The USGS reported that 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit Maine, USA around 23:12 UTC (7:12 p.m. local time) on Tuesday, October 16, 2012. The epicenter was located 5 km (3 miles) W of Hollis Center, Maine at coordinates 43.592°N, 70.676°W. The depth was recorded at
Texas Brine Co. of Houston began removing crude oil trapped in a failed company salt cavern inside the Napoleonville Dome in northern Assumption Parish, company and government officials said on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. The state Office of Conservation approved
Deep earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.0 struck Celebes Sea, Philippines on October 17, 2012 at 04:42 UTC according to USGS. Epicenter was located 166 km (103 miles) SW of Sarangani, Philippines at coordinates 4.191°N, 124.573°E. Recorded depth by USGS was
Though the mainstream media has long since abandoned the issue, the precarious situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan is only continuing to worsen, according to a prominent Japanese official. During a recent interview, Mitsuhei Murata, the
USGS volcanologists and geophysicists plan to conduct the first comprehensive, high-resolution airborne magnetic survey of the rock layers under Mono Basin and Long Valley, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada in California next week.Residents and visitors should
An new official map of the Louisiana sinkhole dimensions was uploaded to the Assumption Parish website on October 14, 2012:Red Line: August 19, 2012Green Line: September 21, 2012Blue Line: October 14, 2012Yellow line is oil boomThe original image can be
As reported earlier this year, Arctic sea ice is thawing at an unprecedented rate. News is perturbing, provided that heat exchange between sea and atmosphere is largely influenced by sea ice. Thermal flux, the rate at which heat energy transfers, can change
A tornado touched down five miles southeast of Hale Center in a storm system that delivered baseball-sized hail, at least in one case breaking car windows Friday, October 12, 2012.The first official report of Hale Center hail came at 6:21 p.m., Vitale said, measuring
In a study published today, October 12, 2012 in Science, scientists used radar data from the ESA’s ERS and Envisat missions to study an unusual uplift near the Uturuncu volcano, which had been dormant for 270 000 years.Authors of the study led by Yuri Fialko have
A very strong earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.7 struck near the South Coast of Papua, Indonesia on October 12, 2012 at 00:31 UTC according to USGS and EMSC. Epicenter was located 103 km (64 miles) N of Dobo, Indonesia and 173 km (107 miles) ENE of Tual,
