Needed to take an extra day off. Will resume posting tomorrow. Meanwhile, check out the earthquakes that have happened over the weekend. God bless- Frank
Headline: 6.0 Earthquake Strikes Easter Island Region
USGS grades this as a 5.8
Nov. 2, 2013
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=342032
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000krjt#summary
Headline: 6.4 magnitude earthquake shakes archipelago of Tonga
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has been reported off the coast of Neiafu, Tonga. The quake struck around 8 am this morning. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there is no risk of a ‘destructive’ tsunami being generated and impacting New Zealand, the Pacific Islands or Hawaii, but says local tsunamis may occur within 100 kilometers of the epicenter.
Nov. 3, 2013
Headline: Strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits Sultan Kudarat province, Philippines
A strong earthquake struck the southern Mindanao province of Sultan Kudarat on Sunday evening, registering at 6.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The quake occurred at 7:04 pm Philippines time about 195 kilometers southwest of the municipality of Palimbang. The tremor, which was tectonic in origin, has a depth of 556 km. Phivolcs notes that because of the depth of the earthquake, it is very unlikely to trigger a tsunami.
Nov. 3, 2013
Headline: Earthquake hits close to Fukushima, tremors felt as far as Tokyo
A 5.0 earthquake was registered on Japan’s east cost in a prefecture neighboring Fukushima. It comes as a top Japanese politician called for acknowledgement of the fact that some Fukushima evacuees would never be able to return to the area. Sunday’s tremors were felt as far away as Tokyo, but no casualties or damage reports were released at the time. The news comes just ahead of one of the most dangerous nuclear cleanup operations ever attempted. Scheduled to start at the beginning of November, it will involve the careful, manual removal of 400 tons of spent nuclear fuel rods from the plant’s Reactor No. 4 – with an atomic yield greater than the Hiroshima bomb. The long and cumbersome operation will not permit even the slightest tremor, or Japan risks a catastrophe greater than Chernobyl.
Nov. 3, 2013
http://rt.com/news/fukushima-earthquake-evacuees-return-152/