Earth changes Archive

  • Strong earthquake struck Chile again. On May 19, 2012 at 8:35 UTC magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Antofagasta, Chile. Recorded depth according to USGS was 25 km (15.5 miles). Epicenter location was 54 km (33 miles) SW of Taltal, Antofagasta, Chile (25.783°S, 70.793°W). Universidad de Chile is reporting a magnitude of 6.1 at a depth of 37 km. 92 km al NO de Chañaral and the epicenter located approx. 40 km out of the coast. It is currently...

    Strong earthquake with magnitude 5.9 struck Antofagasta, Chile

    Posted on May 19, 2012 | No Comments
    Strong earthquake struck Chile again. On May 19, 2012 at 8:35 UTC magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Antofagasta, Chile. Recorded depth according to USGS was 25 km (15.5 miles). Epicenter location was 54 km (33 miles) SW of Taltal, Antofagasta, Chile (25.783°S, 70.793°W). Universidad de Chile is reporting a magnitude of 6.1 at a depth of 37 km. 92 km al NO de Chañaral and the epicenter located approx. 40 km out of the coast. It is currently...

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  • On May 19, 2012 JST three strong earthquakes struck near the March 11, 2011 magnitude 9.0 Great Tohoku earthquake and they all happened within three hours. For easier understanding of times when they occurred all earthquakes will be described in UTC time. According to USGS, the first one occurred at 21:23 UTC on May 18, 2012 off the East coast of Honshu (39.677°N, 143.172°E) with magnitude 5.0 and recorded depth of 16.5 km (10.3 miles). The second...

    Three strong earthquakes struck near the March 11, 2011, M9.0 area within three hours

    Posted on May 19, 2012 | 1 Comment
    On May 19, 2012 JST three strong earthquakes struck near the March 11, 2011 magnitude 9.0 Great Tohoku earthquake and they all happened within three hours. For easier understanding of times when they occurred all earthquakes will be described in UTC time. According to USGS, the first one occurred at 21:23 UTC on May 18, 2012 off the East coast of Honshu (39.677°N, 143.172°E) with magnitude 5.0 and recorded depth of 16.5 km (10.3 miles). The second...

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  • Despite being one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea, Bagana is poorly monitored. Located on the mountainous spine of Bouganville Island, it is both far from any cities or large towns and hard to reach due to the rough terrain. Bagana emits volcanic gases (including water vapor and sulfur dioxide) almost continuously, and frequently extrudes thick lava flows. Satellites provide the most reliable way to watch this activity. This natural-color image reveals a fresh...

    New lava flow on Bagana volcano, Papua New Guinea

    Posted on May 18, 2012 | No Comments
    Despite being one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea, Bagana is poorly monitored. Located on the mountainous spine of Bouganville Island, it is both far from any cities or large towns and hard to reach due to the rough terrain. Bagana emits volcanic gases (including water vapor and sulfur dioxide) almost continuously, and frequently extrudes thick lava flows. Satellites provide the most reliable way to watch this activity. This natural-color image reveals a fresh...

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  • Fresh blasts from Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano spewed fiery rock and caustic ash over residents around the Mexico City suburb of Puebla, already on edge after weeks of ongoing eruption. Ash soared 4 km (2.5 miles) into the sky during early Saturday’s explosion, forcing a local airport to close. Residents of the nearby village of Santiago Xalitzintla rushed into the town square during the middle of the night as terrifying rumblings and blasts caused buildings to...

    Fresh blasts from Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano

    Posted on May 18, 2012 | No Comments
    Fresh blasts from Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano spewed fiery rock and caustic ash over residents around the Mexico City suburb of Puebla, already on edge after weeks of ongoing eruption. Ash soared 4 km (2.5 miles) into the sky during early Saturday’s explosion, forcing a local airport to close. Residents of the nearby village of Santiago Xalitzintla rushed into the town square during the middle of the night as terrifying rumblings and blasts caused buildings to...

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  • The Sirung stratovolcano on the remote Pantar island in Indonesia has come back to life with a series of probably phreatic explosions and strong degassing. On May 8, 2012 a 3-hour long eruption took place. The eruption was accompanied by loud sounds and incandescent tephra observed rising 10 m above the crater.  The explosion created an ash plume that reached 3.5 km altitude and drifted to the north, producing ashfall up to 4 mm thick...

    Sirung volcano back to life and on alert level 3: new phreatic eruption and strong degassing

    Posted on May 18, 2012 | 1 Comment
    The Sirung stratovolcano on the remote Pantar island in Indonesia has come back to life with a series of probably phreatic explosions and strong degassing. On May 8, 2012 a 3-hour long eruption took place. The eruption was accompanied by loud sounds and incandescent tephra observed rising 10 m above the crater.  The explosion created an ash plume that reached 3.5 km altitude and drifted to the north, producing ashfall up to 4 mm thick...

