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UPDATE: The quake magnitude has been downgraded to 6.3Mw by Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau
Strong, Shallow Quake Strikes 45km SSW of Hualian, Taiwan
Members Note: Multiple plates going through a laborious algorithm to produce the desired outcome!
REVISED EQ Details
Magnitude: 6.3Mw
Event Time: 2013-10-31 @ 12:02UTC
Location: 23.55°N, 121.42°E
Depth: 19.5km
Source: Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan
Nearby Cities
53km SSW of Hualien County, Taiwan
760km (472mi) ENE of Hong Kong
NO local reports of damage or casualties available as of posting.
Source: Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan
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Earthquake Location Map. Source: USGS/EHP
More detail to follow …
Seismic activity along the boundaries of the Philippine Sea Plate (Allen et al., 2009) has produced 7 great (M>8.0) earthquakes and 250 large (M>7) events. Among the most destructive events were the 1923 Kanto, the 1948 Fukui and the 1995 Kobe (Japan) earthquakes (99,000, 5,100, and 6,400 casualties, respectively), the 1935 and the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquakes (3,300 and 2,500 casualties, respectively), and the 1976 M7.6 Moro Gulf and 1990 M7.6 Luzon (Philippines) earthquakes (7,100 and 2,400 casualties, respectively). There have also been a number of tsunami-generating events in the region, including the Moro Gulf earthquake, whose tsunami resulted in more than 5,000 deaths. –USGS/EHP
Typhoon KROSA Image Update
The quake struck Taiwan as the outer bands of Typhoon KROSA battered the coastal areas south and southeast of the island.
Typhoon KROSA Visible/IR satellite image (FIRE-EARTH Enhancement) recorded at 12:30UTC on October 31, 2013. Source: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
Twenty out of 24 of Cambodia’s provinces affected by floods and flash floods since September 2013
Floods have killed at least 188 people including 88 children in the past six weeks, according to officials
Floodwaters have affected 1,736,000 people in more than 377,000 households, forcing 144,000 people in more than 31,000 households to flee their collapsing homes.
Flood Map of Cambodia
Floodwaters have severely damaged more than 230,000 houses, 1,242 schools, 78 health centers and hospitals, and destroyed or damaged numerous pagoda, roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
Floods have affected the population, particularly with food and non-food items (NFI) distributions, and in the areas of water, sanitation and hygiene, shelter, health, education and protection, said UN OCHA.
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Typhoon KROSA Special Message.
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KROSA, 29th Typhoon of 2013, is making landfall in northern Luzon, Philippines
The Halloween Typhoon KROSA, the 29th storm of the NW Pacific so far this year, is about to make landfall in the northern Philippines, with winds of about 155km/h gusting to 190 km/hr.
Typhoon KROSA
Time: 06:00UTC – October 31, 2013
Movement: WNW (285 degrees) at 25km/hr
Position: Near 18.0ºN, 121.2ºE
Location: About 405km Northeast of Manila, Philippines
Max Sustained Winds: 155km/hr [Cat 2A on FIRE-EARTH Hurricane Scale]
Max Wind Gusts: 190km/hr
Significant Wave Height: 8m
[Source: FIRE-EARTH and others]
Typhoon KROSA IR/WV Diff satellite image (FIRE-EARTH Enhancement) recorded at 04:30UTC on October 31, 2013. Source: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC.
Landfall
KROSA is forecast to strike the Philippines near 18.1N, 122.4E at about 08:00UTC on October 31, according to JTWC.
KROSA is expected to make as many as 3 landfalls—the Philippines, China’s Hainan Island and central Vietnam— according to most models and affecting about a half dozen countries, before dissipating over Indochina Peninsula.
Projected Path of Typhoon KROSA . Source: CIMSS/SSEC/WISC. Image enhanced by FIRE-EARTH Blog.
Typhoon Stats for NW Pacific
The 60 year average (1951-2010) No of Typhoons: 20.9
No of typhoons so far this year: 29
Percent Increase: 38.8 [Calculated by FIRE-EARTH blog]
Migrants died of thirst after their vehicles broke down in the Sahara: Report
The corpses, which were severely decomposed and partly eaten, possibly by jackals, are thought to be migrant workers and their families, said a report.
