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Everyone is familiar with weather systems on Earth like rain, wind and snow. But space weather – variable conditions in the space surrounding Earth – has important consequences for our lives inside Earth’s atmosphere. Solar activity occurring miles outside Earth’s atmosphere, for example, can trigger magnetic storms on Earth. These storms are visually stunning, but they can set our modern infrastructure spinning. On Jan. 19, scientists saw a solar flare in an active region of the Sun, along with a concentrated blast of solar-wind plasma and magnetic field lines known as a coronal mass ejection that burst from the Sun’s...

...no Tsunami expected, very early

Power: Despite efforts in the media and Congress to shut it down through fear and falsehoods, a new estimate of America's most promising energy source portends even more gas, oil — and jobs. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced Tuesday that the Marcellus Shale formation that straddles the northeastern United States may hold a staggering 84 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of recoverable natural gas, up significantly from the last official government estimate of 2 tcf made in 2002. The USGS said the estimate came from new information about the gas-rich formation underlying New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, and...

Did You Feel It? — usc0005ild Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:04 UTC VIRGINIA OMB No. 1028-0048 Expires 03/31/2012 Your location when the earthquake occurred

Region: COLORADO Geographic coordinates: 37.137N, 104.671W Magnitude: 5.5 Mw Depth: 4 km Universal Time (UTC): 23 Aug 2011 05:46:19 Time near the Epicenter: 22 Aug 2011 23:46:19 Local standard time in your area: 23 Aug 2011 05:46:19 Location with respect to nearby cities: 5 km (3 miles) W (259 degrees) of Cokedale, CO 13 km (8 miles) W (279 degrees) of Starkville, CO 15 km (9 miles) WSW (255 degrees) of Trinidad, CO 126 km (78 miles) S (182 degrees) of Pueblo, CO 289 km (180 miles) S (175 degrees) of Denver, CO

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A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off New Zealand's Kermadec Islands, triggering a tsunami in the region, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Center said on Wednesday. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.9, triggered a tsunami warning for New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and Tonga, the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Center said. "Sea level readings confirm that a tsunami was generated. This tsunami may have been destructive along coastlines of the region near the earthquake epicenter," the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Center said in its warning. It struck at 7:03 a.m. on Thursday (1903 GMT on Wednesday)...

Anyone have anything else on this yet?

Magnitude 6.4 Date-Time Sunday, April 03, 2011 at 14:07:09 UTC Monday, April 04, 2011 at 02:07:09 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location - 17.649°S, 178.578°W Depth 551.9 km (343.0 miles) set by location program Region FIJI REGION Distances - 252 km (156 miles) W of Lambasa, Vanua Levu, Fiji 321 km (199 miles) W of SUVA, Viti Levu, Fiji 335 km (208 miles) N of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2230 km (1385 miles) W of Auckland, New Zealand ------------------------ No tsunami watches have been issued.

HONOLULU (AP) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has struck Hawaii as residents brace for a tsunami after a massive earthquake in Japan. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damages from the quake that hit the Big Island about 30 miles southeast of Hilo just before 11 p.m. Thursday. The first waves from the tsunami were expected to hit about 3 a.m. Friday.

Japan Earthquake Has Been Upgraded to 8.8 Magnitude Via Twitter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Tuesday. It said the quake was very shallow at a depth of 10 km (6.3 miles). It struck 55 km (34 miles) west of Dalbandin at 1:23 a.m. local time on Wednesday (2023 GMT on Tuesday). There was no immediate report of damage from the area. The Pacific Tsunami Center said the onshore quake had not triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean. A major quake of this magnitude is capable of causing widespread and heavy damage. On October 8, 2005, a 7.6 magnitude...

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WASHINGTON - A 3.6 magnitude earthquake woke the Washington metro region Friday, rattling homes and startling people. The U.S. Geological Survey says it happened at exactly 5:04:49 a.m. about 3 miles under the earth's surface. Right after it happened calls from all around Maryland, Northern Virginia and as far away as West Virginia started lighting up the WTOP newsroom phone lines. "It was centered in the Germantown-Gaithersburg area," Randy Baldwin, a physicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Earthquake Information Center, tells WTOP. The earthquake woke WTOP listener Christy in her four-bedroom home in Bethesda. "I was terrified. Then it was...