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  • Russian officials announced that twenty-one forest fires were burning on May 17 on a total of over 3,000 hectares, with 2,600 hectares blazing in Buryatia and almost 500 hectares in Khabarovsk territory. Three new fires were seen in Tunkinsky National Park in the past 24 hours alone. In Buryatia, over 400 forest fires have burned more than 30,000 hectares of forest since the beginning of spring this year. Spring fires  are filling the skies of...

    Spring fires and smoke in eastern Asia

    Posted on May 18, 2012 | No Comments
    Russian officials announced that twenty-one forest fires were burning on May 17 on a total of over 3,000 hectares, with 2,600 hectares blazing in Buryatia and almost 500 hectares in Khabarovsk territory. Three new fires were seen in Tunkinsky National Park in the past 24 hours alone. In Buryatia, over 400 forest fires have burned more than 30,000 hectares of forest since the beginning of spring this year. Spring fires  are filling the skies of...

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  • Strong and shallow earthquake with magnitude 6.2 struck off the coast of Aisen, Chile on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 2:00 UTC. The epicenter was 542 km (336 miles) WSW of Castro, Los Lagos, Chile (44.594°S, 80.073°W). Recorded depth was 10 km (6.2 miles). Servicio Sismológico (U. de Chile) is reporting 6.3 magnitude with depth od 10 km. No tsunami alert was issued. Magnitude 6.2 Date-Time Friday, May 18, 2012 at 02:00:41 UTC Thursday, May 17, 2012...

    Shallow 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Aisen, Chile

    Posted on May 18, 2012 | No Comments
    Strong and shallow earthquake with magnitude 6.2 struck off the coast of Aisen, Chile on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 2:00 UTC. The epicenter was 542 km (336 miles) WSW of Castro, Los Lagos, Chile (44.594°S, 80.073°W). Recorded depth was 10 km (6.2 miles). Servicio Sismológico (U. de Chile) is reporting 6.3 magnitude with depth od 10 km. No tsunami alert was issued. Magnitude 6.2 Date-Time Friday, May 18, 2012 at 02:00:41 UTC Thursday, May 17, 2012...

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  • Temperatures are increasing on a global scale. But in the central and eastern United States warming has not kept pace with other parts of the world over much of the last century. Parts of the United States cooled between 1930 and 1990. Climate scientists have taken to calling the large area of cooling a “warming hole” because the areas surrounding it have warmed at a faster rate. As shown in this map bellow, which is based on data...

    Air pollution causing “warming hole” over the US

    Posted on May 18, 2012 | 5 Comments
    Temperatures are increasing on a global scale. But in the central and eastern United States warming has not kept pace with other parts of the world over much of the last century. Parts of the United States cooled between 1930 and 1990. Climate scientists have taken to calling the large area of cooling a “warming hole” because the areas surrounding it have warmed at a faster rate. As shown in this map bellow, which is based on data...

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  • This report covers active volcanoes recorded from May 9 – May 15, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria. New unrest has been noticed around 5 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 9 volcanoes. IJEN, Eastern Java, Indonesia 8.058°S, 114.242°E; summit elev. 2799 m CVGHM reported that during 1-30 April white plumes from Ijen rose 100-200 m above the crater; during 1-11 May diffuse white plumes rose 50-100 m. From the beginning of April until 13 May the...

    Active volcanoes in the world: May 9 – May 15, 2012

    Posted on May 17, 2012 | No Comments
    This report covers active volcanoes recorded from May 9 – May 15, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria. New unrest has been noticed around 5 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 9 volcanoes. IJEN, Eastern Java, Indonesia 8.058°S, 114.242°E; summit elev. 2799 m CVGHM reported that during 1-30 April white plumes from Ijen rose 100-200 m above the crater; during 1-11 May diffuse white plumes rose 50-100 m. From the beginning of April until 13 May the...

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  • Bosnians are getting whiplash from the latest crazy weather to hit the Balkans. Weeks after Bosnians had stashed away their winter clothes and their memories of last winter’s unbearably heavy snow, residents had to drag out the shovels Monday, May 14, 2012 after waking up to a blanket of snow in the middle of an otherwise unusually hot May. Some 50 remote villages in a mountainous area near the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo lost power...

    Bosnia: Sunbathing one day, snowstorm the next

    Posted on May 14, 2012 | 3 Comments
    Bosnians are getting whiplash from the latest crazy weather to hit the Balkans. Weeks after Bosnians had stashed away their winter clothes and their memories of last winter’s unbearably heavy snow, residents had to drag out the shovels Monday, May 14, 2012 after waking up to a blanket of snow in the middle of an otherwise unusually hot May. Some 50 remote villages in a mountainous area near the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo lost power...

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