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Turkey: Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits central province

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 23:25:00 +0200turkishpress (en)

ANKARA. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s central Nigde province, the country’s disaster agency reported on Sunday. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said the earthquake occurred at 10.08 p.m. local time (GMT1908) in the Bor district of the province. The quake took place 6.97 kilometers (4.

Turkey: Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits central province

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 22:41:00 +0200aa-en (en)

Quake occurs at around 7-km (4.3-mi) depth, Turkish disaster agency reports. ANKARA. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Turkey's central Nigde province, the country’s disaster agency reported on Sunday. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said the earthquake occurred at 10.08 p.m.

1999 921 Earthquake remembered with disaster prevention awareness 九二一「國家防災日」 內政部籲強化防災觀念

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:52:00 +0200taipeitimes (en)

Today marks the 21st anniversary of the 921 earthquake. On this day in 1999, a major earthquake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter magnitude scale, with the epicenter in Jiji Township of Nantou County in central Taiwan, caused more than 2,400 deaths and over 11,300 injuries.

Palabra de la gente Un terremoto sacudió a Croacia

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 16:44:00 +0200nuevoperiodico (es)

Nuevo Periodico Palabra de la gente Un terremoto sacudió a Croacia No se han reportado reclamaciones. Otro terremoto de magnitud 4,2 sacudió Croacia el domingo por la tarde, informó la prensa local. El epicentro del terremoto fue en Gracac, Dalmacia central, a 51 kilómetros de Zadar, a una profundidad de unos 10 kilómetros.

Taiwan to test national disaster warnings in annual drill Monday

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 13:48:00 +0200focustaiwan (en)

Taipei, Sept. 20 (CNA) An annual drill will be conducted Monday in Taiwan to test its public warning systems for natural disasters, according to the Ministry of the Interior. On the country's National Disaster Prevention Day, the first test will be a nationwide earthquake drill, during which a text....

Commemorative activity held to mourn for victims during 2017 earthquake in Mexico City

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 13:24:00 +0200xinhuanet_en (en)

. A woman takes part in a commemorative activity to mourn for victims during the 2017 earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 19, 2020. On Sept. 19, 2017, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck central and southern Mexico, killing 369 people and destroying hundreds of buildings.

Charleston aims to force fossil fuel companies to pay $2bn to combat climate crisis

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 11:07:00 +0200news-yahoo (en)

Photograph: Matthew Fortner/AP. Charleston, the architectural jewel of the US south, has survived the ravages of revolutionary wars, an earthquake and even a siege waged by the notorious pirate Blackbeard. But the city now needs saving from its largest existential threat yet – the climate crisis.

MIL-OSI Security: PHOTO RELEASE: Clearwater Coast Guard unit with global mission welcomes new commander

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 22:46:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

CLEARWATER, Fla. – A local U.S. Coast Guard Reserve unit that played a pivotal role in the 2017 U.S. hurricane response welcomed a new commander at a ceremony in Clearwater, Saturday. Cmdr. Karl Hellberg of Astoria, Oregon, was relieved by Cmdr. Gregory Rogers of Miamisburg, Ohio, as the commanding officer of Port Security Unit 307.

Caltech’s Seismic Innovation Uses Undersea Earthquakes to Shake Up Climate Science

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 19:56:00 +0200scitechdaily (en)

Despite climate change being most obvious to people as unseasonably warm winter days or melting glaciers, as much as 95 percent of the extra heat trapped on Earth by greenhouse gases is held in the world’s oceans. For that reason, monitoring the temperature of ocean waters has been a priority for....

Caltech’s Seismic Innovation Uses Undersea Earthquakes to Shake Up Climate Science

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 19:18:00 +0200focustechnica (en)

Despite climate change being most obvious to people as unseasonably warm winter days or melting glaciers, as much as 95 percent of the extra heat trapped on Earth by greenhouse gases is held in the world’s oceans. For that reason, monitoring the temperature of ocean waters has been a priority for....

