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Earthquake in Irish Sea causes intense shaking in North Wales: largest quake in 29 years

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Theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com, 05/29/2013


WALES – An earthquake on the North Wales shoreline has been felt over an area of 140 km. People were woken by the quake which happened at around 4.15 am and was felt as far away as Southport in Merseyside. The epicenter was 13km northwest of the town of Abersoch, Gwynedd, on the Lleyn Peninsula and measured a magnitude of 3.8, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said. Some 180 reports from people who felt the earthquake have been made to the BGS, who said the majority were within a 50 to 75 km radius.

 

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Chilly night over NSW and ACT

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Weatherzone, By: Ben McBurney, 05/03/2013

 

Parts of New South Wales and the ACT shivered through their coldest nights since September. Clear skies combined with light winds overnight causing the mercury to plummet. The ACT and southern parts of NSW were the coldest, as a high pressure system sat over the region in the early hours of this morning.

 

Bega and Albury in NSW both saw their chilliest mornings since September, reaching one and two degrees respectively. Canberra and Tuggeranong in the ACT plummeted to minus two degrees, also their coldest nights since spring.

 

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Big waves... not a good time to surf

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Weatherzone, By: ABC, 04/22/2013

 

There are continued warnings about dangerous seas on the New South Wales far south coast. Although most swimmers, fishers and boaters avoided the five to six metre waves at the weekend, one 13-year-old surfer did not heed the warnings.

 

He was winched to safety by the Rescue Helicopter at Narooma early yesterday morning. Far South Coast Director of Lifesaving, Andrew Edmunds, says the teenager was rescued because he did not have the strength to swim to shore.

 

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Winter not here yet despite cold blast

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Weatherzone, By: ABC, 04/19/2013

 

The Weather Bureau says winter is still a way off despite the New South Wales high country resorts received a dusting of snow this morning.

 

Winds of up to one 110km an hour are battering the alpine peaks, and gusts of up to 60km an hour are hitting exposed coastal areas. Duty forecaster, Sean Carson, says while temperatures will remain low for today and most of the weekend, the sun should return next week.

 

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