Pakistan Floods: Dozens Killed or Injured, Many Displaced

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[February 6, 2013] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.

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Global Disasters/ Significant Events

Flooding in NW Pakistan claims dozens of lives, affects thousands

Heavy rains in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has killed at least 35 people and injured dozens more, destroying or damaging hundrds of homes and displacing thousands of residents, emergency officials said.

• Meantime, heavy snow fell over the country’s northern mountain ranges, breaking a 30-year record in Malam Jabba.

• “More than three meters of snow fell in as many days, setting a new record,”  said Pakistan’s chief of meteorology.

Arizona, USA

Arizona Governor Brewer has issued a Declaration of Emergency after unusually cold temperatures froze pipes causing water shortages affecting the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation and parts of Apache, Coconino and Navajo counties, said a report.

South Sudan

South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state has made an urgent appeal for international aid to avoid  humanitarian disaster caused by food crisis in the Kapoeta region after drought followed by heavy rains wiped out crops, said a report.

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Tsunami Warning: Powerful Quake Off Solomon Islands

TSUNAMI WARNING after 8.0Mw Strikes off Solomon Islands

A powerful 8.0Mw earthquake in the South Pacific generated a tsunami. Several villages on the Solomon Islands have been destroyed by the quake/tsunami, news agencies quoting the local police have reported.

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU / NEW CALEDONIA / KOSRAE / FIJI / KIRIBATI / WALLIS AND FUTUNA / MARSHALL ISLANDS / HOWLAND AND BAKER / POHNPEI / TOKELAU

Message Type:

Expanding Regional Tsunami Warning Supplement

Warning:

Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Kosrae, Fiji, Kiribati, Wallis and Futuna, Marshall Islands, Howland and Baker, Pohnpei, Tokelau A Tsunami Watch is in Effect For Samoa, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, American Samoa, Tonga, Australia, Niue, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Wake Island, Chuuk, Jarvis Island, Guam, Northern Marianas, Palmyra Island, Yap, Johnston Island, Minamitorishima, Belau, Midway Island… Tsunami Updates: http://ptwc.weather.gov/

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

SAMOA / KERMADEC ISLANDS / NEW ZEALAND / AMERICAN SAMOA / TONGA / AUSTRALIA / NIUE / COOK  ISLANDS / INDONESIA / WAKE ISLAND / CHUUK / JARVIS ISLAND / GUAM / NORTHERN MARIANAS /
PALMYRA ISLAND / YAP / JOHNSTON ISLAND / MINAMITORISHIMA / BELAU / MIDWAY ISLAND

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
413 PM HST TUE FEB 05 2013

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED AN EXPANDING REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC LOCATED CLOSER TO THE EARTHQUAKE. AN EVALUATION OF THE PACIFIC WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT IS UNDERWAY AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT HAWAII COULD BE ELEVATED TO A WATCH OR WARNING STATUS.

• IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THEIR ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL TIME IS 10:04 PM HST TUE 05 FEB 2013

• THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA…WASHINGTON…OREGON…CALIFORNIA.

Earthquake Location Map

Earthquake Location Map. Source: USGS/EHP

Earthquake Details

• Magnitude:  8.0
• Date-Time: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 01:12:23 UTC
  • Wednesday, February 06, 2013 at 12:12:23 PM at epicenter

• Location:  10.752°S, 165.089°E
• Depth 5.8 km (3.6 miles) (poorly constrained)
• Region SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
• Distances:
  • 81 km (50 miles) W of Lata, Solomon Islands
  • 575 km (357 miles) NNW of Luganville, Vanuatu

• Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 15.3 km (9.5 miles); depth +/- 6.9 km (4.3 miles)
• Source:  USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Aftershocks:

• Five significant aftershocks as of posting including 6.6 and 6.4Mw  (USGS)