Powerful earthquake in Turkey
Published October 23, 2011 | 
It’s reported that today powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 struck eastern Turkey in an area near the Iranian border at 1:41 p.m., collapsed some buildings in the center of the city of Van and causing a number of deaths. Turkey is lying atop the North Anatolian fault, that is the cause of earthquakes frequently. Here is the list of the most powerful earthquakes that have ruptured the North Anatolian fault:
1939 December 26. Magnitude (MS) 7.9 – 8.0. 30,000 deaths. Fault length about 360 km. Initiated the eastward migration of significant earthquakes on the North Anatolian fault. (Termed the 1939 Erzincan earthquake)
1942 December 20. Magnitude (MS) 7.1. Fault length about 50 km. (Termed the 1942 Erbaa earthquake)
1943 November 26. Magnitude (MS) 7.6. Fault length about 280 km. (Termed the 1943 Tosya earthquake)
1944 February 01. Magnitude (MS) 7.3. Fault length about 165 km. (Termed the 1944 Bolu-Gerede earthquake)
1957 May 26. Magnitude (MS) about 7. Fault length about 30 km. (Termed the 1957 Abant earthquake)
1967 July 22. Magnitude (MS) 7.1. Fault length about 80 km. (Termed the 1967 Mudurnu Valley earthquake)
1999 August 17. Magnitude (MS) 7.8; MW 7.4-7.5)
2011 October 23. Magnitude (MS) 7.2
Alaska earthquake
Published June 17, 2011 | It’s reported that a powerful earthquake, measured at magnitude 5.2, shakes state’s largest city in Alaska and other parts of the region on Thursday, June 16, 2011. According to seismologists at the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center The earthquake struck after 11 a.m. The quake occurred 30 miles below ground and its center is at about 50 miles southwest of Anchorage, according to Cindi Pressler, tsunami program manager. Reports said that the earthquake will not generate a tsunami.
I just want to remind that the most powerful earthquake was on On March 27, 1964, at 5:36 p.m. ADT (03:36 3/28 UTC) occurred in Prince William Sound region of Alaska (magnitude 9.2). The epicenter was located at Lat. 61.04N, Lon. 147.73W, at a depth of approximately 25 km. This earthquake is the second largest earthquake ever recorded in the world. after a M9.5 earthquake in Chile in 1960. The duration of rupture lasted approximately 4 minutes (240 seconds).
here is 5 latest earthquakes which happend on the world only today, Friday, June 17, 2011
M 3.8, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Friday, June 17, 2011 04:18:41 UTC
Thursday, June 16, 2011 08:18:41 PM at epicenter
M 3.2, Dominican Republic region
Friday, June 17, 2011 04:03:27 UTC
Friday, June 17, 2011 12:03:27 AM at epicenter
M 5.2, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
Friday, June 17, 2011 03:12:16 UTC
Friday, June 17, 2011 01:12:16 PM at epicenter
M 5.0, southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia
Friday, June 17, 2011 01:15:33 UTC
Friday, June 17, 2011 08:15:33 AM at epicenter
Depth: 35.20 km (21.87 mi)
M 4.9, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Thursday, June 16, 2011 22:17:27 UTC
Thursday, June 16, 2011 08:17:27 PM at epicenter
Earthquakes in Spain, volcano eruption in Italy
Published May 12, 2011 | Earthquakes in Spain, volcano eruption in Italy, where is the next one? It looks that the summer promises to be hot. As you know two earthquakes struck southeast Spain in quick succession Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, injuring dozens and causing major damage to buildings, officials said. It was the highest quake-related death toll in Spain in more than 50 years.
The largest in Europe 3329-metre volcano Mount Etna in Sicily erupted this Wednesday night, spewing out ash and lava. and Two airports in Catania are temporarily closed but reported that it is not considered particularly dangerous. “This eruption is very similar to more than 200 episodes of lava fountaining at the summit craters of Mount Etna — including 66 from the Southeast Crater in the year 2000,” said Boris Behncke, a volcanologist and expert on Mount Etna. “The same vent that erupted last night already produced nearly identical — though longer-lasting — episodes in September and November 2007 and most recently on May 10, 2008.”
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Etna’s lava fountaining may go on for weeks or even months, similar to past episodes such as the series of 66 lava fountains during 2000, which lasted seven months, Behncke said.
As bad as Chernobyl
Published April 12, 2011 | Reported that Japan raised the severity level from 5 to 7 that is the highest level on an international scale overseen by the International Atomic Energy Agency — after new assessments of radiation leaks from the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant since it was disabled by the March 11 tsunami.
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“This reconfirms that this is an extremely major disaster. We are very sorry to the public, people living near the nuclear complex and the international community for causing such a serious accident,” said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano.
The radioactive cloud from Fukushima
Published April 1, 2011 | the picture you can see bellow displays a potential dispersion of the radioactive cloud (Caesium 137 Isotope) after a nuclear accident in reactor Fukushima I. The continuous release rate is very uncertain, thus the calculations have to be interpreted qualitatively. Dispersion in the near surface level (Level 1), in appr. 2500 m height (Level 12) and in appr. 5000 m height (Level 16).
sourse – http://www.eurad.uni-koeln.de/
Help to Japan!
Published March 13, 2011 | A massive 8.9/9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean nearby Northeastern Japan at around 2:46pm on March 11.
How to help? Learn here – http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20110311/wl_yblog_newsroom/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-how-to-help.
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The large earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for countries all around the Pacific ocean.
Local Japan Emergency dials:
171 + 1 + line phone number to leave a message
171 + 2 + line phone number to listen to the message
Phone numbers to consult about missing persons: (Japanese language)
Iwate: 0120-801-471
Miyagi: 022-221-2000
Fukushima: 0120-510-186 / 090-8424-4207 / 090-8424-4208
You can also donate Japan Red Cross here – http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html