5.3 Earthquake shakes Ryukyu Islands - USGS

USGS

A magnitude of 5.3 earthquake rocks northwest region of Ryukyu Islands, Japan today at 1:04 a.am. (Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 16:04:07 UTC). 


The epicenter of the quake is at 195 miles, SWof Kagoshima, Kyushu; 235 miles N of Naha, Okinawa; 240 miles, SSW of Nagasaki, Kyushu; 790miles, WSW of Tokyo, Japan and with a depth of 148 miles.


No tsunami alerts have been issued at this time.


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010zrbp.php

6.6 Earthquake shook Papua New Guinea, but no tsunami alert

A magnitude of 6.6 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea Thursday morning. There was no damages or injuries reported caused by the quake and there was alert for potential tsunami, Indonesian officials said.


"So far, the shakes of the quakes is not very strong. There is no building damaged or any injuries so far," Disaster management Agency official said.


The United States Geological Survey reported that the quake was measured by Richter scale at 7.0 magnitude.


The quake occurred at 5:00 a.m., Jakarta time Thursday (22:00 GMT Wednesday). The epicenter of the quake was at 549 km northeast Port Moresby of Papua New Guinea and had 74 km depth under sea bed.

Oil Spill in Louisiana

Another oil spill was recorded in United States. The new oil spill occurs after a boat, which was pushing a barge, impinged into an oil well on Tuesday. However, a thin layer of oil has seen on the surface.

Admiral Thad Allen, the US Coast Guard chief, said the oil platform was surrounded by a sheen and a vapour that was probably a combination of oil and gas spewing from the well.

The well is located in Barataria Bay, Louisiana (Southern U.S.), 105 km south of New Orleans - installed two meter below the water. People saw the oil leak at 6ft. tall from the base of the well.

Pakistan plane crashed, 152 died

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ISLAMABAD - Officially, 152 people died on a Pakistan plane crash and no one survived as it was reported earlier. The plane crashed into hills as it tried to land during a rainstorm on Wednesday.


Earlier reports said that five survivors had been pulled from the wreckage after the plane tumbled into hillside. But the head of Pakistan's civil defense body said that no one had survived.


Rescuers said they need to dig with their bare hands, with thick smoke hampering their work. The rescue workers had a limited access because there was no roads near to the crash site.


There was no clear explanation of the possible cause of crash, said Pervez George, a civil aviation official. He said the Airbus 321 was flying from Karachi to Islamabad.

6.9 earthquake, strong aftershocks shook Moro Gulf, Mindanao Philippines

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Philippines' Moro Gulf and followed by at least four consecutive strong aftershocks that shook the same area on Saturday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

In May 2010, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake also shook the Moro Gulf that had a 21 miles depth, but today, it was 376 miles below the surface.

The first quake occurred at 6.08 a.m. (local time) at magnitude 6.9, followed by the first aftershock at 6:51 a.m with a magnitude of 6.7. The epicenter of the quakes were around 62 miles (100 km) southwest of Cotabato and 590 miles (950 km) southeast of Manila.

The second aftershock was recorded at 7:15 a.m with a magnitude of 7.1.

Possible cause of powerful quakes might be the deformation of the subducted slab of the Molucca Sea Plate, according to Phivolcs.

Rona Faeldin, of the Philippine Coast Guard, said that there were no reports of damage or injuries.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) records the aftershocks.

USGS measured the second aftershock at magnitude 7.4; the third was recorded at 9:44 a.m., with a magnitude of 5.3; and the fourth was recorded at 1:35 p.m., with a magnitude of 6.2.

3.6 Earthquake shakes Washington today

A magnitude of 3.6 earthquake shook Washington DC early this Friday morning (July 16th). It was felt all around the region, in Washington, Maryland, Virginia and also West Virginia. No reports of damage from the quake.

This quake was recorded as the strongest to hit the area in more than 36 years.

MERALCO declares a rotational brownout

After the typhoon Basyang passed in Philippines, Meralco, using Twitter, declares a rotational brownout on different areas,

Tentative Rotational Brownout Schedule for July 15, 2010 (9AM-1PM) Areas affected are several portions of Balintawak, La Loma, in Quezon City, Malabon, Malinta, Tanay, Rizal, Marikina, Dasmarinas and Silang in Cavite, Makati,Novaliches, Tutuban, Malate, Sta. Mesa and Pandacan, Ayala Alabang, BF Paranaque, HillCrest, San Pablo, Laguna and Sta. Maria, Bulacan. -Meralco tweets.

5.4 Earthquake shakes Southern California Today

A magnitude of 5.4 earthquake was felt in Southern California today quiet near to Palm Springs. No immediate reports of damage or injury from the quake.

According to Captain Miguel Manzano, of Borrego Springs Fire Protection District, the quake was pretty strong and lasted about 10 to 15 seconds.

He said his department was unaware of any damage caused by the quake in their community but they would be checking the area.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initially reported the earthquake as a magnitude 5.9.