Brigada médica Henry Reeve cumple su 15 Aniversario en medio de una pandemia mundial

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 16:06:00 +0200granma (es)

El Contingente Internacional de Médicos Especializados en Situaciones de Desastre y Graves Epidemias “Henry Reeve” cumple hoy su 15 Aniversario, en medio de una pandemia mundial, un contexto en el que ha significado un gran apoyo para el combate contra la COVID-19 en países de todos los continentes.

California earthquake: 4.5-magnitude tremor hits West Coast The Independent

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:07:00 +0200msn-uk (en)

© Provided by The Independent. A magnitude 4.5 shook southern California on Friday night, the US Geological Survey has reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage following the tremor, which happened at around 11.40pm local time, about two miles outside of South El Monte, near....

Scientists use Indian Ocean earthquake data to tell how fast it is warming

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 10:46:00 +0200thehindu (en)

Scientists have developed a novel method to determine how fast the Indian Ocean is warming by analysing the sound from seabed earthquakes, an advance that may lead to a relatively low-cost technique to monitor water temperatures in all of the oceans. According to the researchers, including those....

Scientists use Indian Ocean earthquake data to tell how fast it is warming

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 10:03:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

Scientists have developed a novel method to determine how fast the Indian Ocean is warming by analysing the sound from seabed earthquakes, an advance that may lead to a relatively low-cost technique to monitor water temperatures in all of the oceans. According to the researchers, including those....

Scientists use Indian Ocean earthquake data to tell how fast it…

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 08:50:00 +0200qnewshub (en)

LOS ANGELES: Scientists have developed a novel method to determine how fast the Indian Ocean is warming by analysing the sound from seabed earthquakes, an advance that may lead to a relatively low-cost technique to monitor water temperatures in all of the oceans.

19 September 2020 - Strong Earthquake in Central Mid Atlantic Ridge 19 September 2020 at 5.44 am

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 04:23:00 +0200met-my (en)

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Undersea earthquakes shake up climate science

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 02:30:00 +0200sciencedaily (en)

In a new paper publishing in Science , the researchers show how they are able to make use of existing seismic monitoring equipment, as well as historic seismic data, to determine how much the temperature of the earth's oceans has changed and continues changing, even at depths that are normally out of the reach of conventional tools.

Undersea Earthquakes Shake Up Climate Science

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 01:27:00 +0200eurasiareview (en)

In a new paper publishing in Science , the researchers show how they are able to make use of existing seismic monitoring equipment, as well as historic seismic data, to determine how much the temperature of the earth’s oceans has changed and continues changing, even at depths that are normally out of the reach of conventional tools.

Undersea Earthquakes Shake up Climate Science

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 00:09:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

Despite climate change being most obvious to people as unseasonably warm winter days or melting glaciers, as much as 95 percent of the extra heat trapped on Earth by greenhouse gases is held in the world’s oceans. For that reason, monitoring the temperature of ocean waters has been a priority for....

Undersea earthquakes shake up climate science

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:36:00 +0200eurekalert (en)

Sound generated by seismic events on the seabed can be used to determine the temperature of Earth's warming oceans.

Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - September 12~18

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:46:00 +0200kyodonews (en)

A burnt car and debris are left in Phoenix, Oregon, on Sept. 13, 2020, after deadly wildfires that raged in western U.S. states. (Kyodo) The season's first catch of red snow crabs is landed at a port in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2020. (Kyodo) eats bamboo on Sept.

ULISES CASTELLANOS #OpiniónLSR 7:19 El terremoto

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:10:00 +0200lasillarota (es)

Era 1985 , la Ciudad de México despertaba con un terremoto que devastó la metrópoli . Aquella mañana salté de la cama en medio de los tronidos de pared , los gritos de mis vecinos gente rezando en medio del caos . Para cuando pude ponerme los pantalones ya había 10 000 muertos en la ciudad.

Huracán Sally trajo "4 meses de lluvia en 4 horas"

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:07:00 +0200cnnMexico (es)

(CNN) — Cientos de personas cerca de la frontera entre Florida y Alabama fueron rescatadas de las inundaciones provocadas por el huracán Sally este miércoles. Las autoridades temen que muchas más puedan estar en peligro en los próximos días. «Tuvimos 76 centímetros de lluvia en Pensacola —más de 76....

