Global Disaster Watch – March 5th, 2012
Earthquakes
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake, Off Coast Of Central America
UTC Date / Time Mar 04 09:44AM
Depth 60 km GEO: Longitude -84.470
GEO Latitude 2.630
Source EMSC
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake, Southeast of Loyalty Islands
UTC Date / Time Mar 04 12:49 PM
Depth 10 kmGEO: Longitude169.760GEO: Latitude-21.510
Source
GEOFON
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake , Luzon,Philippines
UTC Date / Time Mar 04 14:26 PM
Depth 152.5 km GEO: Longitude120.625 GEO: Latitude14.254
Source
USGS
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake, Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
UTC Date / Time Mar 04 23:17 PM
Depth 10 km GEO: Longitude 102.490 GEO: Latitude -4.500
Source
GEOFON
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake, Southwestern, Siberia, Russia
UTC Date / Time Mar 04 23:33 PM
Depth 14.9 km GEO: Longitude 95.983 GEO: Latitude 51.542
Source
USGS
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake,Northern Algeria
UTC Date / Time Mar 05 02:45 AM
Depth 10 km GEO: Longitude 0.690 GEO: Latitude 36.520
Source
EMSCKuril Islands,
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake, Kuril Islands
UTC Date / Time Mar 05 03:33 AM
Depth123 km GEO: Longitude153.450 GEO:Latitude 46.250
Source
GEOFON
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake, Southeast of Loyalty
Date / Time Mar 05 05:14 AM
Depth 287 km GEO: Longitude 169.720
GEO: Latitude –22.130
Source
GEOFON
Solar Activity
BIG SUNSPOT: A sunspot almost four times as wide as Earth itself is rotating onto the solar disk. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded its entrance on March 2nd and 3rd; click to view a 24-hour animation:
The sunspot has a ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic field that harbors energy for strong M-class solar flares. Indeed, it has already unleashed an M3-class eruption on March 2nd that created mild waves of ionization in the atmosphere over Europe.
Earth-effects could become stronger as the sunspot turns toward our planet in the days ahead. NOAA forecasters estimate a 55% chance of additional M-class flares and a 5% chance of an X-flare during the next 24 hours. Solar flare alerts: text,phone.
more images: from Dennis Put of Brielle, The Netherlands; from Pavol Rapavy of Observatory Rimavska Sobota, Slovakia; from Maximilian Teodorescu of Bucharest, Romania; from Jim Werle of Henderson, Nevada;
THE SUN TODAY: 4 March 2012 – ANOTHER HUGE FLARE
Solar System
The Lunar Cataclysm
http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/4603/the-lunar-cataclysm
Drought
Portugal prays for rain as drought adds to crisis
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/03/us-portugal-drought-idUSTRE8220EV20120303
Tornadoes
Tornadoes cut violent path across U.S. leaving trail of destruction and 37 dead
Tornadoes cut violent path across U.S. leaving trail of destruction and 38 dead
Whole town ‘completely gone’ after Indiana tornado
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/242398-Whole-town-completely-gone-after-Indiana-tornado
Storms Demolish Small Towns in Indiana, Kentucky; 38 Dead
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/242471-Storms-Demolish-Small-Towns-in-Indiana-Kentucky-38-Dead
Volcanic Activity
The Tungurahua volcano increased its activity level at 18:30 on Saturday. According to the technicians of the Observatory of the Geophysical Institute, this is characterized by the explosive ejection of incandescent rocks with additional steam and ash. Moreover, the intensity of the bellows rose relative to those detected at 14:20 on the start of this new eruptive process. Jorge Bustillos, a volcanologist, said the expulsion of the material reaches 500 meters above the crater and the vapor cloud 800. “The activity is Strombolian type, this is identified by the output of lava, steam and ash.” Lookouts of the colossus said there was a fall of volcanic dust cam in communities Puela, Chonglontus and El Manzano, in Chimborazo. The cloudy nights have impeded direct observation of the giant crater. Serafin Medina, a resident of Palictahua said that since the late bellows have been emitted from the volcano, activity at the volcano has increased. “We listen to what they say the technicians of the Geophysical Institute.” –El Comerico translated
Lights in the Sky
Green Object Reported in the Sky Over Newfoundland
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/242337-Green-Object-Reported-in-the-Sky-Over-Newfoundland
Green Fireball Seen All Over Southeastern Canada
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/242383-Green-Fireball-Seen-All-Over-Southeastern-Canada
Fireball seen from southern Norway and Sweden
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/242443-Fireball-seen-from-southern-Norway-and-Sweden
Meteor Lights up the Sky Across England
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/242478-Meteor-Lights-up-the-Sky-Across-England
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