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Earthquake Report for 11/01/2013

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By: USGS

www.earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/

20 earthquakes

 

    2.8 6km S of San Juan Bautista, California 2013-11-01 16:58:42 UTC-04:00 9.2 km

    4.8 265km S of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand 2013-11-01 14:57:43 UTC-04:00 4.0 km

    4.4 12km W of Sidorejo, Indonesia 2013-11-01 14:57:02 UTC-04:00 180.4 km

    4.1 4km S of Mbala, Zambia 2013-11-01 14:36:56 UTC-04:00 9.4 km

    2.7 42km ESE of Beatty, Nevada 2013-11-01 14:21:46 UTC-04:00 6.8 km

    2.7 3km ESE of Aromas, California 2013-11-01 14:14:27 UTC-04:00 4.6 km

    5.0 69km SSE of Kuril'sk, Russia 2013-11-01 12:30:13 UTC-04:00 76.6 km

    4.9 1km NW of Carmen, Philippines 2013-11-01 09:58:44 UTC-04:00 37.3 km

    4.9 Southwest of Africa 2013-11-01 07:33:04 UTC-04:00 10.0 km

~ Space Weather Update~ M6 Just Now!!!! Earth Directed

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WHAT DOES DEEP SPACE SOUND LIKE? As Voyager 1 recedes from the solar system, researchers are hoping the spacecraft will beam back tones from plasma waves, a form of "interstellar music" that reveals conditions in the realm of the stars. Find out what deep space sounds like in a new video from Science@NASA.

PREMATURE SPOOKTACLE: As expected, a coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth's magnetic field during the early hours of Oct. 31st, Halloween. The impact, however, was not strong enough to spark a geomagnetic storm or widespread auroras. Instead, unexpectedly, auroras appeared before the impact. Observing from Troms, Norway, Chris and Becki Nation photographed this spooky scene on Oct. 30th:

"AMAZING display last night!" says Chris. "We had a 360 degree light show. It was absolutely breathtaking and we didn't know which way to point the camera."

Becki adds, "we are a family of 6 utter Aurora Addicts: Chris, Becki, Aurora 10, Oceanna 8, Lyrica 3 and Caspian 1. We are currently planning a 4 month road trip in our camper van to Lapland this season from our home in the south of the UK. Things are about to get very green."

How to watch the November 3 total solar eclipse online (video)

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EarthSKy.org - 11/2/2013, Deborah Byrd

Composite total solar eclipse Aug. 1999 by Fred Espenak.

There will be a hybrid solar eclipse – part annular, part total, part partial – on Sunday November 3, 2013. To see the annular or total eclipse, you’ll need to be standing within a narrow pathway on Earth’s surface, and, in fact, the best place to be is Africa. But what about those of us who will be clouded out, or who are not in the right place to view the eclipse? No worries … you can watch online via Slooh from Kenya, Gabon, and the Canary Islands.

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Earthquake Report for 10/31/2013

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By: USGS

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22 earthquakes

 

    2.8 39km NE of Big Bear City, California 2013-10-31 17:30:01 UTC-04:00 6.6 km

    3.2 28km WNW of Hayfork, California 2013-10-31 14:24:17 UTC-04:00 32.9 km

    4.8 43km SSW of Hualian, Taiwan 2013-10-31 11:47:27 UTC-04:00 4.7 km

    5.1 61km NW of Taltal, Chile 2013-10-31 11:39:39 UTC-04:00 7.4 km

    5.3 130km SE of Ofunato, Japan 2013-10-31 11:01:02 UTC-04:00 1.0 km

    2.5 2km N of Fontana, California 2013-10-31 08:08:25 UTC-04:00 7.3 km

    6.3 45km SSW of Hualian, Taiwan 2013-10-31 08:02:09 UTC-04:00 12.0 km

    4.4 0km N of Valle Hermoso, Philippines 2013-10-31 06:11:57 UTC-04:00 135.4 km

    4.9 223km ENE of Port Mathurin, Mauritius 2013-10-31 05:02:03 UTC-04:00 30.7 km

Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Oct 2013: Etna

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Volcano Discovery Wednesday Oct 30, 2013 19:03 PM |

Map of recent earthquakes under Etna

Map of recent earthquakes under Etna

Etna (Sicily, Italy): The volcano has been very calm (except degassing) since the last weak ash emissions from the New SE crater observed on Sunday.
However, an interesting cluster of earthquakes has been occurring during the past days. The quakes were located in two areas under the western and northern flanks at depths around 25-30 km, respectively.
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~ Space Weather Update~ M1 Class~ Sun Harbors energy for strong eruptions

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CHANCE OF FLARES: Sunspot AR1884 has a complex magnetic field that harbors energy for strong eruptions, and it is almost directly facing Earth. NOAA forecasters estimate a 50% chance of M-class solar flares and a 10% chance of X-flares on Oct. 31st. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

SPOOKY AURORAS: High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras on Halloween. A CME is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field on Oct. 31st, possibly sparking polar geomagnetic storms. In northern Norway, the show got started early with this display on Oct. 30th:

"We witnessed a very powerful outburst of auroras with bright colours," says photographer Bjørn Jørgensen of Tromsø. And that was before the CME arrived...

Typhoon Krosa Making Landfall in the Philippines

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Accuweather.com - 31 October 2013

This satellite, courtesy of NOAA, captured Krosa as it was making landfall on Luzon late Thursday.

 

After strengthening into a typhoon Thursday morning, local time, Krosa is making landfall on the Philippines' northern Luzon Island.

Typhoon Krosa will then spend Thursday night crossing northern Luzon.

As a result, damaging wind gusts of over 150 kph are expected across northern Luzon, well north of the capital city of Manila and other highly populated areas, along with a dangerous storm surge along the eastern and northern coasts. The heaviest rainfall will also be north of Manila.

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Earthquake Report for 10/30/2013

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By: USGS

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24 earthquakes

 

    3.3 10km ESE of East Quincy, California 2013-10-30 14:54:27 UTC-04:00 7.0 km

    2.7 50km ENE of Maneadero, Mexico 2013-10-30 12:26:21 UTC-04:00 8.1 km

    4.4 24km NE of Weiyuan, China 2013-10-30 09:53:03 UTC-04:00 15.6 km

    3.1 23km W of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2013-10-30 09:51:53 UTC-04:00 172.7 km

    4.5 193km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea 2013-10-30 09:14:01 UTC-04:00 36.9 km

    4.3 69km W of Constitucion, Chile 2013-10-30 06:45:19 UTC-04:00 22.9 km

    4.7 207km SE of Hachijo-jima, Japan 2013-10-30 05:22:29 UTC-04:00 10.9 km

    5.1 25km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 2013-10-30 04:52:50 UTC-04:00 48.3 km

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