El huracán Sally inundó a Florida con «4 meses de lluvia en 4 horas», según las autoridades

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:38:00 +0200cnnespanol (es)

(CNN) — Cientos de personas cerca de la frontera entre Florida y Alabama fueron rescatadas de las inundaciones provocadas por el huracán Sally este miércoles. Las autoridades temen que muchas más puedan estar en peligro en los próximos días. «Tuvimos 76 centímetros de lluvia en Pensacola —más de 76....

Hurricane Sally drenched parts of Florida with '4 months of rain in 4 hours,' officials say

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:45:00 +0200foxcarolina (en)

By Wednesday night, it was a tropical depression, according to the National Hurricane Center. Located about 10 miles northwest of Troy, Alabama, it had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and was moving northeast at 9 mph. While all watches and warnings have been discontinued, Sally is still causing....

Hurricane Sally drenched parts of Florida with '4 months of rain in 4 hours,' officials say

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:38:00 +0200cbs46 (en)

By Wednesday night, it was a tropical depression, according to the National Hurricane Center. Located about 10 miles northwest of Troy, Alabama, it had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and was moving northeast at 9 mph. While all watches and warnings have been discontinued, Sally is still causing....

Hurricane Sally Slams the Florida Panhandle With Deluge of Rain - The New York Times

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 06:26:00 +0200google-top-stories (en)

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Massive National Guard trucks navigated subdivisions engulfed by raging floodwaters. Hundreds of people were rescued from flooded homes and cars. And on one suburban street, a family of four was found clinging to a tree as the murky brown rainwater unleashed by Hurricane Sally early Wednesday swirled below.

Un tremblement de terre secoue le Coutançais

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 06:12:00 +0200lamanchelibre (fr)

La Manche a tremblé ce mercredi 16 septembre, très tôt dans la matinée. Un séisme de magnitude 3,1 a en effet été enregistré au large de Hauteville-sur-Mer. "4 h 39, c'était un boum terrible, comme une sorte d'explosion à plus de 100 km, ça m'a réveillé, un bruit très fort" , explique ce mercredi....

Hurricane Sally Slams the Florida Panhandle With Deluge of Rain - The New York Times

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 05:29:00 +0200google-top-stories-innovatie (en)

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Massive National Guard trucks navigated subdivisions engulfed by raging floodwaters. Hundreds of people were rescued from flooded homes and cars. And on one suburban street, a family of four was found clinging to a tree as the murky brown rainwater unleashed by Hurricane Sally early Wednesday swirled below.

Sally drenched parts of Florida with ‘4 months of rain in 4 hours,’ officials say

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 05:26:00 +0200eastidahonews (en)

(CNN) — Hundreds of people near the Florida-Alabama border were being rescued from floodwaters brought on by Sally on Wednesday and authorities fear many more hould be in danger in coming days. “We had 30 inches of rain in Pensacola — 30-plus inches of rain — which is four months of rain in four....

Hurricane Sally Slams the Florida Panhandle With Deluge of Rain - The New York Times

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 05:03:00 +0200google-top-stories (en)

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Massive National Guard trucks navigated subdivisions engulfed by raging floodwaters. Hundreds of people were rescued from flooded homes and cars. And on one suburban street, a family of four was found clinging to a tree as the murky brown rainwater unleashed by Hurricane Sally early Wednesday swirled below.

Sally drenched parts of Florida with '4 months of rain in 4 hours,' officials say

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0200foxcarolina (en)

Hundreds of people near the Florida-Alabama border were being rescued from floodwaters brought on by Sally on Wednesday and authorities fear many more hould be in danger in coming days. "We had 30 inches of rain in Pensacola -- 30-plus inches of rain -- which is four months of rain in four hours,"....

Sally drenched parts of Florida with '4 months of rain in 4 hours,' officials say

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 04:55:00 +0200kimt (en)

Hundreds of people near the Florida-Alabama border were being rescued from floodwaters brought on by Sally on Wednesday and authorities fear many more hould be in danger in coming days. 'We had 30 inches of rain in Pensacola -- 30-plus inches of rain -- which is four months of rain in four hours,'....

