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Posted by feww on August 12, 2017
HEBA-728L
Several people were reportedly killed or injured as a result of the quake.
EQ Details
Magnitude: 5.6 Mw
Location: 16.26°S, 73.54°W
Depth: 30km
Time: 21:45:07.6 UTC, 2017-08-11
Distances:
Source: EMSC
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Posted by feww on July 18, 2017
AIS-267F
Magnitude: 6.4mww
Location: 16.402°S, 73.603°W [98km WNW of Camana, Peru]
Depth: 44.1 km
Time: 02:05:19 UTC 2017-07-18
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Posted by feww on March 18, 2017
Major Disasters in Peru Since December 2016: Extreme Rains, Flooding and Mudslide…
[Peru’s civil defense agency INDECI]
Additional details and regional climate forecasts are available from FIRE-EARTH PULSARS.
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Posted by feww on January 2, 2017
Magnitude: 6.2Mw [emsc]
Location: 23.39 S, 179.31 E
Region: SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
Date time: 2017-01-02 13:14:02.7 UTC
Depth: 555 km
Distances:
Magnitude: 5.9Mw [emsc]
Location 4.83 S, 76.31 W
Depth: 111 km
Distances:
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Posted by feww on June 2, 2016
Centered at 2.207°S, 100.574°E [141.0 km S of Padang, Indonesia,] the event occurred at a depth of 50.8 km, reported USGS/EHP.
Potential Volcano Tectonics Impact
N-S: Tandikat-Singgalang (0°25′57.30″S, 100°19′1.69″E), Marapai, Talang (00°58′42″S 100°40′46″E ), Kerinci (1°41′48″S 101°15′56″E), Sumbing, Kaba, Dempo, Gunang Besar, Suoh and Krakatau (6°06′07″S 105°25′23″E).
EQ Details
Magnitude: 6.5Mw
Location: 2.207°S 100.574°E
Depth: 50.8km
Time: 2016-06-01 22:56:00 UTC
Distances:
Other Seismicity
M4.7 about 178km SW of San Patricio, Mexico 2016-06-02 02:43:10 UTC depth of 37.7km
M5.1 about 183km SW of San Patricio, Mexico 2016-06-02 02:23:10 UTC depth of 34.2km
M4.9 about 98km SW of San Patricio, Mexico 2016-06-01 12:25:03 UTC depth of 27.1km
M5.4 about 192km SW of San Patricio, Mexico 2016-06-01 08:30:21 UTC depth of 10.0km
M5.2 about 36km NNW of Pujocucho, Peru 2016-06-02 00:01:28 UTC depth of 15.5 km
M5.1 about 82km S of Huancavelica, Peru 2016-06-01 21:31:00 UTC depth of 78.9 km
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Posted by feww on May 27, 2016
Location: 8.450°S 74.927°W (13.0 km WNW of Campoverde, Peru) depth=132.4 km
Time: 2016-05-27 10:00:49 (UTC)
Location: 26.517°N 96.447°E (103.0 km ESE of Khonsa, India) depth=74.8 km
Time: 2016-05-27 05:03:11 (UTC)
Location: 26.987°N 130.195°E (168.0 km SSE of Naze, Japan) depth=10.0 km
Time: 2016-05-27 03:44:29 (UTC)
Location: 20.826°S 178.671°W (19.0 km S of Ndoi Island, Fiji) depth=572.1 km
Time: 2016-05-27 04:08:44 (UTC)
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Posted by feww on May 24, 2016
Peru’s President Ollanta Humala has declared a 60-day state of emergency in the three provinces of Madre de Dios, Southern Amazon, because of extremely high levels of mercury contamination allegedly from illegal gold mining.
The Executive Order proclaims states of emergency in the three province of Manu, Tahuamanu and Tambopata, covering the towns of Puerto Maldonado, Inambari, Las Piedras, Labyrinth, Fitzcarrald, Huepetuhe, Madre de Dios, Iñapari and Iberia said a report.
About 41% of the population, 40,000 to 50,000 people, have been exposed to high levels of mercury contamination, particularly in the area of the Upper and Lower Madre de Dios and reserves inhabited by indigenous people in Amarakaeri area, where the exposure is six times the maximum permissible levels, said the country’s environment minister.
