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Earthquake Report for 02/01/2014

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By: USGS

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37 earthquakes

 

    2.5 18km SSW of Carpinteria, California 2014-02-01 10:36:53 UTC-08:00 12.8 km

    4.7 91km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea 2014-02-01 10:35:38 UTC-08:00 142.6 km

    3.1 26km SSW of King Salmon, Alaska 2014-02-01 09:53:17 UTC-08:00 100.0 km

    3.3 36km W of Willow, Alaska 2014-02-01 09:30:09 UTC-08:00 84.6 km

    4.0 77km WNW of Riverton, New Zealand 2014-02-01 09:21:10 UTC-08:00 20.0 km

    2.5 12km WNW of Talkeetna, Alaska 2014-02-01 09:09:34 UTC-08:00 58.7 km

    2.7 95km S of False Pass, Alaska 2014-02-01 08:39:44 UTC-08:00 24.6 km

    5.0 13km WSW of Lixourion, Greece 2014-02-01 08:33:40 UTC-08:00 9.9 km

    3.1 56km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-02-01 05:57:54 UTC-08:00 51.0 km

    2.6 63km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 2014-02-01 05:10:33 UTC-08:00 16.2 km

    2.5 71km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico 2014-02-01 04:06:20 UTC-08:00 36.0 km

    2.6 66km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 2014-02-01 04:03:56 UTC-08:00 77.0 km

Kavachi undersea volcano (Solomon Islands) erupts again

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By: Volcanodiscovery.com, 02/01/2014

The discolored water plume from Kavachi volcano (NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data from the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Robert Simmon)

A submarine eruption is likely occurring at the submerged volcano. A NASA satellite image from 29 Jan shows a plume of discolored sea water swirling and drifting from the location of the volcano. The discoloration is likely from suspended volcanic sediments (the fragmented lava) and gasses. Kavachi is an undersea volcano on the southern edge of the Solomon Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It erupted dozens of times in the 20th century, often breaking the water surface, only to be eroded back below the water line within a few months.

 

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Sinabung volcano (Sumatra) - series of pyroclastic flows kill at least 14 people

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By: Volcanodiscovery.com, 02/01/2014

Sad news today: the volcano claimed its first victims this morning due to a direct effect of the eruption. At least 14 people were reported killed and 3 others severely bunt by one or two moderately large pyroclastic flows this morning. 3 more people are still reported missing. According to Jakarta Post all fatalities that could be located so far had occurred in Suka Meriah village, which is located within a 3-kilometer radius of the volcano, thus in well in the exclusion zone.

 

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Bright Mid West Fireball

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By: Mike Hankey, 01/29/2014

AMS Event #312-2014 - "Mid West Fireball" - January 28th, 2014 - 2D Trajectory

The American Meteor Society has received over 100 reports of a bright fireball seen from mid western states at approximately 8:30 PM local eastern time. Witnesses from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan and Pennsylvania reported an extremely large and bright bluish green ball of light followed by a bright white tail. Sighting reports clustered the start and end point of the meteor near the Ohio and Kentucky border, heading from the east almost due west.

 

http://www.amsmeteors.org/2014/01/bright-mid-west-fireball/

Earthquake Report for 01/31/2014

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By: USGS

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20 earthquakes

 

    3.0 3km SW of Boley, Oklahoma 2014-01-31 09:59:12 UTC-08:00 1.9 km

    2.5 68km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2014-01-31 09:18:21 UTC-08:00 100.0 km

    5.1 148km SSE of Esso, Russia 2014-01-31 08:39:06 UTC-08:00 158.6 km

    3.0 9km E of Helena, Oklahoma 2014-01-31 07:52:58 UTC-08:00 5.0 km

    2.6 43km NNW of Anchor Point, Alaska 2014-01-31 06:14:18 UTC-08:00 80.5 km

    4.6 29km NNW of Lixourion, Greece 2014-01-31 04:45:42 UTC-08:00 15.3 km

    2.6 42km ESE of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2014-01-31 04:38:59 UTC-08:00 92.2 km

    2.5 11km SSW of New Madrid, Missouri 2014-01-31 04:12:01 UTC-08:00 9.5 km

    2.9 89km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico 2014-01-31 03:50:35 UTC-08:00 23.0 km

    4.5 104km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea 2014-01-31 03:46:56 UTC-08:00 97.3 km

    4.6 63km SSW of Fereydunshahr, Iran 2014-01-31 03:40:45 UTC-08:00 10.0 km

    2.5 57km ESE of Amatignak Island, Alaska 2014-01-31 03:23:01 UTC-08:00 45.7 km

Moon Upstages the Erupting Sun (PHOTOS)

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By: Laura Dattaro, 01/31/2014

A solar flare erupted from the sun yesterday morning just as the moon passed between the sun and a NASA satellite, resulting in some amazing pictures and video of an eclipse only visible from space. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has been orbiting the Earth and keeping eyes on the sun since its launch in February 2010. Yesterday morning starting at 8:31 a.m. Eastern, the moon passed between the Earth and SDO for about an hour and a half, the longest such transit ever recorded, providing ample time for SDO to snap pictures of the black circle of the moon eclipsing the fiery sun. These transits occur two to three times each year, according to NASA.