Sally drenched parts of Florida with ‘4 months of rain in 4 hours,’ officials say

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 03:42:00 +0200theunionjournal (en)

“We had 30 inches of rain in Pensacola — 30-plus inches of rain — which is four months of rain in four hours,” Ginny Cranor, chief of the Pensacola Fire Department, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday. Tropical Storm Sally has weakened since making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday....

Hurricane Sally Slams the Florida Panhandle With Deluge of Rain

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 02:56:00 +0200nytimes (en)

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Massive National Guard trucks navigated subdivisions engulfed by raging floodwaters. Hundreds of people were rescued from flooded homes and cars. And on one suburban street, the authorities said, a family of four was found clinging to a tree, the murky brown rainwater unleashed by Hurricane Sally early Wednesday swirling below.

Prisoners describe ‘insane’ fire evacuation, looming COVID-19 threat

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 23:43:00 +0200eastoregonian (en)

SALEM — On Thursday, Sept. 17, smoke from the Riverside and Beachie Creek fires burning southeast of Portland seeped into the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, the state’s only prison for women, about 15 miles south of Portland. Officials moved to evacuate the more than 1,000 female inmates, along....

Weather: Hurricane Sally Live Updates and Map

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:16:00 +0200nytimes (en)

The Pensacola area has already seen more than two feet of rainfall from Sally, and meteorologists said that up to 35 inches of rain could fall in coastal communities. Sheriff Morgan said nearly 300 homes in and around the Bristol Park neighborhood of Cantonment, a Pensacola suburb, had been flooded and that residents were having to evacuate.

Columna de sismología: El antes y después de Illapel, a cinco años del último gran terremoto

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:15:00 +0200LaTercera (es)

Las autoridades estaban vestidas, la comida estaba en las mesas, y las manos sujetaban firmemente los tragos. Todos estaban listos para inaugurar la fiesta de la Pampilla de forma oficial. La Tierra, también . Ella se venía preparando para este momento por mucho tiempo, y fue a eso de las 19:54 del....

Strong earthquake of 6 magnitude shakes Kathmandu

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:33:00 +0200expressindia (en)

The epicentre of the earthquake was Ramche village in the district, 120 km east of Kathmandu. A strong earthquake of 6 magnitude shook Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and surrounding areas on Wednesday, forcing people to rush out of their houses. According to the National Seismological Center, the 6....

Manche : le séisme de 3,5 en magnitude a tout de même fait vibrer les murs

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:47:00 +0200actu (fr)

Enregistré à 4 h 39 ce 16 septembre, le tremblement de terre est confirmé comme un petit séisme centré à l'embouchure du havre de la Sienne. Il a été ressenti loin dans les terres. Plusieurs témoins ont senti chez eux les vibrations provoquées par ce petit séisme survenu ce 16 septembre au large du havre de la Sienne.

Hurricane Sally slams into Alabama and Florida, and its crawling pace threatens catastrophic flooding

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:24:00 +0200eastidahonews (en)

(CNN) — A Category 1 Hurricane Sally is pummeling southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle after it crossed land Wednesday morning, prompting water rescues, sapping power, dropping trees and threatening catastrophic flooding as it crawls at an agonizingly slow pace. Water rescues were reported underway in both states Wednesday morning.

Hurricane Sally slams into Alabama and Florida, and its crawling pace threatens catastrophic flooding

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:51:00 +0200kimt (en)

A Category 1 Hurricane Sally is pummeling southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle after it crossed land Wednesday morning, prompting water rescues, sapping power, dropping trees and threatening catastrophic flooding as it crawls at an agonizingly slow pace.

6.0 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 16:40:00 +0200gulf-times (en)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted central Nepal today morning. "An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred around Ramche of Sindhupalchok district at 5:19 am," the National Seismological Centre tweeted minutes after the tremors. The epicentre of the tremor has been recorded at Ramche of Sindhupalchok district.

