5.5, 6.5, & two 6.4 Magnitude Earthquakes Strike Puerto Rico + Many Aftershocks Continue!! 4:40 UTC 1-13-2014

5.5, 6.5, & two 6.4 Magnitude Earthquakes Strike Puerto Rico + Many Aftershocks Continue!! 4:40 UTC 1-13-2014

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off Puerto Rican coast at a shallow depth of less than 30 km early on Monday, US Geological Survey reports.

The quake hit some 56 km off the northern coast of the island. Capital San Juan, where 400,000 people live is located on the same side of the island.

No immediate injuries or damage has been reported. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake could trigger a local tsunami.

“There is the small possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a hundred kilometers from the earthquake epicenter,” the tsunami center said.

The Puerto Rico quake on Monday comes almost exactly 4 years after a powerful 7.0-magnitude quake devastated another Caribbean island Haiti.

The 2010 disaster took more than 100,000 lives and caused a humanitarian catastrophe in the nation, which remains one of the poorest in the world.

Magnitude: 2.6
Region: 37km NW of San Antonio Puerto Rico
Date: Jan 11, 2014
Time: 17:25:03 GMT
Magnitude: 2.1
Region: 5km ESE of Maricao Puerto Rico
Date: Jan 11, 2014
Time: 23:00:02 GMT
Magnitude: 2.8
Region: 1km NNE of Las Marias Puerto Rico
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 4:33:30 GMT
Magnitude: 3.1
Region: 4km ENE of Quebradillas Puerto Rico
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 13:25:13 GMT
Magnitude: 2.1
Region: 4km SE of Espino Puerto Rico
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 13:35:06 GMT
Magnitude: 6.4
Region: 97km N of Hatillo Puerto Rico
Date: Jan 13, 2014
Time: 4:00:58 GMT
Magnitude: 6.4
Region: 97km N of Hatillo Puerto Rico
Date: Jan 13, 2014
Time: 4:01:04 GMT
Magnitude: 6.5
Region: 56km N of Hatillo Puerto Rico
Date: Jan 13, 2014
Time: 4:01:04 GMT
Magnitude: 5.5
Region: 44km N of Hatillo Puerto Rico
Date: Jan 13, 2014
Time: 4:01:06 GMT

SOURCE: http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMap.aspx

*ALERT* Northern California Earthquake Swarm!! 1-12-2014 23:44 UTC

*ALERT* Northern California Earthquake Swarm!! 1-12-2014 23:44 UTC

Magnitude: 2.4
Region: 7km W of Cobb California
Date: Jan 11, 2014
Time: 23:17:29 GMT
Magnitude: 2.3
Region: 7km W of Cobb California
Date: Jan 11, 2014
Time: 23:17:39 GMT
Magnitude: 2.2
Region: 6km W of Cobb California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 12:34:40 GMT
Magnitude: 4.5
Region: 6km NW of The Geysers California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 20:24:46 GMT
Magnitude: 2.6
Region: 4km WNW of Cobb California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 20:26:38 GMT
Magnitude: 2.4
Region: 7km W of Cobb California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 20:27:24 GMT
Magnitude: 2.3
Region: 7km WNW of The Geysers California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 20:27:41 GMT
Magnitude: 2.0
Region: 6km NW of The Geysers California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 20:28:55 GMT
Magnitude: 2.0
Region: 7km NW of The Geysers California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 20:30:20 GMT
Magnitude: 2.5
Region: 7km W of Cobb California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 20:36:03 GMT
Magnitude: 1.9
Region: 9km WNW of Cobb California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 20:48:00 GMT
Magnitude: 2.7
Region: 6km NW of The Geysers California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 22:05:48 GMT
Magnitude: 1.6
Region: 7km W of Cobb California
Date: Jan 12, 2014
Time: 23:00:33 GMT

SOURCE: http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMap.aspx
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5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Bahia De Santa Clara, Cuba 01-09-2014 20:57 UTC

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Latitude 23.2100
Longitude -80.7043
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Depth 10 km
UTC Time 20:57:43 January 9th, 2014 UTC
Location Cuba Region, Caribbean Loop

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SOURCE: http://anf.ucsd.edu/recenteqs/

