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A glitch at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant caused its cooling system for spent fuel to go offline. Technicians worked quickly to restore systems amid fears of a potential meltdown. It is the latest in a series of glitches to hit the nuclear site following the multiple meltdowns caused by the tsunami of 2011. [...]
A strong and shallow earthquake M6.1 hit East of the Kuril Islands on March 24, 2013 at 04:18:34 UTC. Depth of the earthquake was just 9.7 km (6.0 miles), and epicenter was 268 km (166 miles) ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia and 273 km (169 miles) SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia at coordinates 0.718°N, 160.155°E. EMSC reported M6.0 at depth of 10 km (6.21 [...]
Over 3 hours before this post, Fukushima plant lost power. (19:00 of 3/18/2013) The coolant system of the spent fuel pools of reactor1, 3 and 4 has been out of operation for over 3 hours already. Seismic isolation building has lost power too. Tepco is still investigating the reason. http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/03/alert-all-powers-been-down-in-fukushima-plant-for-over-3-hours-tepco-investigating-the-reason/ Recommend on Facebook Tip on [...]
http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/ earthquake in Calif. just now – I felt it!! : http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2164167/pg1 Monday March 11 2013, 16:56:05 UTC 11 minutes ago Southern California 5.1 0.1 USGS Feed DetailMonday March 11 2013, 16:55:50 UTC 12 minutes ago Southern California 5.2 12.1 USGS Feed DetailMonday March 11 2013, 16:55:42 UTC 12 minutes ago Southern California 5.1 0.1 [...]
Strong earthquake M 6.5 struck New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 22:51:51 UTC. Epicenter of the earthquake was located 44 km (27 miles) ESE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea and 138 km (85 miles) E of Lae, Papua New Guinea, at coordinates 6.653°S, 148.155°E and at depth of 28.9 km (18.0 miles). EMSC reported M 6.6 [...]
Mount Etna sent plumes of ash and lava into the sky on March 5/6, 2013. Italy’s Civil Protection agency said that increased explosive activity of the volcano was registered. Today’s eruption did not cause any interruption to air traffic. Lava fountains during March 5th paroxysm. VolcanoDiscovery reports that another paroxysm occurred from the new SE crater [...]
Magnitude Mw 6.3 Region KURIL ISLANDS Date time 2013-03-01 12:53:54.0 UTC Location 50.97 N ; 157.56 E Depth 56 km Distances 1506 km NE Sapporo (pop 1,883,027 ; local time 21:53:54.2 2013-03-01) 244 km S Mokhovaya, petropavlovsk-kamch (pop 22,815 ; local time 00:53:54.2 2013-03-02) 240 km S Petropavlovsk-kamchatskiy (pop 187,282 ; local time 00:53:54.2 2013-03-02) [...]
Magnitude Mw 6.9 Region KURIL ISLANDS Date time 2013-02-28 14:05:49.0 UTC Location 50.76 N ; 157.75 E Depth 40 km Distances 1507 km NE Sapporo (pop 1,883,027 ; local time 23:05:49.8 2013-02-28) 264 km S Mokhovaya, petropavlovsk-kamch (pop 22,815 ; local time 02:05:49.8 2013-03-01) 259 km S Petropavlovsk-kamchatskiy (pop 187,282 ; local time 02:05:49.8 2013-03-01) [...]
HOUSTON – Een groot rotsblok uit de ruimte, een zogeheten asteroïde, vliegt vrijdag langs de aarde. Voor ruimtebegrippen gebeurt dat rakelings. Foto: ANP Bekijk video Rond half negen ’s avonds (Nederlandse tijd) komt het rotsblok het dichtst in de buurt van onze planeet. De afstand is dan slechts 27.000 kilometer. Voor het eerst in de moderne [...]