Thousands of migrants cross Niger along a popular route across Sahara desert to reach the coasts of North Africa on their way to Europe.
Soldiers and volunteers found many of the corpses across a wide area about 10km from the Algerian border.
At least 48 of the corpses found were children or teenagers, who were probably in search of low paid jobs in neighboring Algeria, the report stipulated.
Cod and whiting in the West of Scotland risk collapse: EU Fisheries Commission
The European Commission has proposed a continued ban in 2014 on landings of cod and whiting off Scotland’s Atlantic coast in an attempt to avert a collapse.
“Cod stocks in the Irish Sea and the Kattegat continue to be in a dire state… Sole in the Irish Sea is at extremely low levels. Advice for haddock in the Celtic Sea demands a considerable TAC cut … Cod and whiting in the West of Scotland, subject to extremely high rates of discarding, are at a risk of collapse.” EU Fisheries Commission reported.
Cod stocks off most parts of Britain, Ireland and in the Bay of Biscay are also in a dire state, which means quotas should be reduced by up to 30 percent, according to the Greek EU fisheries commissioner.
Cod – gadus morhua. The British fish and chips industry is heavily dependent on cod, the country’s most consumed fish. International disputes over the prized species has so far led to two rounds of naval clashes between Britain and Iceland in the 1950s and 1970s.
“For stocks where data is not good enough to properly estimate their size, the Commission proposal reflects the advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) to adapt the TAC up or down by a maximum of 20%. Following a Council decision last year on precautionary reductions, TACS are proposed at the same level as in 2013 for 21 of these stocks,” said the Commission.
NOTES:
Total allowable catches (TACs) are catch limits that are set for most significant commercial fish stocks. TACs are proposed by the EU Commission on the basis of scientific advice on the state of the stocks concerned and decided on by the Council of Fisheries Ministers.
TACs are set annually for most stocks and every two years for deep sea species.
The TACs are shared between EU countries under a system known as ‘relative stability’ which keeps national quotas stable in relation to each other.
Severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides prompt Major Disaster Declaration for NC
North Carolina has been declared a Federal Disaster Area by the White House due to severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that occurred on July 27, 2013.
Severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides have severely affected the counties of Ashe, Avery, Catawba, Lincoln, Watauga and Wilkes, said the White House in a statement.
Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments, said FEMA.
Once again Japanese authorities stand accused of “criminal negligence” for failing to save lives
Japan’s disaster Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited typhoon-hit volcanic island of Izu Oshima on Sunday and declared the devastation caused by the Typhoon WIPHA as a “disaster of extreme severity.”
Just about everyone and their uncle knew typhoon WIPHA was a very intense storm capable of causing major damage, possibly multiple deaths.
Even Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) had earlier warned about the severity of the typhoon, which failed to make a direct hit, describing it as a “once a decade” type of storm.
The storm triggered deadly mudslides on the island destroying homes and burying residents alive on October 16. At least 32 people were killed and about a dozen were missing, presumed dead.
Once again the authorities in Japan have been accused of “criminal negligence” for failing to issue adequate warnings and evacuation alerts as the deadly storm approached, which would have saved dozens of lives.
St. Jude Hits Northwest Russia, State of emergency Declared in Pskov
The deadly storm reached northwestern Russia on Tuesday after wreaking havoc in several other countries in northern and northwestern Europe since early Monday, disrupting transport, power and communication lines in three northwestern Russian regions and prompting a state of emergency declaration in Pskov, said a report quoting sources from local weather agency.
Tens of thousands of people in Pskov and St. Petersburg were left without power, as the storm barreled through the region.
The storm knocked out power to about 100,000 households in Estonia and Latvia, which border Pskov Oblast.
St Jude left at least 15 people dead including seven in Germany, four in Britain, two in the Netherlands and one each in France and Denmark and knocked out power to about a million homes and business across northwestern Europe, including 750,000 customers in Britain.
Severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding prompt Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Kansas
The State of Kansas has been declared a major disaster area by the White House due to severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of July 22 to August 16, 2013.
Severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding have devastated nearly a half of the states 105 counties including Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Cherokee, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Dickinson, Edwards, Elk, Ellsworth, Ford, Geary, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Hodgeman, Kingman, Kiowa, Lane, Linn, Lyon, Marion, McPherson, Meade, Montgomery, Morris, Ness, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno, Republic, Rice, Saline, Sumner, Washington, Wilson, and Woodson, said the White House in a statement.
Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments, said FEMA.
New Mexico Declared Federal Disaster Area due to Severe Storms, Flooding and Mudslides
The White House has declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Mexico due to major losses and damage caused by severe storms, flooding, and mudslides during the period of September 9-22, 2013.
The worst affected areas are the counties of Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Eddy, Guadalupe, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, and Torrance.
Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments, said FEMA.
October 2 Disaster Declaration for NM
On October 2, 2013, WH signed a separate Major Disaster declaration for NM due to severe storms and flooding which occurred July 23-28, 2013.
The worst of the losses and damages caused by severe storms and flooding occurred in the counties of Bernalillo, Colfax, Luna, Sandoval, and Socorro and the Cochiti, Kewa (Santa Domingo), San Felipe, and Sandia Pueblos.
2nd Major Disaster Declaration for the Santa Clara Pueblo
A separate Federal Disaster Declaration was signed last week for Santa Clara Pueblo to supplement the Tribe’s efforts in the area affected by severe storms and flooding during the period of September 13-16, 2013.
Major Disaster Declaration for Santa Clara Pueblo
On September 27, 2013 the Santa Clara Pueblo (Indian Reservation) was declared a Federal Disaster Area due to losses and damages caused by severe storms and flooding during the period of July 19-21, 2013.
Superstorm SANDY left hundreds of thousands of people homeless
SANDY hit the US east coast last year, killing scores of people and causing damage estimated at $65 billion—the second costliest hurricane ever.
[Note: At least 286 people were killed across the United States, the Caribbean, and Canada, as a result of SANDY. Total damage estimated at $68 billion.]
Atlantic Hurricane Season
The 2010 season (the third most active season on record jointly with 1887 and 1995) experienced 19 named storms, 12 of which developed into hurricanes (second most active hurricane season jointly with 1969.)
About 40 million people in the coastal regions of the US, from North Carolina to Texas, are most at risk of hurricanes.
Based on the blog models, recent trends set by the impact of weather extremes on population centers, especially since late 2009, and other geophysical and planetary factors, FIRE-EARTH believes 2011 could prove less lucky than the last two years. We forecast a particularly costly hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin in 2011.
The crippling disease has broken out among young children in northeast Syria’s Deir al-Zor province, the first outbreak in the country in 14 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday.
Twenty-two children in Deir al-Zor province, which borders Iraq, became paralyzed last week, and WHO has confirmed that 10 victims tested positive for the wild polio virus.Results on the remaining 12 cases are expected soon.
Most of the victims were under two years old and may not have been vaccinated against polio, WHO said.
It’s believed that foreign mercenaries fighting in Syria have imported the virus into the country. Polio is endemic in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
WHO spokesman Oliver Rosenbauer has said that the source of the virus must be one of the three endemic areas.
The highly contagious virus now threatens to spread in Syria and beyond, as more than 4,000 refugees leave Syria every day.
“Of course this is a communicable disease. With population movements it can travel to other areas. So the risk is high of (its) spread across the region,” Rosenbauer told Reuters.
At least 100,000 Children under the age of five are at risk of polio in Deir al-Zour province, and 500,000 children have not been immunized.
FIRE-EARTH moderators believe China has historical and therefore legal rights, as well as the moral obligation to reclaim the Diaoyu Islands.
The Diaoyu Islands (Chinese: 钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿, or 钓鱼岛) in Mainland China, also known as the Senkaku Islands (尖閣諸島), or Tiaoyutai Islands (Chinese: 釣魚台列嶼) in Taiwan or the Pinnacle Islands, are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea due east of Mainland China, northeast of Taiwan, west of Okinawa Island, and north of the southwestern tail of the Ryukyu Islands.
Records of the islands date back to early 15th century. The Japanese government annexed the islands on 14 January 1895, naming them Senkaku.
The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender
On July 26, 1945 the United States, Britain and China released the Potsdam Declaration announcing the terms for Japan’s surrender, with the warning, “We will not deviate from them. There are no alternatives. We shall brook no delay.” The terms of the declaration specified, among others
“Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor islands as we determine.”
