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Showing posts with label earthquake. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Earthquake Video -- From Atop the Washington Monument

Check it out. This gives you an idea of what the August quake was like (albeit from a perhaps the scariest location):

http://youtu.be/BgHC2qREslw


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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Natural Disaster Report

We have battened down the hatches and are enjoying a quiet evening at home as Hurricane Irene approaches. The radar image from Norfolk Virginia describes the current situation quite well. You can see the eye about 150 km south-east of us. We currently have moderate rain and wind. I don't think it is going to be bad for us. Best wishes for all those under this storm.

As for the earthquake, well, most everyone has their earthquake story (those who don't are said to have Earthquake Envy). I was at poolside with Billy and Maria. It was quite a jolt here, stronger than anything we felt in Italy. When we got home, the only noticeable impact was that Maria's ET doll had fallen from a shelf in the shack. More details in SolderSmoke 137.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

More Seismic Action

Two more fairly strong jolts today, both from the same region NE of here. The 4.9 was very noticeable at 11:25 am local time, and the 5.6 really shook the apartment at 19:47 local.
The USGS site is really very useful and up-to-date. Lots of data. For example, we learned that the compression wave from the 5.6 jolt took about 15 seconds to reach Rome. The people up in Abruzzo are really suffering and each one of these aftershocks makes things worse for them.


MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s
LAT
deg
LON
deg
DEPTH
km
Region
MAP 5.6 2009/04/07 17:47:38 42.349 13.405 13.1 CENTRAL ITALY
MAP 4.5 2009/04/07 17:32:53 32.984 47.833 10.0 IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION
MAP 5.0 2009/04/07 15:18:41 37.620 -17.441 8.3 AZORES-CAPE ST. VINCENT RIDGE
MAP 4.7 2009/04/07 14:50:02 46.099 151.609 58.1 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.9 2009/04/07 14:46:42 33.883 -116.872 14.4 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.5 2009/04/07 14:20:10 -7.970 122.916 236.7 FLORES SEA
MAP 5.1 2009/04/07 13:29:48 -6.976 129.425 69.7 BANDA SEA
MAP 2.9 2009/04/07 13:10:43 19.256 -65.076 63.6 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.9 2009/04/07 10:08:55 32.209 -116.626 0.0 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.9 2009/04/07 09:26:31 42.336 13.360 10.0 CENTRAL ITALY

Monday, April 6, 2009

Earthquake Hits Central Italy

A 6.3 earthquake woke us up last night. Rome was shaking quite a bit. Looks like the epicenter was up in Abruzzo, near L'Aquila. News reports indicate that buildings have collapsed and people have been killed up there.
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