index [Tornado Forecast for the day]

GOES Weather: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ [Clouds over America]

INTELLICAST: http://www.intellicast.com/ [Weather site used by many youtubers]

NASA News: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/

PHYSORG: http://phys.org/ [GREAT News Site!]

  ALMOST X-FLARE :

Sunspot complex AR1520-1521 erupted again on July 19th, this time producing an M7-class solar flare that almost crossed the threshold into X-territory. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash: The explosion produced a bright coronal mass ejection: movie. The cloud should miss Earth. Although the explosion occurred on the other side of the sun’s western limb, our planet could feel some effects. The blast site is magnetically connected to Earth by backward-spiraling lines of magnetic force. Protons accelerated by the flare are being guided to us by those lines of magnetism, and a mild radiation storm is underway.  

 

 

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Space

 

 

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)
Object Name	Apporach Date	Left	AU Distance	LD Distance	Estimated Diameter*	Relative Velocity
(2008 OX1)	20th July 2012	0 day(s)	0.1873	72.9	130 m – 300 m	15.35 km/s	55260 km/h
(2010 GK65)	21st July 2012	1 day(s)	0.1696	66.0	34 m – 75 m	17.80 km/s	64080 km/h
(2011 OJ45)	21st July 2012	1 day(s)	0.1367	53.2	18 m – 39 m	3.79 km/s	13644 km/h
153958 (2002 AM31)	22nd July 2012	2 day(s)	0.0351	13.7	630 m – 1.4 km	9.55 km/s	34380 km/h
(2011 CA7)	23rd July 2012	3 day(s)	0.1492	58.1	2.3 m – 5.1 m	5.43 km/s	19548 km/h
(2012 BB124)	24th July 2012	4 day(s)	0.1610	62.7	170 m – 380 m	8.78 km/s	31608 km/h
(2009 PC)	28th July 2012	8 day(s)	0.1772	68.9	61 m – 140 m	7.34 km/s	26424 km/h
217013 (2001 AA50)	31st July 2012	11 day(s)	0.1355	52.7	580 m – 1.3 km	22.15 km/s	79740 km/h
(2012 DS30)	02nd August 2012	13 day(s)	0.1224	47.6	18 m – 39 m	5.39 km/s	19404 km/h
(2000 RN77)	03rd August 2012	14 day(s)	0.1955	76.1	410 m – 920 m	9.87 km/s	35532 km/h
(2004 SB56)	04th August 2012	15 day(s)	0.1393	54.2	380 m – 840 m	13.72 km/s	49392 km/h
(2000 SD8)	04th August 2012	15 day(s)	0.1675	65.2	180 m – 400 m	5.82 km/s	20952 km/h
(2006 EC)	06th August 2012	17 day(s)	0.0932	36.3	13 m – 28 m	6.13 km/s	22068 km/h
(2006 MV1)	07th August 2012	18 day(s)	0.0612	23.8	12 m – 28 m	4.79 km/s	17244 km/h
(2005 RK3)	08th August 2012	19 day(s)	0.1843	71.7	52 m – 120 m	8.27 km/s	29772 km/h
(2009 BW2)	09th August 2012	20 day(s)	0.0337	13.1	25 m – 56 m	5.27 km/s	18972 km/h
277475 (2005 WK4)	09th August 2012	20 day(s)	0.1283	49.9	260 m – 580 m	6.18 km/s	22248 km/h
(2004 SC56)	09th August 2012	20 day(s)	0.0811	31.6	74 m – 170 m	10.57 km/s	38052 km/h
(2008 AF4)	10th August 2012	21 day(s)	0.1936	75.3	310 m – 690 m	16.05 km/s	57780 km/h
37655 Illapa	12th August 2012	23 day(s)	0.0951	37.0	770 m – 1.7 km	28.73 km/s	103428 km/h
(2012 HS15)	14th August 2012	25 day(s)	0.1803	70.2	220 m – 490 m	11.54 km/s	41544 km/h
4581 Asclepius	16th August 2012	27 day(s)	0.1079	42.0	220 m – 490 m	13.48 km/s	48528 km/h
(2008 TC4)	18th August 2012	29 day(s)	0.1937	75.4	140 m – 300 m	17.34 km/s	62424 km/h
1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Source: NASA-NEO

 

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Biological Hazards / Wildlife

 

Today

Epidemic Hazard

India

State of Gujarat, [Vadodara Region]

 

Epidemic Hazard in India on Friday, 20 July, 2012 at 03:30 (03:30 AM) UTC.