In the photos, the moon appears nearly as large as the sun, due to the moon being so much closer to SDO than our star, which is nearly 93 million miles away from Earth. (The farthest the moon ever gets from Earth is about 400,000 miles.) The moon’s edge is so sharp in the photos because it has no atmosphere to distort the sun’s light.

 

~Space Weather Update~STRONG M-FLARE AND CME

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STRONG M-FLARE AND CME: Yesterday, Jan. 30th, big sunspot AR1967 unleashed a strong M6-class solar flare. The explosion sent a CME racing away from the blast site faster than 1400 km/s (3 million mph): movie. The cloud appears to have an Earth-directed component, and could deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetic field on Feb 1st. Aurora alerts: text, voice

LUNAR TRANSIT OF THE SUN: On Jan. 30th, the Moon passed almost directly in front of the sun. No darkness fell on Earth, however, because the "lunar transit" was only visible from space. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the entire passage from geosynchronous orbit:

At maximum eclipse as much as 90% of the sun was covered. SDO is solar powered, but it did not "brown out" because mission controllers put an extra charge on the spacecraft's batteries ahead of time. Every year, SDO observes multiple lunar transits. This one, lasting almost 2.5 hours, was the longest in the history of the spacecraft's 4 year mission.

Second new moon of this month. Black Moon. Supermoon. January 30, 2014

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By: earthsky.org, 01/30/2014
Simulated image of today's new moon (2014 January 30 at 21:38 UTC) via Earth and Moon Viewer

Today – January 30, 2014 – gives us the second of two new moons to occur in a single calendar month. Some are calling it a Black Moon. It’s also a supermoon, the second of this month. The first new supermoon of January came on January 1. A single calendar month won’t harbor two supermoons again until January 2018. Will you see it? No. But it’ll affect the tides.

 

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Earthquake Report for 01/30/2014

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By: USGS

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29 earthquakes

 

    2.7 1km S of Campanilla, Puerto Rico 2014-01-30 09:31:18 UTC-08:00 110.0 km

    2.9 80km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico 2014-01-30 09:01:08 UTC-08:00 28.0 km

    4.6 44km E of Gwadar, Pakistan 2014-01-30 08:01:47 UTC-08:00 31.1 km

    2.6 77km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico 2014-01-30 05:02:33 UTC-08:00 30.0 km

    3.1 110km N of Suarez, Puerto Rico 2014-01-30 05:00:38 UTC-08:00 14.0 km

    4.7 73km E of Falam, Burma 2014-01-30 04:17:14 UTC-08:00 90.9 km

    4.3 91km SSW of Rulong, China 2014-01-30 04:13:33 UTC-08:00 10.0 km

    2.5 13km NNE of Virginia City, Nevada 2014-01-30 03:42:49 UTC-08:00 11.4 km

    3.1 14km NNE of Virginia City, Nevada 2014-01-30 03:22:58 UTC-08:00 9.2 km

    4.5 27km NNW of Lixourion, Greece 2014-01-30 03:06:19 UTC-08:00 10.0 km

    3.2 13km NNE of Virginia City, Nevada 2014-01-30 02:32:02 UTC-08:00 12.1 km

    2.5 13km NNE of Virginia City, Nevada 2014-01-30 02:25:19 UTC-08:00 9.8 km

    4.9 74km WNW of La Ligua, Chile 2014-01-30 02:02:12 UTC-08:00 6.2 km

~Space Weather Update~ Continued M Class Flares~ WOOOHOOO Lunar Transit

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INCREASING CHANCE OF FLARES: Sunspot AR1967 has developed a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for strong eruptions. NOAA forecasters estimate a 60% chance of M-flares and a 10% chance of X-flares on Jan. 30th. Solar flare alerts: text, voice

LUNAR TRANSIT OF THE SUN: Today, Jan. 30th, the Moon will eclipse the sun for almost 2.5 hours. You have to be in space to see it. This extreme UV image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the "lunar transit" underway now:

Before the eclipse is over at 1556 UTC (10:56 EST), as much as 90% of the sun will be covered. SDO is solar powered, so mission controllers have charged the spacecraft's batteries to endure the blackout. Stay tuned for more images!

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