01-09-2014: CUBA – Even seasoned scientists were surprised by a rare 5.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Thursday afternoon off the northern coast of Cuba, rattling residents on both sides of the Florida Straits. “There is no question that it is unusual where it hit,” said Timothy Dixon, a University of South Florida geophysics professor and earthquake expert. “I have no clue why this earthquake happened.” Dixon said the earthquake — centered about 112 miles east of Havana in coastal waters — happened about 300 miles from a major fault line between southern Cuba and Hispaniola. “Scientists are definitely going to be looking at this one,” he said. “Earthquakes happen periodically in Cuba, but in the south.” The earthquake, which occurred at 3:58 p.m., was not strong enough to cause serious damage, but people reported feeling its effects across the Florida Keys and as far north as Cape Coral on Florida’s Gulf Coast.  “Unbelievable,” said Shelia Cullen, assistant retail manager at the Custom House Museum in Key West.
“It scared the crap out of everyone on the third floor. We have stuff everywhere up here, and a huge decorative vase was rocking back and forth.” Thursday’s earthquake was the sixth known earthquake between 3.0 and 5.6 magnitude recorded within 125 miles of the area in the past 75 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was about 24 miles north of Corralillo, Cuba, in an area that the USGS said is generally “quiet seismically” but also close to several minor faults, collectively called the Nortecubana Fault system. Cuba last experienced an earthquake in 2010, when a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit in the waters off Oriente Province, according to the USGS. The agency initially reported the quake as a magnitude of 5.0, and later upgraded it to 5.1. The U.S. National Weather Service said there was no tsunami danger. Still, nerves were rattled by the moving earth and swaying lamps. In Bonita Springs on Florida’s west coast, resident Steve Dicarlo told the Naples Daily News he felt movement in his sixth-floor condo unit. “I looked up and the blinds on my window were shaking back and forth,” he said. “The kitchen lamp, which is hanging on a chain, was swaying back and forth.” Bill Winter, who lives in Marco Island, said the tremor lasted about 30 seconds in his 15th-floor condo. “We heard noises in the kitchen, banging noises, and our hanging pots were clanging together,” he said.

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In Old Havana, the quake was felt clearly by workers in two six-floor buildings that were temporarily evacuated. It appeared to last around 30 seconds, according to the Associated Press. Sandor Polo, a 31-year-old waiter, said he was delivering food to a third-floor office when boxes suddenly began to move and workers started yelling. “I got dizzy,” Polo said, adding that he’s never felt anything like it in his life. “Everything was moving,” Nuria Oquendo, a 44-year-old office assistant who was on the sixth floor of a neighboring building, told the AP. “You could really feel it, very clear, very defined.” Like Polo, she had never been in an earthquake before. She called the experience unsettling, but said she wasn’t scared. Cuba is not as known for seismic activity as other parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. Just four years ago, for instance, Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 earthquake that killed more than 100,000 people. But a number of significant quakes have hit Cuba over the years, including one in 1932 that killed eight people and damaged 80 percent of the buildings in the eastern city of Santiago, according to USGS records.  – Florida Keys and Cuba rattled by a rare quake (VIDEO)

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100,000 bats fall dead from the sky during a heatwave in Australia!!

100,000 bats fall dead from the sky during a heatwave in Australia!!

January 08, 2014

By Jonathan Pearlman, The Telegraph – “About 100,000 bats have fallen from the sky and died during a heatwave in Australia that has left the trees and earth littered with dead creatures.

In scenes likened to ‘an Alfred Hitchock thought bubble’, a heatwave across the north-east state of Queensland in recent days caused mass deaths of flying foxes from an estimated 25 colonies.

‘It’s a horrible, cruel way to die,’ a conservation worker, Louise Saunders, told The Courier Mail.

‘Anything over 43 degrees [Celsius, 109F] and they just fall. We’re just picking up those that are just not coping and are humanely euthanising what we can.’

Health experts have warned residents not to touch the dead creatures amid concerns about the spread of virus or bites and scratches from bats that may still be alive. At least 16 people have been are receiving antiviral treatment after coming into close contact with a bat.

‘If you find a bat it is very important not to touch it because of the risk of infection with Australian bat lyssavirus,’ the state’s chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, told APN.

‘Some bats may appear dead but they are not and when people have attempted to remove them they have been bitten or scratched. Bats also have a claw on their wings which is a frequent cause of injury.’

The stench from the rotting carcasses has begun to disturb residents of Brisbane and large towns.” Read More

 

(VIDEO) About 100,000 bats dead after heatwave in southern Queensland