http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/usgs/ en-us Mon, 7 Dec 2009 01:38:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401770/posts Many people in Baldwin and Wilkinson Counties say they felt a tremor Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey's website confirmed an earthquake with a 3.2 magnitude in southern Baldwin County just before 7:30 p.m. The website says the quake was about 7 miles west of Deepstep in Washington County and 12 miles east-southeast of Milledgeville. Linda Webster from Milledgeville called the 13WMAZ newsroom and said she felt the tremble. "It was like a big truck rumbling," she said. Dwayne Hancock, who lives between Milledgeville and Gordon, said he felt the quake around 7: 25 p.m. He said it shook the glass... 13 WMAZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401770/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 01:38:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371513/posts Ecology: The administration creates the mother of all protected habitats for a species whose numbers have increased since Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." It's our hopes for energy independence that are drowning. When filmmaker Phelim McAleer, whose documentary "Not Evil Just Wrong" takes apart the myths of global warming, got to ask Gore a question at the annual conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists, McAleer brought up the nine critical errors in Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth." A British court two years ago listed them and said they must be righted before the film could be shown in schools... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371513/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:25:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369566/posts Hope this hasn't already been posted. USGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369566/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:07:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360443/posts Welcome to our web site about natural oil and gas seeps in the state of California. Seeps are like springs that ooze oil and gas instead of water. Tour our site to learn about: how oil and gas seeps form, where they occur, and how they affect the environment the relationship between oil seeps and underground oil fields the La Brea Tar Pits, a world-famous oil seep in downtown Los Angeles USGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360443/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:57:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350810/posts Energy: An amazing number of oil finds have been made this year, including the biggest in California in 35 years. If the world is running out of oil, why do we keep finding more of it? The mantra of the anti-drilling crowd has been that oil companies like to sit on their leases and the oil in the ground, hoping to drive up the price. They should use the leases they have or lose them, these critics say. They also like to add that the world is running out of oil so it doesn't matter anyway. Occidental Petroleum hasn't been... Real Clear Markets http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350810/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:52:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350368/posts Energy: An amazing number of oil finds have been made this year, including the biggest in California in 35 years. If the world is running out of oil, why do we keep finding more of it? The mantra of the anti-drilling crowd has been that oil companies like to sit on their leases and the oil in the ground, hoping to drive up the price. They should use the leases they have or lose them, these critics say. They also like to add that the world is running out of oil so it doesn't matter anyway. Occidental Petroleum hasn't been... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350368/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:48:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344616/posts The average person doesn't associate coolness with the sun. The sun releases energy through deep nuclear fusion reactions in its core and has surface temperatures as hot as 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NASA's Web site. Not cool at all. But the sun's recent activity, or lack thereof, may be linked to the pleasant summer temperatures the midwest has enjoyed this year, said Charlie Perry, a research hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Lawrence. The sun is at a low point of a deep solar minimum in which there are little to no sunspots on its surface. The Topeka Capitol-Journal Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344616/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:03:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309185/posts Energy: As Russian attack submarines patrol our eastern seaboard, Moscow signs a deal to help Castro's Cuba drill for oil off the Florida coast. In Moscow and Havana, the cry is "Drill, Comrade, Drill!"Two Russian nuclear attack submarines have taken up positions along our East Coast in recent days, another sign of renewed assertiveness by the former communist giant. The move comes as Moscow inks a deal with the communist relic of Cuba to drill for oil we refuse to go after. The submarines are of the Akula class, a counterpart to the Los Angeles class attack subs of the... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309185/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:13:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247246/posts As Palin pointed out to Salazar, the USGS assessment "estimates that Arctic Alaska has mean technically recoverable resources of approximately 30 billion barrels of oil, 6 billion barrels of natural gas liquids and 221 trillion cubic feet of conventional natural gas." IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247246/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 22:55:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270013/posts Energy: Will oil hit $250 a barrel? The Russians think so, as crude prices climb to an eight-month high. Meantime, House Republicans advance a plan to help the administration keep a domestic energy promise.The cost of July deliveries of crude bounced over $73 Thursday as the American Petroleum Institute reported shrinking U.S. inventories as the dollar weakens against the euro. Alexei Miller, chairman of the Russian energy giant Gazprom, is repeating his prediction of a year ago that oil may eventually reach the $250 mark. IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270013/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:16:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308350/posts Energy Policy: The chief economist of the International Energy Agency says the world is running out of oil. We've been told that for the last 150 years. The only thing we're running out of is the will to drill.Ever since the first oil well was drilled in Titusville, Pa., in 1859, experts have been predicting we would soon run out of oil. The latest is Dr. Fatih Birol, chief economist for the International Energy Agency in Paris, whose job it is to assess future energy supplies by OECD countries. In an interview with the Independent, Dr. Birol says that based... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308350/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:39:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307291/posts Earthquake Details Magnitude 6.9 Date-Time Monday, August 03, 2009 at 17:59:59 UTCMonday, August 03, 2009 at 10:59:59 AM at epicenter Location 29.372°N, 112.814°W Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region GULF OF CALIFORNIA Distances 122 km (76 miles) NNE (25°) from Santa Isabel, Baja California, Mexico142 km (88 miles) WNW (294°) from La Doce, Sonora, Mexico163 km (101 miles) SSW (203°) from Caborca, Sonora, Mexico182 km (113 miles) W (281°) from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico533 km (331 miles) SE (130°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.2 km (4.5 miles); depth fixed by location program... USGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307291/posts#comment Mon, 3 Aug 2009 18:31:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2294525/posts Earthquake Details Magnitude 2.9 Date-Time Friday, July 17, 2009 at 03:51:17 UTC Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 08:51:17 PM at epicenter Location 33.860°N, 117.802°W Depth 0.9 km (~0.6 mile) Region GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA Distances 3 km (2 miles) SSW (203°) from Yorba Linda, CA 5 km (3 miles) ESE (117°) from Placentia, CA 5 km (3 miles) N (9°) from Villa Park, CA 7 km (4 miles) NNE (24°) from Orange, CA 15 km (9 miles) NNE (29°) from Santa Ana, CA 46 km (29 miles) ESE (118°) from Los Angeles Civic Center, CA Location Uncertainty horizontal +/-... USGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2294525/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:01:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2293840/posts Palin Vs. Kerry (And MoveOn.org) By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:20 PM The political death of Sarah Palin has been greatly exaggerated. In a devastating op-ed in the Washington Post, Alaska's governor exposes the cap-and-tax fraud that has nothing to do with earth's temperature and everything to do with government control of the economy. She also exposes the stealth socialism ambitions of the Democratic left and once again points out the availability of abundant "shovel-ready" resources under America's soil, off America's shores and even in America's rocks. Judging from the reaction from Sen. Kerry and... Investors Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2293840/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:24:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293557/posts Politics: John Kerry, replying to an op-ed Sarah Palin wrote on cap-and-trade, suggests the Alaska governor "check the view from her front porch." What she sees from there, senator, is energy wealth going to waste.The political death of Sarah Palin has been greatly exaggerated. In a devastating op-ed in the Washington Post, Alaska's governor exposes the cap-and-tax fraud that has nothing to do with earth's temperature and everything to do with government control of the economy. She also exposes the stealth socialism ambitions of the Democratic left and once again points out the availability of abundant "shovel-ready" resources under America's... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2293557/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294482/posts Great IBD Editorial Regarding My "Cap and Tax" Article Yesterday at 7:20pm The political death of Sarah Palin has been greatly exaggerated. In a devastating op-ed in the Washington Post, Alaska's governor exposes the cap-and-tax fraud that has nothing to do with earth's temperature and everything to do with government control of the economy. She also exposes the stealth socialism ambitions of the Democratic left and once again points out the availability of abundant "shovel-ready" resources under America's soil, off America's shores and even in America's rocks. Judging from the reaction from Sen. Kerry and the political arm of George... Facebook http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2294482/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:22:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277030/posts Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277030/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:57:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275007/posts Reston, VA - North Dakota and Montana have an estimated 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil in an area known as the Bakken Formation.A U.S. Geological Survey assessment, released April 10, shows a 25-fold increase in the amount of oil that can be recovered compared to the agency's 1995 estimate of 151 million barrels of oil. USGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275007/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:50:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257579/posts (CNN) — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake hit northern North Korea on Monday, the U.S. Geological survey reported. The quake occurred at 9:54 a.m. (8:54 p.m. ET Sunday) about 75 km (45 miles) northwest Kimchaek and 375 km (230 miles) northeast of the capital of Pyongyang, the agency said. The depth of the temblor was 10 km (6.2 miles). No other details were immediately available. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257579/posts#comment Mon, 25 May 2009 02:24:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257131/posts LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A 4.7-magnitude earthquake shook central California, less than a week after a pair of similar temblors rattled the highly populated southern part of the state. The United States Geological Survey said Saturday's quake struck at 2258 GMT, at a depth of just 0.062 miles, and occurred some 7 miles from the town of Keeler, and 200 miles north of Los Angeles. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. The reading was based on the open-ended Moment Magnitude scale, now used by US seismologists, which measures the area of the fault that ruptured and... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257131/posts#comment Sun, 24 May 2009 00:43:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256924/posts The earthquake danger in our state could be a lot worse than anyone thought. A small fault around Whidbey Island actually extends through the Cascades across the state. The fault was believed to be limited to around Whidbey Island, but new mapping shows it stretches 250 to 300 miles from Canada to at least Yakima. Geologists say the fault is capable of producing a 7 magnitude or greater earthquake . "They said they're already doing exercises based on this in Pierce County. They're taking action almost as we speak," said Congressman Norm Dicks, who was briefed Friday morning. Dicks is... MyNorthwest.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256924/posts#comment Sat, 23 May 2009 16:48:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2230659/posts Magnitude 6.5 - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION USGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2230659/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:41:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224321/posts http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/ about 20 mins ago, felt in Wasilla, centered about 20 miles north of Anchorage...i guess http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224321/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:34:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223358/posts More than 90 people are feared dead and tens of thousands are homeless after a magnitude-6.3 earthquake rocked the mountainous Abruzzo region of Italy today. The temblor struck at 3:32 a.m. local time (9:32 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Sunday) 60 miles (95 kilometers) northeast of Rome, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The New York Times is reporting that it killed 92 people and left the homes of as many as 50,000 others in ruins. “Some towns in the area have been virtually destroyed in their entirety,” said Gianfranco Fini, speaker of the lower house of Parliament, according to... Scientific American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223358/posts#comment Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:50:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221322/posts The U.S. Geological Survey Thursday increased its estimate of oil shale resources in the Piceance Basin in northwestern Colorado by 50% to more than 1.5 trillion barrels. The Obama administration has halted commercial lease sales of oil shale development, saying more research, particularly on the environmental consequences, is needed before moving ahead with development. The USGS said its latest assessment of the nation's largest oil shale basin, the first since 1989, didn't include a recoverable resource estimate, however, because the resource is currently not economical to recover and there are still a number of environmental concerns about development. Dow Jones http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221322/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 06:46:35 GMT