The mercury exposure is poisoning the people, polluting rivers and contaminating the fish, he said.
Nigeria’s Kaduna State has declared a state of emergency after moths destroyed up to 80% of tomato farms across the state. The damage caused by the tomato leafminer (aka tuta absoluta and South American tomato moth) exceeds 1bn naira ($5.1m).
More than 200 tomato farms in Kaduna have been affected over the past month.
A leaf miner is the larva of an insect that lives in leaf tissue of crops and consumes it. Most leaf-mining insects are moths, sawflies (a type of wasp) and flies, though several types of beetles also destroy plants in similar ways.
“Governor Nasir El-Rufai has declared a state of emergency on tomatoes in the state. In the past one month 12 local government areas of the state who produce tomatoes have lost 80% of their tomatoes harvest,” said the Commissioner of Agriculture.
“In three local government areas about 200 farmers have lost one billion naira worth of their tomatoes. So you can imagine the magnitude of the losses. It is so severe that even Dangote [conglomerate] who has established a tomato processing plant in Kano had to shut down production.”
At least eight other states in northern Nigeria have also been affected by the insects, the Commissioner added.
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Posted by feww on April 11, 2016
The Ministry of Health has declared a state of emergency in the Santa Rosa de Serjali community in Ucayali due to mercury contamination.
“The community of Santa Rosa de Serjali in Ucayali has been contaminated with high levels of mercury, with symptoms first appearing as early as November of 2014,” said a report.
“It’s absolute devastation,” said a worker at the Bay de Verde plant. “I got a phone call this morning at 6:30 and when I got out of bed and came downstairs, all I could see was black smoke coming from down in the plant.”
“My first thought was, ‘Oh my god, what’s gonna happen?'”
“Half of the [southern section of the community of about 700] has been evacuated, our emergency plan has been initiated and I have declared a state of emergency,” said the mayor.
Of the 2,000 citizens of Attawapiskat on remote James Bay, 101 people have tried to kill themselves, with one person dying, since September. The youngest was 11, the oldest 71, according to the First Nation’s chief, CBC reported.
On Saturday night alone, 11 people attempted to take their own lives, said Chief Bruce Shisheesh.
The Attawapiskat First Nation is an isolated First Nation located in Kenora District in northern Ontario, Canada, at the mouth of the Attawapiskat River on James Bay.
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla has declared a state of emergency at the Government Development Bank. He says the move is intended to protect the residents.
The executive order is aimed at protecting the bank’s dwindling liquidity by only allowing withdrawals needed for the delivery of essential public services.
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Posted by feww on November 8, 2015
Magnitude: 6.1Mw
Location: 0.743°N 98.875°E (about 250km south of Medan, North Sumatra)
Depth: 75.1 km
Time: 2015-11-08 09:34:57 UTC
[Source: USGS/EHP]
Latest Significant Earthquakes
M 5.3 – 273km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
Location: 48.388°N 154.768°E
Depth: 44.2 km
Time: 2015-11-08 15:40:55 UTC
M 5.7 – 114km SE of Atka, Alaska
Location: 51.500°N 172.981°W
Depth: 33.5 km
Time: 2015-11-08 11:33:16 UTC
M5.4 – 98km SE of Atka, Alaska
Location: 51.624°N 173.116°W
Depth: 47.6 km
Time: 2015-11-08 10:46:21 UTC
M5.2 – 138km NW of Sabang, Indonesia
Location: 6.880°N 94.548°E
Depth: 27.1 km
Time: 2015-11-08 10:42:04 UTC
M 5.3 – 58km ENE of Tarata, Peru
Location: 17.369°S 69.495°W
Depth: 165.0 km
Time: 2015-11-08 08:13:37 UTC
M 5.7 – 3km N of Binabalian Ricor, Philippines
Location: 16.456°N 119.927°E
Depth: 35.3 km
Time: 2015-11-07 19:40:12 UTC
M 5.3 – 1km W of Moriya, Japan
Location: 35.931°N 139.982°E
Depth: 106.1 km
Time: 2015-11-07 13:44:44 UTC
[Source: USGS/EHP]
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Posted by feww on May 17, 2015
Peru has declared a state of emergency in part of the country after torrential rains caused deep cracks to appear in a village, terrifying residents, AFP reported.