Description
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) has claimed seven lives in Gujarat. And according to the state government, about 18 people have been affected by CCHF. Replying to a question from Vadodara City MLA Bhupendra Lakhawala, the government said that after an incubation period of one to three days following a tick bite, flu-like symptoms appear, which may resolve in a week. In up to 75 per cent of cases, however, signs of hemorrhage appear three to five days after the onset of the illness if it is not contained properly. Officials said that symptoms characterizing the initial stage of CCHF include mood instability, agitation, and mental confusion. Other signs are nosebleed, bloody urine vomiting, and black stools. Liver becomes swollen and painful. Kidney failure and shock may occur, and sometimes acute respiratory distress syndrome is seen among CCHF patients. Recovery usually begins nine days after the appearance of symptoms. But in 30 per cent of cases, patients die in the second week of illness. The government’s reply stated that mammal and tick infection was common in sites of agriculture. Farm animals needed to be de-ticked before they are transported or delivered for slaughter. The government said that personal tick-avoidance measures had been recommended, such as the use of insect repellents, adequate clothing and body inspection for adherent ticks. The government said that the animal husbandry department had been roped in for implementing precautionary measures in areas where tick infestation had been reported. Areas where CCHF cases are reported are being thoroughly checked and made free of tick infestation, the government said. The government also said that a meeting involving private hospitals had been held. The meeting was chaired by health minister Jay Narayan Vyas.
Biohazard name:	Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
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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Status:	confirmed

 

 

Today

Biological Hazard

Ireland

Multiple areas, [Between north Galway and north Donegal]

 

Biological Hazard in Ireland on Friday, 20 July, 2012 at 03:26 (03:26 AM) UTC.

Description
The algal bloom identified off the west coast is continuing to kill fish and shellfish in significant concentrations from north Galway to north Donegal. Up to 80 per cent of stock has been affected on some oyster farms in Donegal, and it is also having a negative impact on sea angling tourism, the Marine Institute has confirmed. The bloom is caused by Karenia mikimotoi, a phytoplankton of the dinoflagellate group which caused a red tide in 2005 that killed wild fish and shellfish. Samples of this new bloom, first detected in May, are being collected for Marine Institute monitoring by the Irish Coast Guard search and rescue helicopters. Marine Institute phytoplankton expert Joe Silke said the bloom was naturally occurring. It was not associated with pollution but contained a “toxic irritant” that damaged gills of shellfish, fish and invertebrates. Irish Farmers’ Association fish farm section chief executive Richie Flynn said if there was a “properly functioning” licensing system in place, farmers could take measures to move stock when such blooms occurred.
Biohazard name:	Red Tide
Biohazard level:	0/4 —
Biohazard desc.:	This does not included biological hazard category.
Symptoms:
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Thousand small fish found dead in Kasumi river Tokyo

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Related to this article..10 thousand sardines found dead in South Kanagawa

On 7/17/2012, around one thousand of small fish such as Japanese dace were found dead for 500m of Kasumi river Aoume city Tokyo.
A citizen reported it to the city office at 17:15 of 7/17/2012.
According to their water-quality test, oxygen concentration is normal, chlorine or cyanogen were not detected.
Tokyo metropolitan government is going to check if a factory dumped waste water or agricultural chemical in the upper stream.

Last November, about 5000 of small fish such as Japanese dace were found dead at the same location too, but they could not identify the cause either.