“We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces, and to provide proper and adequate assurances of their good faith in such action. The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction.”
FIRE-EARTH rejects Japan’s manufactured history of the islands.
Japan’s continued illegitimate claims to the island, and the threat of using military force is nothing short of an act of war.
Record gusts of 191 km/h (119mph) reported over the North Sea
A major storm battering NW Europe has killed at least 15 people including seven in Germany, four in Britain, two in the Netherlands and one each in France and Denmark.
The storm hit Britain with gusts of up to nearly 100mph early Monday, leaving a path of damage across large parts of southern UK, before targeting mainland Europe.
A crane smashed into the U.K. Cabinet Office in central London, forcing Deputy Prime Minister to cancel a news conference, while a gas explosion caused by toppled trees killed at least two people in west London, according to reports.
Flights and ferry services as well as road and rail transport were severely affected throughout the vast storm-battered region.
The storm knocked out power to about a million homes and business across northwestern Europe, including 750,000 customers in Britain.
Winds of about 155 kph swept across the low-lying Netherlands, killing at least two people, and causing widespread damage.
Giant waves crash against a lighthouse in Port of Boulogne, France October 28, 2013. Credit: Reuters. Image may be subject to copyright.
Denmark and Sweden issued storm warnings, as hurricane force winds gusting to about 162km/h hit Scandinavia, causing widespread damage across the region, while meteorologists measured record winds of 191 km/h (119mph) over the North Sea.
The Beijing Weather Station issued a “yellow haze alert,” the country’s third highest alert level, warning of serious air pollution and very low visibility on Monday, October 28, 2013.
Beijing’s air quality remained at “Hazardous” level with the pollution index climbing to 424 on Monday at 21:00 local time.
[Hazardous Air Pollution – Mandatory Health Alert: Everyone may experience more serious health effects]
Beijing’s air quality index (AQI) climbed to 424 on Monday at 21:00. In several other populous municipalities the index climbed to as high as 824. Source: http://aqicn.org/
Dense smog fills the daytime air in Chang’an Avenue, downtown Beijing, China, October 28, 2013. (Source: news.xinhuanet.com/CFP).
Britain’s deadly storm unleashes wind gust of 159km/h
The strongest storm in a decade to hit U.K. battered the southern regions early Monday, uprooting scores of trees, cutting power lines and blocking roads and railroad tracks.
A wind gust of 159km/h (99mph ) was recorded at Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight, at 05:00 GMT on Monday, Britain’s Met Office reported.
Up to third of a million homes lost power, and two reactors in Dungeness nuclear power station were automatically shut down after power to the plant was cut off.
Roads and railroad tracks were blocked by scores of fallen trees severely disrupting travel plans for millions of commuters.
Authorities issued at least a dozen flood warnings in southwest England, East Anglia and the Midlands, as well as132 flood alerts across England and Wales.
The storm has claimed at least two lives.
At least 130 flights were cancelled at London’s Heathrow airport.
London’s both Heathrow and Gatwick airports have warned of further flight delays and cancellations.
The damage was “worse than expected,” said UK’s Network Rail.
“While conditions were as forecast during the early part of the morning, the damage caused by the storm has been more severe than expected as it has tracked eastwards to the north of London and across to East Anglia,” said Network Rail, the owner-operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Britain.
“As a result, the West Coast, East Coast and Midland main lines are all currently blocked at their southern ends as a result of fallen trees and damage to power lines and all services are currently suspended on the Anglia route, where the storm is currently.”
A fallen tree ruptured a gas main, leading to a gas explosion in Hounslow, west London. The London Fire Brigade said three houses had collapsed and two others damaged following the explosion. Photo credit London Fire Brigade.
Extreme Rain Events trigger new round of flooding in east India
Five days of extreme monsoon rains have unleashed severe flooding in eastern India’s states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, washing away more than 2,000 villages in the cyclone-ravaged Odisha alone.
Flood situation in Odisha continues to remain critical with more than 2,000 villages washed away in that state alone. Source: Times of India.
Floodwaters have inundated about two million hectares ( 5 million acres) of crops across the region, affecting more than a million people, with at least 250,000 displaced.The death toll has climbed to 42 in Andhra Pradesh, and 28 in Odisha, with about a dozen people reported missing.