The gaping crevasses have worsened over several weeks in the northern Ancash region, making some houses uninhabitable and prompting the government to declare a state of emergency.
The cracks looked similar to faults caused by earthquakes, but experts said heavy rains in March and April caused soil shifts and the expansion and contraction of earth, causing the ground to split.
“The earth does not shake, we saw a crack in the morning and in the afternoon it grew,” a resident in Socosbamba told the local TV station.
The initial state of emergency will last for 60 days, allowing the authorities to try and deal with the crisis, said the report.
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Posted by feww on April 5, 2015
Extreme rain events and hail storms since Friday have damaged about 20,000 hectares of crops in 52 towns and villages in central China’s Hunan Province, affecting up to 240,000 people, and leaving more than 12,000 displaced as of Saturday evening, reported Xinhua.
In the east China’s Jiangxi Province, torrential rains have battered 54 cities and counties as of Saturday,”with some towns flooded and a highway landslide reported on Saturday afternoon. Icy roads have caused several bus accidents in the province,” said the report.
Widespread flash floods and mudslides, triggered by the heaviest rainfall in 80 years, have killed dozens of people, left more than a 100 missing and displaced thousands of others in Chile’s Atacama region.
The extreme weather events have affected tens of thousands of people across the region which reportedly includes the world’s driest desert.
“Rivers have burst their banks, flooding towns, making roads impassable and forcing miners in Chile, the world’s top copper exporter, to suspend operations,” IBT reported.
Record rains have also triggered major mudslides in eastern Peru, killing or injuring dozens of people, and leaving at least a dozen others missing.
President Humala of Peru has declared a state of emergency in the region east of the capital Lima that has been affected by the deadly mudslides.
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Posted by feww on September 29, 2014
At least a dozen people, including several children, were killed when a moderate earthquake struck. About a dozen others were injured, several missing, and hundreds displaced.
The earthquake, which measured 5.1 on the Richter scale, occurred at a depth of about 8km near the Andean village of Misca Saturday night, rattling southern Peru.
The quake razed the village, home to about 200 Quechua inhabitants.
“The population has lost everything,” said Peruvian President after visiting the village.
The quake also affected communities of Cajay, Canopato, Cusibamba Bajo, Mollejcato, Muyoc and Toray in the province of Paruro in Cuzco region, said reports.
In 2007, more than 500 people were killed in Ica ( a coastal province of Peru) when a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck.
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Posted by feww on August 25, 2014
Centered at 14.586°S, 73.578°W the quake struck at a depth of 101.0km (62.8mi), said USGS/EHP.
There were no reports of casualties or major damage, as of posting.
The quake zone is reportedly plagued by multiple copper, silver and gold mines.
EQ Details
Event Time: 2014-08-24 23:21:45 UTC
Location: 14.586°S 73.578°W depth=101.0km (62.8mi)
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Posted by feww on April 18, 2014
Some 4,000 residents and more than 40,000 animals are being evacuated to a “safety zone” about 20km from Peru’s most active volcano.
Villagers are concerned for the health of their livestock, a major source of income. “In the district of Ubinas alone, there are an estimated 40,000 llamas and alpacas.” A significant percentage of these animals could be seriously affected by the silica ash, which contaminates their grazing areas after each significant eruption, local sources have said.
The silica ash from the eruption damages crops, polluting water sources, and threatening villagers and their livestock.
“The Ollanta Humala’s administration declared a state of emergency in nearby provinces, which will provide financial assistance for those affected by eruption of the Ubinas volcano, in southern Peru’s Arequipa region,” reported Andina news agency.
A major eruption in 2006 forced mass evacuations and killed livestock that consumed ash-contaminated fodder, said the report.
Ubinas Volcano erupted multiple times in September 2013 after three years of dormancy. Image credit: ANDINA
The massive 5,670-meter volcano is located about 70 kilometers from the city of Arequipa (metro pop: ~ 1,260,000), and 1,250km south of the capital Lima, close to the country’s Pacific coast, about 230 km east of the Peru-Chile trench and about 150 km above the Benioff-Wadati plane, where the Nazca plate is subducting under the continental part of the South American Plate.