Nepal – Earthquake (National Seismological Centre, Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 16 September)

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:26:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

A powerful earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter Scale with epicentre in Sindhupalchowk was felt across the central region of Nepal at 5.19 am local time. According to the District Authority, there has been no damage reported. The earthquake epicentre is in the same district where this year....

Nepal earthquake: Strong quake of 6 magnitude shakes Kathmandu

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:36:00 +0200financialexpress (en)

The epicentre of the earthquake was Ramche village in the district, 120 km east of Kathmandu. A strong earthquake of 6 magnitude shook Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and surrounding areas on Wednesday, forcing people to rush out of their houses. According to the National Seismological Center, the 6....

Inn topped by grounded boat in tsunami-hit city to be torn down

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:33:00 +0200ajw (en)

OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--An inn here that became one of the most iconic symbols of the deadly force of the tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake is to be torn down, nine and a half years after the disaster. The harrowing image of the boat named Hamayuri stranded atop the inn in....

El Pele entre dos María

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:05:00 +0200elMundo (es)

El cante gitano es una faceta inevitable en la Bienal de Sevilla, como así han confirmado El Pele, la voz del califato de Córdoba, y María Terremoto, la gobernanta de las emociones que todo cabal debe llevar consigo, en tanto que el baile de María del Mar Moreno puede ser una excusa para lastimar el....

08h32 - Manche. Un tremblement de terre secoue le Coutançais

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:46:00 +0200lamanchelibre (fr)

La Manche a tremblé ce mercredi 16 septembre, très tôt dans la matinée. Un séisme de magnitude 3,1 a en effet été enregistré au large de Hauteville-sur-Mer. "4 h 39, c'était un boum terrible, c'était comme une sorte d'explosion à plus de 100 km, ça m'a réveillé, c'était un bruit très fort" ,....

Nepal wakes up to 6.0 magnitude earthquake, no damage reported

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:39:00 +0200timesofindia (en)

KATHMANDU: An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted central Nepal on Wednesday morning. The epicentre of the tremor has been recorded at Ramche of Sindhupalchok district which has already been ravaged by flood and landslide and earthquake of 2015. "An earthquake of magnitude 6.

Nepal wakes up to 6.0 magnitude earthquake, no damage reported

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:30:00 +0200livemint (en)

'An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred around Ramche of Sindhupalchok district at 5:19 am,' the National Seismological Centre tweeted.No damages have been reported yet from the epicentre of the earthquake

Nepal wakes up to 6.0 magnitude earthquake, no damage reported

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:16:00 +0200business-standard (en)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted central Nepal on Wednesday morning. The epicentre of the tremor has been recorded at Ramche of Sindhupalchok district which has already been ravaged by flood and landslide and of 2015. "An earthquake of magnitude 6.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake jolts Nepal; no casualties reported

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:10:00 +0200dnaindia (en)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted central Nepal on Wednesday morning. The epicentre of the tremor has been recorded at Ramche of Sindhupalchok district which has already been ravaged by flood and landslide and earthquake of 2015. "An earthquake of magnitude 6.

Belgian in Shenzhen holds deep commitment to charity

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:04:00 +0200chinadaily (en)

Over the past five years, Belgian Ronny Verdoodt has organized around 120 charity events to help the poor, the elderly, autistic, disabled and orphans in Shenzhen, attracting nearly 6,000 volunteers and contributors from more than 50 countries including Australia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy and Japan.

Belt of Fire, the place where most earthquakes are born in the world

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0200explica (en)

The Belt of Fire is a long tectonic chain of approximately 40 thousand kilometers that runs below the coasts of America, Asia and the Pacific Ocean. This region has some of the subduction zones (where one tectonic plate sinks under another) Most important in the world and its formation is a direct....

Nepal wakes up to 6.0 magnitude earthquake, no damage reported

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 04:46:00 +0200HindustanTimes (en)

“An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred around Ramche of Sindhupalchok district at 5:19 am,” the National Seismological Centre tweeted minutes after the tremors. world Updated: Sep 16, 2020 07:28 IST. The tremors were felt in the most eastern part of the country as well.(AP) An earthquake of magnitude 6.

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