Hebben ze zich toch terecht zorgen gemaakt.quote:
5.0 in Frankrijk... das geen kleintjequote:Magnitude ML 5.0
Region FRANCE
Date time 2014-04-07 19:27:00.0 UTC
Location 44.47 N ; 6.69 E
Depth 5 km
Distances 100 km NW of Monaco, Monaco / pop: 32,965 / local time: 21:27:00.0 2014-04-07
49 km E of Gap, France / pop: 42,715 / local time: 21:27:00.0 2014-04-07
7 km NW of Jausiers, France / pop: 1,026 / local time: 21:27:00.0 2014-04-07
quote:A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea and was followed by a 6.7-magnitude tremor, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was sounded.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the first quake, originally put at 7.3 magnitude but later revised down, struck on Friday 57 kilometres off the town of Panguna on the remote and volcanic Bougainville island.
The second hit about an hour later 96 kilometres from Panguna, the USGS said, adding that both quakes had an estimated depth of about 50 kilometres.
Geoscience Australia estimated the first quake at 7.4 magnitude and said the tremor, which hit close to the neighbouring Solomon Islands, was believed to be in the 'shallow' range.
'They would have gotten a strong shake across the island, and there's the possibility of some damage,' David Jepsen from Geoscience Australia told AFP.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ruled out the threat of a Pacific-wide destructive tsunami after both quakes but Jepsen cautioned that there was a 'possibility of a local tsunami' in PNG.
Chris McKee from the PNG Geophysical Observatory said officials had not yet been able to make contact with those on remote and isolated Bougainville island.
'We haven't been able to determine whether a tsunami was generated,' he told AFP.
Quakes of such magnitude are common in the island nation, which sits on the so-called Pacific 'Ring of Fire', a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates.
In October, a 7.1-magnitude quake struck in the same area -- around 65 kilometres west of Panguna.
Last year in February the remote town of Lata in the Solomons was hit by a devastating tsunami after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake. The tsunami left at least 10 people dead, destroyed hundreds of homes and left thousands of people homeless.
In 2007 a tsunami following an 8.0-magnitude earthquake killed at least 52 people in the Solomons and left thousands homeless.
Het zal niet voor het eerst zijn volgens mijquote:Op vrijdag 11 april 2014 13:09 schreef aloa het volgende:
Je zou haast denken dat het iets te maken heeft met de orkaan die net uit die buurt is vertrokken. Of is dat puur toeval?
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en ook vannacht weer een zware beving met tijdelijk een tsunami-waarschuwing voor o.a. Nieuw-Zeeland, alleen jammer dat we met z'n allen lagen te slapenquote:Op zaterdag 12 april 2014 22:32 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
WKN / Drie zware 7+ aardbevingen voor de kust van de Solomon Eilanden
Nu ook een 8.3 bij de Solomon Eilanden
quote:New earthquake strikes Nicaragua
(Reuters) - An earthquake struck Nicaragua early on Monday, damaging at least seven houses in and around the capital Managua, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries.
The quake follows two others late last week. An official at Nicaragua's seismological authority said that the magnitude was 5.6 and that the shallow depth of its epicenter had caused a greater impact.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake struck some 6 km (4 miles) northwest of Managua at a depth of 14 km. The USGS registered the quake at magnitude 5.1.
Government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo said there were initial reports of two houses in Managua collapsing and five others in Ciudad Sandino, just outside the capital.
President Daniel Ortega told local radio no deaths had been reported due to the quake because residents had quickly left their homes when it started. He added that some people were reportedly injured, but did not give details of how many.
Earthquakes also struck Nicaragua on Thursday and Friday last week. The latter, of magnitude 6.6, was felt as far away as El Salvador and Costa Rica.
twitter:teideano twitterde op dinsdag 15-04-2014 om 11:17:22 Last 7 days #quake info at #nicaragua Pretty impressive. #geology #science #nature http://t.co/XAaQoAeyrm reageer retweet
inderdaadquote:Op dinsdag 15 april 2014 13:35 schreef barthol het volgende:
Eigenlijk is die 6.8 tussen Afrika en Antarctica van vanochtend (Bouvet island region) ook een behoorlijk zware voor een aardbeving op een 'mid oceanic ridge'. Maar het is ver van de bewoonde wereld. En geen tsunami waarschuwing.
hier een tracker voor de actuele bevingen in IDAHOquote:Seismic earthquake swarm puzzles geologists in Idaho
(Reuters) - Hundreds of low-level and medium-sized earthquakes have struck central Idaho since last month, puzzling geologists who wonder whether the ruptures portend a much larger temblor to come or are merely the rumblings of a seismic fault previously thought to be dormant.
The recent earthquake swarm, beginning on March 24 and climaxed by a 4.9 magnitude tremor on Saturday, has produced no reports of injuries or severe damage but has rattled nerves in a region where Idaho's most powerful known quake, measured at 6.9, killed two children in 1983.
Saturday's earthquake was the strongest recorded in the state since 2005 and was followed on Monday by a magnitude 4.4 event that struck 10 miles north of the small ranching community of Challis, Idaho, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Challis tremor knocked pictures and animal mounts from walls, rattled dishes off tables and was felt by residents in neighboring Montana more than 100 miles from the quake's epicenter, officials said.
The latest seismic surge, including 100 small to moderate quakes on Monday alone, has galvanized government scientists, who planned to install special seismometers in the area as early as Tuesday to more closely track the activity.
The likelihood of a severe earthquake coming on the heels of the recent swarm is low, but much is perplexing about the series of tremors, said Bill Phillips, a geologist with the Idaho Geological Survey at the University of Idaho.
Such earthquake swarms typically are associated with the movement of molten rock below ground, which geologists credited for the recent quake cluster at Yellowstone National Park, or they are linked to an active fault, he said on Tuesday.
"What has many of us scratching our heads is the present-day swarm doesn't appear to be on the big, active fault in the area that ruptured in 1983 and caused the largest earthquake in Idaho," Phillips said.
He was referring to the magnitude 6.9 temblor that struck Mount Borah, Idaho's tallest peak, killing two children in Challis and damaging hundreds of homes and businesses.
Idaho sits at the center of a seismic belt in the intermountain West that runs from northwestern Montana to southern Nevada and contains thousands of faults in the Earth's crust, said Michael Stickney, director of earthquake studies at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology.
Carl Alexander, disaster coordinator in Challis, said schools have stepped up earthquake drills, and he has requested that emergency responders in Idaho and Utah be available if disaster strikes.
Alexander is advising local residents to keep bottled water and canned goods on hand just in case "a big shaker" should strike.
"It does make your heart race a little bit to see your windows vibrating," he said of the recent tremors.
twitter:teideano twitterde op vrijdag 18-04-2014 om 11:42:26 M3,5 #quake in the #uk #geology #science @GeoTenerife http://t.co/FR75Qz0dSu reageer retweet
twitter:KGSNews twitterde op vrijdag 18-04-2014 om 17:00:53 The very strong 7.5 magnitude Mexico earthquake this morning clearly recorded on several instruments on our... http://t.co/E0zQot0abJ reageer retweet
WKN / Krachtige aardbeving (7.4) treft Mexicoquote:Op vrijdag 18 april 2014 17:08 schreef bwt het volgende:twitter:KGSNews twitterde op vrijdag 18-04-2014 om 17:00:53 The very strong 7.5 magnitude Mexico earthquake this morning clearly recorded on several instruments on our... http://t.co/E0zQot0abJ reageer retweet
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