H7N3 Control Measures Expand

MEXICO – The National Health, Food Safety and Food Quality Service (SENASICA) reported that as a result of the implementation of the National Animal Health Emergency Plan to contain and eradicate the outbreak of H7N3 avian influenza in Jalisco state, they have inspected 253 poultry farms, in 82 of which there was no presence of viruses, another 33 where the virus was confirmed, while the rest continue to be diagnosed. Senior editor, Chris Wright, reports.

SENASICA’s report, with information updated on 16 July, indicates that the 82 poultry farms which do not have the presence of exotic viruses have been issued an official certificate to allow them to move their products to market, since they do not represent a risk to poultry or consumers.

The farms that have confirmed the H7N3 avian influenza virus remain under quarantine and isolation, in order to control movement and prevent live birds, waste and litter from moving to virus-free regions.

SENASICA will keep the Emergency Plan in place on commercial farms and backyard poultry in the Los Altos region of Jalisco state, mainly in the towns of Acatic and Tepatitlan, with a flock of 16.5 million birds, primarily egg layers, of which 9.3 million are found within the surveillance area.

It has also expanded the scope of review into areas adjacent to the initial quarantine area in order to protect the birds in the buffer zone. As a method of control and eradication of the virus, 3.8 million birds have been depopulated under stringent animal health protocols established by international organizations.

This measure allows the containment of the virus in the area, said SENASICA.

They currently operate eight internal checkpoints and have increased to 43 the number of experts in the region carrying out the tasks of diagnosis, prevention, control and eradication of the virus.

SENASICA reiterates that the H7N3 influenza virus poses no risk to humans, whether they are in contact with birds or poultry products, such as meat and eggs, and that the control measures are intended to protect the commercial poultry production in the area.

National vaccine strategy in place

SENASICA conducted a working meeting with laboratories in the veterinary pharmaceutical industry involved in the production of H7N3 avian influenza vaccine to contain the H7N3 outbreak.

It was confirmed that three laboratories – Avimex, IASA and Ceva – will manufacture in Mexico some 80 million doses of the vaccine. Those will be available later this month to protect a population, initially, of 40 million birds. The production capacity of those companies may reach 350 million doses per month.

Domestic production of the vaccine is made from an H7N3 virus collected in 2006 by Mexican researchers from a wild migratory duck. When the current outbreak started, at the end of June, the duck virus was studied, finding that it could be used as vaccine seed and a pilot vaccine was prepared.

Earlier in the week, Merial Mexico indicated that the company is manufacturing 12 million doses of the vaccine in the European Union. These will be available for the Mexican poultry sector between late July and the first half of August.

 

Thousands Of Mystery Crabs Wash Ashore In Hawaii – Marine Biologists Baffled

 

Millions of small purple crabs washed ashore on beaches in Hawaii, baffling marine biologists who cannot identify the pea-sized creatures. The crab-like visitors in Honolulu are possibly ’7-11′ or reef crabs in a larvae stage but local scientists are still unable to positively identify the creatures, WTVR reports. Reef crabs are common along the Hawaiian island but biologists readily admit to never having seen “anything like this” before and are searching for answers to the tiny purple crabs identity and their recent massive arrival by the thousands of the small animals on the beach.

Unfortunately many of the little purple crabs which washed ashore in Hawaii were already dead. Marine experts at the Waikiki Aquarium told Hawaii News Now that storms, influx of warm or cold water or pollution could have caused the arrival of the thousands of small purple crabs on the beach – but the Hawaiian islands have not experienced any of the three scenarios recently.

“If it was pollution it would have affected other species as well. So we really don’t know,” Waikiki Aquarium Director Dr. Andrew Rossiter told Hawaii New Now.

Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources speculate that air bubbles which occur when the “seas get rough” could have gotten caught in the crab’s shell, prohibiting them from diving to get away from the tides, according to Hawaii News Now.

The dead crabs can grow to an six inches across if the are truly young Reef crabs, but the thousands of little dead purple crabs were less than an inch long when found.

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