About 85,000 people in the district of Ganjam alone have been rescued so far, with 200,000 others still cut off.
The floods have caused significant damage to public infrastructure across 30 districts, destroying or damaging thousands of kilometers of roads and railroad tracks, disrupting public transport and causing massive damage to agriculture fields in several parts of the two states.
Flood situation continues to remain critical across the the region.
Another off-the-chart day for air pollution in China and India
Beijing’s air quality turned “Hazardous” with the pollution index climbing to 385 on Sunday at 21:00 local time.
[Hazardous Air Pollution – Mandatory Health Alert: Everyone may experience more serious health effects]
Beijing’s air quality index (AQI) climbed to 385 on Sunday at 21:00. In several other populous municipalities the index climbed to between 660 and 700. Source: http://aqicn.org/
India: a “gang-rape” of different kind
In the Indian capital of New Delhi, it was a “gang-rape” of different kind as the pollution index reached 999.
New Delhi again reported the worst level of air pollution anywhere in the world today, with index climbing to 999. Source: http://aqicn.org/
At least 10 car bombs ripped through Baghdad killing dozens of people and wounding many more, amid the worst violence in Iraq since 2008.
In the deadliest attack today, a suicide bomber targeted soldiers in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 12 and wounding dozens more, Reuters reported police as saying.
The soldiers were waiting outside a bank to collect their salaries, when the bomber driving a car packed with high explosives blew himself up, said the report.
Iraqi soldiers and security personnel are prime targets for [Saudi-backed] Sunni militants seeking to destabilize the country’s Shi’ite-led government, the report said.
UNAMI 2013 Stats for Armed Violence in Iraq
According to information collected by UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and other sources, a minimum of7,037civilians [to be confirmed] have been killed and about 14,000 others wounded so far this year.
October 2013: At least 964 people have been killed hundreds more wounded so far this month.
In September 2013, at least 1,220 civilians were killed and about 2,000 others wounded
Baghdad, 1 October 2013 – According to casualty figures released today by UNAMI, a total of 979 Iraqis were killed and another 2,133 were wounded in acts of terrorism and violence in September.
In August 2013, a minimum of 716 civilians were killed (including 106 civilian police) a further 1,936 were injured (including 195 civilian police) in ongoing armed violence in Iraq
In July 2013, at least 928 were killed (including 204 civilian police) a further 2,109 were injured (including 338 civilian police) in ongoing armed violence in Iraq during July 2013.
In June 2013, a minimum of 685 civilians were killed and 1,610 were injured.
In May 2013, at least 963 civilians were killed and 2,191 were injured.
In April 2013, a minimum of 595 civilians were killed and 1481 were injured.
In March 2013, at least 229 civilians were killed and 853 were injured.
In January 2013, at least 319 civilians were killed and 960 were injured.
In December 2012, 230 civilians were killed and 655 were injured.
In November 2012, 445 civilians were killed and 1306 were injured.
ALL figures remain estimates until full investigation and analysis have been carried out, said UNAMI.
The NSA is spying on everyone, and they are NOT doing so in the interest of “national security”
The rally organizers and attendees should demand to know on whose behalf NSA is spying.
-oOo-
About the Rally
The NSA is spying on everyone’s personal communications. It’s operating without any meaningful oversight.
On October 26th, the 12th anniversary of the signing of the USA Patriot Act, we’re holding the largest rally yet against NSA surveillance. We’ll be handing more than a half-million petitions to Congress to remind them that they work for us — and we won’t tolerate mass surveillance any longer.
A stellar group of whistleblowers, activists, researchers and others from both sides of the political spectrum will be speaking at this historic event.
Dozens killed amid flash flooding in eastern India
Severe flooding in eastern India has killed at least 64 people in the states of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. Extreme northeast monsoon rains combined with a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal and pounded the two states for five consecutive days, said officials.
Floods have affected more than 10 million people in eastern India, forcing authorities to evacuate about 200,000 people in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
Hundreds of villages and thousands of tons of crops have also been destroyed or damaged by floodwaters. Thousands of people have lost their homes, and Hundreds of thousands of others are currently cut off by floodwaters.
“The situation is serious. We are asking people to stay on rooftops. We will rescue them,” said a senior official.
Meantime, rain is forecast to continue on Saturday, said local Meteorologists.
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