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Posted by feww on March 24, 2014
Most significant aftershocks to strike near Iquique, Chile in the past 24 hours include
At least 9 other aftershocks measuring 4.4Mw or greater struck the area as of 2014-03-24 8:54:41 UTC.
Earthquake Location Map. Source: USGS/EHP
FIRE-EARTH Models show a large earthquake could strike along Peru-Chile Trench in the coming weeks.
Tsunami Forecast: Large tsunami waves highly probable.
Forecast Details
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Posted by feww on March 22, 2014
At least 6 significant shocks/aftershocks occurred along the Peru-Chile Trench in the past 24 hours, as of posting. The events include a magnitude 6.2Mw which struck about 96km (60mi) WNW of Iquique, Chile (19.770°S, 70.936°W) at a depth of 15.2km, according to USGS/EHP.
List of the Latest Events along Peru-Chile Trench
Earthquake Location Map (Mag 4.5+ past 24-hrs). Source: USGS/EHP
Earthquake Location Map (Mag 2.5+ past 7 days). Source: USGS/EHP
List of the Recent Events in the Peru-Chile Trench (March 16 -17)
FIRE-EARTH Models show a large earthquake could strike along Peru-Chile Trench in the coming weeks.
Tsunami Forecast: Large tsunami waves highly probable. (Updated March 22, 2013)
Forecast Details
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Posted by feww on September 13, 2013
Ubinas Volcano’s 10th eruption since September 1, 2013 prompted the authorities to declare a 60-day state of emergency in various districts of the Moquegua and Arequipa departments, which are affected by volcanic emissions, especially silica ash, and near constant explosions.
The latest eruption sent a plume of ash and smoke to a height of about 2,500 meters above the crater summit, said the Geophysical Institute of Peru.
Ubinas Volcano. Photo credit: El Comercio/Carlos Zanabria
The silica ash from the volcano is damaging crops, polluting water sources, and threatening villagers and their livestock.
Authorities are distributing face masks and evacuating villagers living closest to the volcano. They are also planning to relocate at least one village to a safe area.
El Comercio reported earlier this week that some residents in the nearby town of Querapi, which authorities are planning to relocate, had arrived at a local hospital complaining of vomiting, headaches, and stomach pain, most likely cause by ingesting silica ash.
Villagers are also concerned for the health of their livestock, a major source of income. “In the district of Ubinas alone, there are an estimated 40,000 llamas and alpacas. According to El Comercio, up to 15% of these animals could be seriously affected by the silica ash, which has contaminated their grazing areas.”
Peru’s most active volcano, Ubinas is located about 70 kilometers from the city of Arequipa (metro pop: ~ 1,260,000), and 1,250km south of the capital Lima, close to the country’s Pacific coast, about 230 km east of the Peru-Chile trench and about 150 km above the Benioff-Wadati plane, where the Nazca plate is subducting under the continental part of the South American Plate.
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Posted by feww on September 5, 2013
Ubinas Volcano in Moquegua region, SW Peru, erupted twice on September 1, and again on September 2, followed by two additional eruptions on September 3, and one on September 4.
The latest eruptions ejected columns of ash and volcanic gases to heights of about two kilometers above the summit crater.
Peru’s most active volcano, Ubinas is located about 70 kilometers from the city of Arequipa (metro pop: ~ 1,260,000), near the country’s Pacific coast, about 230 km east of the Peru-Chile trench and about 150 km above the Benioff-Wadati plane, where the Nazca plate is subducting under the continental part of the South American Plate.
“We have to be alert in monitoring the volcano to consider any evacuation if it is needed,” said President Ollanta Humala on Wednesday.
Ubinas Volcano has erupted six times since September 1, 2013 after three years of dormancy. Image credit: ANDINA
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Posted by feww on September 1, 2013
An unusually cold wave in Peru, covering large areas in snow and ice, has forced the government to extend a state of emergency.
Heavy snow has reached more than a meter high in some areas, with temperatures down to minus 20 degrees Celsius.
Carabaya Province, Puno, Peru. Photo credit: ANDINA
The cold spell has killed tens of thousands of animals including alpacas, llamas, cattle and sheep, leaving more than 12,000 families destitute.
