Unique Slant on Today’s Earthquakes

SEISMIC HAZARD
HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SCENARIOS 08, 07
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The odds that follow events!

Despite the fact that the planet is neither ….., nor ….. !!

79 earthquakes ≥2.5Mw. Map updated: 2014-06-24 13:32:27 UTC – 68 earthquakes in map area. Source: USGS/EHP

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• M6.6 Strikes near Buldir Island, Alaska June 24, 2014
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M6.6 Strikes near Buldir Island, Alaska

SEISMIC HAZARD
HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SCENARIOS 08, 07
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Strong Earthquake Occurs 52km E of Buldir Island, Alaska

Centered at 52.307°N, 176.693°E depth the quake struck at a depth of 35.0km (21.7mi), said USGS/EHP.

Event Time: 2014-06-24 03:15:41 UTC
Location: 52.307°N 176.693°E depth=35.0km (21.7mi)
Nearby Cities: 52km (32mi) E of Buldir Island, Alaska

EQ Location Map

Source: USGS/EHP

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• Powerful Quake Strikes Alaska June 24, 2014

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May Global Temperature Reaches All-time High

EXTREME WEATHER & CLIMATIC EVENTS
RISING GLOBAL TEMPERATURES
CROP DISASTERS
SCENARIOS 900, 777, 555, 444, 111, 03
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Global Temperature Analysis – May 2014

The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for May 2014 reached record highest for this month, at 0.74°C (1.33°F) above the 20th century average of 14.8°C (58.6°F), according to NOAA.

“This surpassed the previous record high anomaly of 0.72 degrees Celsius set in 2010,” said NOAA in its monthly state of the climate report.

“Four of the five warmest Mays on record have occurred in the past five years: 2010 (second warmest), 2012 (third warmest), 2013 (fifth warmest), and 2014 (warmest).”

Fourth warmest May on record was in 1998.

Other Global Highlights

• The global land surface temperature was 1.13°C (2.03°F) above the 20th century average of 11.1°C (52.0°F), the fourth highest for May on record. For the ocean, the May global sea surface temperature was 0.59°C (1.06°F) above the 20th century average of 16.3°C (61.3°F), making it the record highest for May and tying with June 1998, October 2003, and July 2009 as the highest departure from average for any month on record.

• The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the March–May period was 0.74°C (1.33°F) above the 20th century average of 13.7°C (56.7°F), making it the second warmest such period on record, behind 2010.

• The March–May worldwide land surface temperature was 1.26°C (2.27°F) above the 20th century average, the third warmest such period on record. The global ocean surface temperature for the same period was 0.54°C (0.97°F) above the 20th century average, also the third warmest March–May on record.

• The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for the January–May period (year-to-date) was 0.66°C (1.19°F) above the 20th century average of 13.1°C (55.5°F), the fifth warmest such period on record.

• While most parts of the globe experienced warmer-than-average temperatures in May, record warmth occurred across eastern Kazakhstan, parts of Indonesia, and central and northwestern Australia.

• May 2014 marked the 39th consecutive May and 351st consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average.

Powerful Quake Strikes Alaska

SEISMIC HAZARD
HEIGHTENED GLOBAL SEISMICITY
SCENARIOS 08, 07
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M7.9 Strikes 24km SE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska

Centered at 51.797°N, 178.760°E the earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.5km (66.8mi) and was followed by dozens of aftershocks including 10 shocks measuring 4.8Mw or greater, as of posting.

5.7 7km NW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska 2014-06-24 00:52:28 UTC 102.6 km
4.8 7km N of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska 2014-06-23 23:39:32 UTC 100.0 km
4.5 16km SW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska 2014-06-23 23:33:52 UTC 94.1 km
4.9 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 2014-06-23 22:47:53 UTC 117.5 km
5.9 3km ENE of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska 2014-06-23 22:29:51 UTC 103.1 km
4.7 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 2014-06-23 22:18:37 UTC 118.0 km
5.1 11km N of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska 2014-06-23 22:03:28 UTC 117.3 km
4.8 7km WSW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska 2014-06-23 21:42:57 UTC 116.9 km
5.9 11km WNW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska 2014-06-23 21:30:47 UTC 109.1 km
6.0 6km WNW of Little Sitkin Island, Alaska 2014-06-23 21:11:41 UTC 106.8 km

Tsunami Warning Canceled
A tsunami was generated by this event but does not pose a threat to the coastal araes.  Some areas may see small sea level changes.

EQ Location Map

Source: USGS/EHP

Other Recent Significant Seismicity

Oklahoma
2.7 7km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma 2014-06-24 01:53:23 UTC 7.4 km
2.9 12km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma 2014-06-23 15:26:14 UTC 5.0 km
3.5 11km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma 2014-06-23 13:44:59 UTC 5.5 km
3.3 11km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma 2014-06-23 09:48:01 UTC 4.6 km
3.2 13km SW of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-06-23 07:42:06 UTC 6.9 km

Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Region
6.9 96km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand 2014-06-23 19:19:16 UTC 20.0 km
6.3 87km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand 2014-06-23 19:21:48 UTC 20.0 km
6.2 85km SSE of Raoul Island, New Zealand 2014-06-23 20:06:19 UTC 20.0 km
5.9 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 2014-06-23 22:20:04 UTC 10.0 km

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Another Shameful Day Commemorated by Abe’s Japan

Crocodile tears: Abe marks 69th anniversary of Okinawa Battle

“I lower my head silently, while closing my eyelids together with all the people of this country and etching deep in our hearts the fact that we owe our existence today to the sacrifices endured by Okinawa, and the blood and tears shed by its people,” the Kyodo news agency quoted Abe as saying during a commemoration ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itoman, Okinawa June 23, 2014.

It’s unclear exactly which of the victims Abe was referring to, the rapist, cowards of the Imperial Army, or the civilians who were forced by the army to commit mass suicide.

[Editor’s Note: Japan lost the Battle of Okinawa, and subsequently the war, in the most humiliating way possible.  So it’s unclear how exactly Abe and his criminal cohorts owe their “existence today to the sacrifices endured by Okinawa.”]

According to the official U.S. Army records, a total of 142,058 civilians lost their lives during the 82-day campaign, including those killed by artillery fire, air strikes and those who had been pressed into service by the Imperial Japanese Army. But many also committed suicides on orders by the retreating Imperial Army.

“There are many Okinawans who have testified that the Japanese Army directed them to commit suicide. There are also people who have testified that they were handed grenades by Japanese soldiers” to blow themselves up, wrote Ryukyu Shimpo, one of the two major Okinawan newspapers.

“There were two types of orders for ‘honorable deaths’—one for residents to kill each other and the other for the military to kill all residents.” —From the documentary Nuchigafu by the Korean-Japanese director, Pak Su-nam.

The Japanese Army used civilians as human shields against the Americans. They forced civilians out of their shelters, confiscated food from them and executed those who hid it, leading to a mass starvation among Okinawans.

Japanese soldiers also murdered more than 1,000 Okinawans for speaking their mother tongue to suppress spying.

“You have the Battle of Britain, in which your airmen protected the British people. We had the Battle of Okinawa, in which the exact opposite happened. The Japanese army not only starved the Okinawans but used them as human shields. That dark history is still present today…,” an official of the prefectural government in Okinawa told The Guardian.

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