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SAIPAN, Northern Marianas – A volcanic eruption near the Pacific's Northern Mariana Islands shot clouds of ash and vapor nearly eight miles into the sky, federal scientists said. The eruption occurred early Saturday and appeared to come from an underwater volcano off Sarigan, a sparsely inhabited island about 100 miles north of the U.S. commonwealth's main island of Saipan. The Northern Marianas are about 3,800 miles southwest of Hawaii. USGS volcanologist Game McGimsey said Sunday that scientists are still trying to pinpoint the source but evidence is pointing to an underwater mountain. "People on the island (Sarigan) heard a loud...

I'm still looking at this... Seismographs all over recorded an odd event about 7 hours ago. Link to the live data (which may roll off in another hour or two, but I captured the page) http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml

Just felt a bump like someone hit my chair. Then the wife came out of a downstairs room and asked if I felt something. Nothing on USGS yet.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a computer at its Berkeley station erroneously concluded a a magnitude 5 earthquake occurred in Napa (above).

Magnitude 6.7 - BERING SEA 2010 April 30 23:11:43 UTC * Details * Maps * Tsunami Earthquake Details Magnitude 6.7 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes) Date-Time * Friday, April 30, 2010 at 23:11:43 UTC * Friday, April 30, 2010 at 02:11:43 PM at epicenter Location 60.370°N, 177.560°W Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region BERING SEA Distances * 486 km (302 miles) SW (221°) from Gambell, AK * 497 km (309 miles) SSW (208°) from Provideniya, Russia * 1500 km (932 miles) W (279°) from Anchorage, AK Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available Parameters...

A major earthquake has struck off the Solomon Islands, but a tsunami was not expected. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.1-magnitude quake struck at Sunday evening. Its epicenter was about 130 miles southeast of the capital, Honiara, in the Pacific Ocean.

Quake scares residents from Tijuana to Los Angeles* About 100 injuries reported by Mexican authorities * Quake cracks highway linking Tijuana to Mexicali (Updates with report on injuries, details of damage)TIJUANA, Mexico, April 4 (Reuters) - A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck near the Mexico-California border on Sunday, killing at least one person as it rocked buildings, ruptured a highway and panicked residents from Tijuana to Los Angeles. One person died when a house in Mexicali collapsed, Alfredo Escobedo, director of emergency services in Baja California state, Mexico, said. He said others had been trapped in elevators, retaining walls collapsed...

A POWERFUL 7.2-magnitude earthquake near the Mexico-US border has rocked buildings in Los Angeles and was felt across Southern California and Arizona. The US Geological Survey said the quake, which struck at 3.40pm local time, was at a depth of 32.3 kilometres and was located 26 kilometres southwest of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico. It was 64 kilometres southwest of San Luis, in the US state of Arizona, the USGS added. The Los Angeles Fire Department said its initial assessment found "no significant damage or injuries'' but had responded to an increase in automatic alarms and stuck elevators.

Very large Earthquake in San Diego...lasted a long time.

Wow...that was a good shake...it went on for quite a while. Everybody ok?

I received a text from the USGS (as i usually do when there is a mag 6.0 or above in the world) indicating there was a 8.0 earthquake in the DR. I went online to the USGS site but couldnt find anything. However, it also indicates that there hasnt been a single earthquake in the last hour anywhere in the world. The site is probably down or something, but has anyone else heard about an earthquake in the DR?

The moderate earthquake that struck the Los Angeles area Tuesday likely occurred a long a fault that could generate a much stronger, major quake in the future, according to scientists. Seismologists say the Puente Hills thrust system could touch off earthquakes up to magnitude 7.5 directly underneath downtown Los Angeles. Such temblors would prove larger than any in the modern history of the Los Angeles Basin. The Puente Hills fault, which winds through the area's fractured underbelly for about 25 miles -- from northern Orange County to Beverly Hills -- has generated at least four earthquakes ranging from magnitude 7.2...

