EARTHQUAKE

Strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits eastern Indonesia

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By: AFP, 12/02/2013

JAKARTA: A 6.3-magnitude quake hit off eastern Indonesia and East Timor on Sunday, seismologists said, but there was no tsunami alert or reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck at 10:24am local time (0124 GMT), 351 kilometres (217 miles) east-northeast of the East Timor capital Dili at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue any alerts following the tremor in the remote region at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago between the islands of Timor and New Guinea.

 

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Fracking to blame? Texas rocked by 16 earthquakes in last 3 weeks

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By: RT.com, 11/28/2013

A rig contracted by Apache Corp drills a horizontal well in a search for oil and natural gas in the Wolfcamp shale located in the Permian Basin in West Texas (Reuters / Terry Wade)

Northern Texas towns are experiencing an intense string of earthquakes – the last of which was one of the most powerful in 5 years. As unusual tremors have been going on for over 3 weeks now, many suspect fracking might be to blame.

 

On Thursday, the region experienced two tremors, with one of them registering 3.6 magnitude, 55 km west of the town of Azle at 07:58:36 GMT, as recorded by the US Geological Service, and the other 2.8 at 08:41:07 GMT, with the epicenter not far from the first one. USGS records show that the 3.6 tremor was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in 5 years. “It sounded like a sonic boom, and then the house started shaking,” Keith Krayer, a local resident who felt the effects of the quake, told RT. Krayer said he had no doubt the quake was sparked by fracking. “When they frack, they inject all that water and chemicals into the ground, then they pump it back up and separate the gas from the water, then they have to dispose of that water 13,000 feet down. It causes the plates to slip, the lubrication from the water.”

 

6.5 earthquake hits south Pacific; no tsunami warning

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By: The Associated Press, 11/23/2013

The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 has been recorded in the south Pacific. The agency's National Earthquake Information Center said the tremor was at 0748 GMT Saturday. It was centred 322 kilometres (199 miles) west-northwest of Neiafu, Tonga, and 438 kilometres (271 miles) east of Lambasa, Fiji. There were no immediate reports of damage. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a warning, explaining that the quake was centred too far underground.

 

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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Halmahera, Indonesia

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By: Adonai, 11/19/2013

An earthquake with registered magnitude of 6.3 (USGS) struck Halmahera, Indonesia, on November 19, 2013, at 13:32 UTC. USGS measured depth at 63.6 km (39.5 miles), EMSC reports M 6.0 at depth of 67 km. Epicenter was located 110 km (68 miles) NNE of Tobelo, and 232 km (144 miles) NNE of Kota Ternate, Indonesia. GDACS estimated there are about 101 581 people living within 100 km radius.

 

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Major Earthquake of M7.8 Strikes in the Scotia Sea, South Atlantic, 17 November, 2013

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Decodedscience.com, By: Jennifer Young, 11/17/2013

Location and tectonic setting of the M7.8 Scotia Sea earthquake. Image credit: USGS

One of the largest earthquakes of 2013 to date struck on 17 November in the south of the Atlantic Ocean. At magnitude 7.8 (M7.8) the Scotia Sea tremor is approximately the same size as the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (which had an estimated magnitude of around M7.9) which the United States Geological Survey describes as ‘one of the most significant earthquakes of all time.’

 

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Strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits far south Atlantic: USGS

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By: AFP, 11/16/2013

WASHINGTON:A strong 6.8 magnitude undersea earthquake struck in the Scotia Sea, between the furthest tip of South America and Antarctica, US monitors said late Friday. There is a low likelihood that the quake, which struck at 0334 GMT on Saturday, will cause casualties or damage because of its remote location, said the US Geological Survey, which monitors earthquakes worldwide.

 

The quake was centered 917 kilometers southwest of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 1,158 kilometers south-southeast of the Stanley, the capital of the Falklands Islands, and 1,397 kilometers southeast of Ushuaia, Argentina.

 

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