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Map of the 6.1 quake in IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

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April 22

Weather.com - Terrell Johnson, 4/19/13

If you're in the right place outdoors on the night of Earth Day, keep an eye on the sky. You're likely to see something that only comes along once a year: the annual Lyrid meteor shower. 

Set to make their annual spring return on the night of April 22-23 – though it began as early as April 16 and can last through April 26 – the Lyrids are named for the constellation Lyra, where they originate near the star called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.

Huffington Post - 4/20/13, Gillian Wong

YA'AN, China — Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 179 people dead and more than 6,700 injured and prompted frightened survivors to spend a night in cars, tents and makeshift shelters.

The earthquake Saturday morning triggered landslides that cut off roads and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county, further south on the same fault line where a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region five years ago.

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Map of the 7.2 quake in KURIL ISLANDS

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April 20

Weather.com - 4/18/13, Jess Baker

Birds rule the air, but hundreds of different species have seen a population decline so frightening, experts say they could vanish off the face of the earth at anytime.

As of 2012, more than 1300 bird species are facing extinction, according to BirdLife International. The World's Rarest Birds, a new book, features photos of 800 of those birds.

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