Magnitude 6.4 - TAIWAN 2010 March 04 00:18:53 UTC Earthquake Details Magnitude 6.4Date-Time * Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 00:18:53 UTC * Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 08:18:53 AM at epicenter Location 22.900°N, 120.909°EDepth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location programRegion TAIWANDistances * 33 km (21 miles) NW (308°) from T'ai-tung, Taiwan * 70 km (44 miles) E (100°) from T'ai-nan, Taiwan * 72 km (45 miles) ENE (62°) from Kao-hsiung, Taiwan * 921 km (572 miles) N (360°) from MANILA, Philippines

CARACAS, Venezuela —In the past seven days there have been more than 258 recorded earthquakes of a magnitude higher than 4.5 on the Richter's scale. Chile alone has already experienced 81 aftershocks at a rate of 4 per hour since the first big earthquake of 8.8 struck on Saturday, Feb. 27. Tsunami alarms sounded across the world.

(KFVS) - A preliminary earthquake report from the U.S. Geological Survey indicates a 3.7 magnitude earthquake occurred at 1:37 p.m. CT was centered near East Prairie, Missouri. No major damage has been reported, although many people have said they felt the quake. Students and faculty evacuated East Prairie High & Jr. High Schools as a precaution, but no damage has been found at either school. There are reports coming in to the USGS that the earthquake was felt as far away as Lexington, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana. The report indicates the quake was 5.1 miles below the surface of the...

Seismic shockers are to be expected, but planet seems to be more active. SNIP While the Chilean earthquake wasn't directly related to Japan's 7.0-magnitude temblor, the two have some factors in common. For one, any seismic waves that made their way from Japan to the Chilean coast could play a slight role in ground-shaking. "It is too far away for any direct triggering, and those distances also make the seismic waves as they would pass by from the Haiti or Japan events pretty small because of attenuation," Arrowsmith told LiveScience. (Attenuation is the decrease in energy with distance.) "Nevertheless, if...

Chile is on a hotspot of sorts for earthquake activity. And so the 8.8-magnitude temblor that shook the region overnight was not a surprise, historically speaking. Nor was it outside the realm of normal, scientists say, even though it comes on the heels of other major earthquakes. One scientist, however, says that relative to the time period from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, Earth has been more active over the past 15 years or so. The Chilean earthquake, and the tsunami it spawned, originated on a hot spot known as a subduction zone, where one plate of Earth's crust dives...

Chile Earthquake Among Strongest Since 1900 VOA News 27 February 2010 Cars are seen overturned and stuck at a collapsed road innorthern Santiago, Chile, 27 Feb 2010 Based on U.S. Geological Survey figures, Saturday's 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile could rank as one of the most powerful in history. If the magnitude of the Chilean earthquake stands, it would be tied as the fifth-strongest earthquake recorded since 1900, when records were first kept.  An earthquake off the coast of Ecuador in 1906 also was recorded to have a magnitude of 8.8. The most powerful earthquake recorded also occurred in Chile, in...

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Magnitude 7.0 Date-Time * Friday, February 26, 2010 at 20:31:26 UTC * Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 05:31:26 AM at epicenter Location 25.965°N, 128.443°E Depth 22 km (13.7 miles) set by location program Region RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN Distances * 81 km (50 miles) ESE (106°) from Naha, Okinawa, Japan * 461 km (286 miles) ENE (67°) from Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan * 1290 km (802 miles) S (174°) from SEOUL, South Korea

REDLANDS--An active earthquake “swarm” that began February 13th is keeping parts of the Inland Empire on edge. The shaking has been traced to an epicenter south of Redlands in San Timoteo Canyon. Two quakes felt just before noon Friday were among the strongest at M3.4.

BEIJING — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck Thursday morning in the region where China, Russia and North Korea meet, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The temblor hit about 9:15 a.m., and office towers in Beijing swayed slightly for about a minute.