The extreme weather has also killed at least a dozen people in Peru and its southeastern neighbor, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
Snow and high winds have also damaged thousands of homes affecting tens of thousands of people in the region.
Hundreds of villages and small towns have been cut off by the extreme weather, according to local reports.
The Peruvian government declared a 60-day state of emergency in the southern region of Puno last week for the provinces of Carabaya, Sandia, Lampa, San Antonio de Putina, Melgar, Azangaro, Puno, Collao and Huancane. The emergency declaration has now being extended for an additional 20 days.
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Posted by feww on July 15, 2013
Northern Indian state of Uttarakhand has officially declared that 5,748 people missing following last month’s devastating floods will be presumed dead.
Authorities have so far recovered some 580 to 625 corpses, according to various reports.
The floods and landslides triggered by extreme monsoon rains have damaged or destroyed more than 4,000 villages in the Himalayan mountains.
The 2013 monsoon rains in the Uttarakhand region were the worst in eight decades.
Tens of thousands who lost their homes are living in temporary camps, but the authorities are struggling to provide relief because the remote areas are still cut off after flooding washed away roads.
The temple town of Kedarnath, one of the worst affected areas, will be closed to the public for at least a year, government has announced.
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Unusually high winds and strong tidal current generated huge, tsunami-like waves battering the shared coastline of Chile and Peru.
The spectacular waves reaching heights of more than 7 meters (22 feet), plucked up rocks from the ocean bed dumping them onto the shore line and coastal roads, reports said.
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Posted by feww on April 3, 2010
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“As of 12:00pm [17:00UTC, April 2, 2010] the death toll stands at 30 people,” Civil Defense chief of the Huanuco region, Hipolito Cruchaga, announced.
Although he put the number of missing at about 25, some local reports have suggested “hundreds of people” may be missing in the village of Ambo.
Homes are submerged in earth after a landslide in the Porvenir area of Huanuco, Peru, Friday, April 2, 2010. Regional officials say heavy rains in northeastern Peru caused landslides that killed at least 25 people, injured 50 and another 25 people are missing. (AP Photo). Image may be subject to copyright.
“An entire village, some 400 people, has completely vanished,” Jorge Espinoza, a senior official in the Huanuco region, had earlier told N television.
“Some will be saved, but it appears the majority were buried,” he said.
“The bodies of some victims were plucked from the swollen Huallaga River downstream from the village of Ambo, while others had to be dug out of the mud, local media reported.” AFP said.
A photo of an earlier mudslide released by Peruvian Civil Defense.
The mudslide was triggered by heavy rains that caused a lake higher up a mountain to overflow into a ravine, officials were reported as saying.
Another mudslide claimed 5 lives near the town of Cancejos on Thursday, officials said.
The disasters came barely hours after the government announced Machu Picchu had been reopened following the deadly floods that had forced the closure of Peru’s Inca ruins in January.
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More extremes of weather could affect western, northwestern and northern regions of South America throughout the spring 2010, possibly extending into the summer.
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Posted by feww on March 5, 2010
Fire-Earth’s EarthModel simulations indicate that a large earthquake could occur in Peru.
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Posted by feww on February 5, 2009
Volcán Ubinas, seen here from the west, is Perú’s most active volcano. A small, 1.2-km-wide caldera that cuts the top of Ubinas gives it a truncated appearance. The upper slopes of the stratovolcano steepen to nearly 45 degrees. The steep-walled, 150-m-deep caldera contains an ash cone with a 500-m-wide funnel-shaped vent that is 200-m deep. Holocene lava flows are visible on the volcano’s flanks, but historical activity, documented since the 16th century, has consisted of intermittent minor explosive eruptions. Photo by Norm Banks, 1988 (U.S. Geological Survey). Caption: GVP
Volcano Name: Ubinas
Country: Perú
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano
Last Known Eruption: 2008 (in or after)
Summit Elevation: 5672 m (18,609 feet)
Latitude: 16.355°S 16°21’18″S
Longitude: 70.903°W 70°54’11″W
Based on a SIGMET notice, the Buenos Aires VAAC reported that on 31 January an ash plume from Ubinas rose to an altitude of 6.7 km (22,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted SW. Ash was not seen on satellite imagery.
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