A rare moderate earthquake struck northern Illinois Wednesday morning, waking up residents in the Chicago area.

earthquake in Chicago area???

C. Hayes WGNTV NEWS February 10, 2010 A magnitude 4.3 earthquake hit northern Illinois early Wednesday morning. The quake struck at 3:59 a.m. in Sycamore in DeKalb County. The quake could be felt as far away as Chicago... 50 miles from the epicenter. We'll have more information as it becomes available. For the latest information, go to the U.S. Geological Survey website.

DENVER — In the last two weeks, more than 100 mostly tiny earthquakes a day, on average, have rattled a remote area of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, putting scientists who monitor the park’s strange and volatile geology on alert.

Since January 17, 2010 Yellowstone has had the second largest swarm ever recorded. The swarms have been steady at about 10 miles in depth and they have subsided a few days ago. In the past two days the depth has raised up to around 7 miles and in the past couple hours quakes vastly increased. http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/ymr_webi.htm http://www.seis.utah.edu/req2webdir/recenteqs/Maps/111-44.html Remember this doesn’t mean we will see an eruption and it most likely means a normal volcano. It is very unlikely we will see a caldera eruption. But these changes are significant and cannot be over looked Some history: Since the most recent...

Moderate 5.5 magnitude quake strikes Haiti-USGS 24 Jan 2010 22:21:00 GMT Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A moderate 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Sunday 26 miles (41 km) west of the capital Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake struck at 5:51 p.m. EST/2151 GMT at a depth of 20.5 miles (33 km), the USGS said in a preliminary estimate.

Yellowstone National Park has been rattled by more than 250 earthquakes in the past two days following a period of 11 months of quiet seismic activity in the park. The quakes have been gaining strength, with a 3.1 tremor recorded at 11:03 a.m. today. A 2.9 quake was recorded at 12:38 p.m. Prof. Robert B. Smith, a geophysicist at the University of Utah and one of the leading experts on earthquake and volcanic activity at Yellowstone, said that the activity is a "notable swarm." "The swarm is located about 10 miles northwest of Old Faithful, Wyo., and nine miles southeast...

The latest news is a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Argentina after the 7.0 Haiti Earthquake and the 5.6 Venezuela Earthquake, and all less than a week.

Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 22:43:34 UTC Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 03:43:34 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 44.565°N, 110.972°W Depth 6.5 km (4.0 miles) Region YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING Distances 15 km (9 miles) SE (136°) from West Yellowstone, MT 30 km (19 miles) ENE (76°) from Island Park, ID 56 km (35 miles) SSW (201°) from Gardiner, MT 430 km (267 miles) N (10°) from Salt Lake City, UT Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 1.4 km (0.9 miles) Parameters NST= 24, Nph= 24, Dmin=11 km, Rmss=0.14 sec,...

A major magnitude 7.3 quake hit the impoverished country of Haiti Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicentre of the quake, which was initially reported a magnitude 7.0 off the coast, was located inland, six miles (10 km) west of Carrefour, close to the capital Port-au-Prince and was only 20.5 miles (30 km) deep. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere....

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A strong earthquake hit the impoverished country of Haiti on Tuesday, where a hospital collapsed and people were screaming for help. Other buildings also were damaged.There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries, but an analyst at the U.S. Geological Survey said there could be substantial damage and casualties. Powerful aftershocks were felt in the first hour.The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered about 10 miles (15 kilometers) west from the Caribbean nation's capital of Port-au-Prince, the USGS said. It had a depth of 5 miles (8 kilometers).An Associated Press videographer saw...

An Associated Press videographer saw the wrecked hospital in nearby Petionville, and a U.S. government official reported seeing houses that had tumbled into a ravine. No further details on any causualties or other damage were immediately available. "Everybody is just totally, totally freaked out and shaken," said Henry Bahn, a visiting official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "The sky is just gray with dust."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major magnitude 7.0 quake hit just miles off the coast of the impoverished country of Haiti on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.