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Guatemala Earthquake 2016 Today: Terremoto Strikes Mexico ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A Guatemala earthquake 2016 today has struck off the coast. The terremoto en Guatemala hoy, a moderate temblor near Mexico, began earlier this morning. Damage assessment is pending. USGS indicates to news that a 6.2 magnitude Guatemala earthquake today April 16, 2016 struck off the coast. The quake was shallow. Reps tell news that the quake started 30 miles below sea level. As a result the quake could felt across the vicinity.
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Guatemala Guatemala's location between the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean makes it a target for hurricanes, such as Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and Hurricane Stan in October 2005, which killed more than 1,500 people. The damage was not wind-related, but rather due to significant flooding and resulting mudslides.
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10 Strongest Earthquakes in History Magnitude: 9.5 Mw Deaths: 1,655 Date: May 22nd, 1960. The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake of Sunday, 22 May 1960 is to date the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Earth’s history, rating 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale.
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Top 10 Largest Earthquakes Ever Recorded The 1960 Valdivia earthquake holds the record the strongest earthquake in the world. The epicenter was located about 900 km south of Santiago and it was powerful enough to deliver 10.7 meters high Tsunami 10,000 km away from the epicenter. Death tool was about 5.700-6,000 lives.
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Earthquake Shakes Anchorage, Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A strong earthquake Monday was felt over a 175-mile swath of Alaska, including the state's largest city, but there were no immediate reports of damage beyond items knocked off shelves.
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- This quake was preceded by 4 foreshocks bigger than magnitude 7.0, including a magnitude 7.9 on May 21 that caused severe damage in the Concepcion area. Many aftershocks occurred, with 5 of magnitude 7.0 or greater through Nov 1. This is the largest earthquake of the 20th Century.
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Magnitude-4.0 Earthquake Hits Near Big Bear An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 struck near Big Bear on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor -- which had a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 -- hit at approximately 9:10 a.m. and had a depth of 7 miles, USGS reported. It was centered 7 miles south southeast of Big Bear Lake and 8 miles south of Big Bear City. The epicenter was a little more than 3 miles northwest of the 11,503-foot San Gorgonio Mountain, which is Southern California’s highest peak.
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Afghanistan-Pakistan quake: Rescue efforts expanded Media captionShahzeb Jillani reports from a hospital in Mingora, in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Rescue efforts are being stepped up to help those affected by the magnitude-7.5 earthquake which hit remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday. More than 360 people are known to have died, most of them in Pakistan, and at least 2,000 were injured. Rescue teams have been sent to remote mountainous areas where the impact of the quake is still unclear. The Taliban, which controls some areas affected, called on aid agencies not to hold back relief supplies.
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Geophysicists Look Into Cause Of Earthquake Outbreak In Central OK The number of earthquakes felt over the last few years in Oklahoma have without a doubt been unusual. But, for Edmond resident Ken Janz and his family, it's almost becoming the norm. The latest earthquake was a 3.3 magnitude around 3:15 Monday afternoon outside Edmond.hat's a pretty remarkable finding, Rubinstein said. It's a concern, Janz said. In the past seven days, the Oklahoma Geological survey has recorded just over 100 earthquakes, including the largest one in the past week, a 3.8 in Choctaw.
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A Brief History of Mead Celtic mythology tells of a river of mead running through paradise, while the Anglo-Saxon culture held mead up as the bestower of immortality, poetry and knowledge. In fact the mythology of mead exists in our culture today, unnoticed by most.
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"A ""killing field"" in the Americas: US policy in Guatemala" Guatemala, with 10 million people, is the most populous country in Central America. It is run by an oligarchy of wealthy landowners and big business interests that reap the country's agricultural and commercial rewards at the expense of the rest of the population.
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Earthquake Facts & Earthquake Fantasy The largest earthquake ever recorded by seismic instruments anywhere on the earth was a magnitude 9.5 earthquake in Chile on May 22, 1960. That earthquake occurred on a fault that is almost 1,000 miles long and 150 miles wide, dipping into the earth at a shallow angle.
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Guatemala Guatemala covers an area of 42,042 square miles (108,889 square kilometers) and is bounded on the west and north by Mexico; on the east by Belize, the Caribbean Sea, Honduras and El Salvador; and on the south by the Pacific Ocean.
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Powerful earthquake hits Central America The quake struck 42 miles west-southwest of Jiquilillo off the coast of San Salvador and Nicaragua, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the quake hit at a depth of 25 miles and occurred as the result of normal faulting in the Central America subduction zone.
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Strange Happenings during the EarthquakesMonthly Earthquake SummaryYou are here: Home > Visiting > Tourism > Earthquakes of 1811-1812 > Strange Happenings during the EarthquakesStrange Happenings during the EarthquakesStrange Happenings The New Madrid earthquakes were the biggest earthquakes in American history. They occurred in the central Mississippi Valley, but were felt as far away as New York City, Boston, Montreal, and Washington D.C. President James Madison and his wife Dolly felt them in the White House. Church bells rang in Boston. From December 16, 1811 through March of 1812 there were over 2,000 earthquakes in the central Midwest, and between 6,000-10,000 earthquakes in the Bootheel of Missouri where New Madrid is located near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. In the known history of the world, no other earthquakes have lasted so long or produced so much evidence of damage as the New Madrid earthquakes. Three of the earthquakes are on the list of Americaâs top earthquakes: the first one on December 16, 1811, a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter scale; the second on January 23, 1812, at 7.8; and the third on February 7, 1812, at as much as 8.8 magnitude. The Mississippi Ran Backwards After the February 7 earthquake, boatmen reported that the Mississippi actually ran backwards for several hours. The force of the land upheaval 15 miles south of New Madrid created Reelfoot Lake, drowned the inhabitants of an Indian village; turned the river against itself to flow backwards; devastated thousands of acres of virgin forest; and created two temporary waterfalls in the Mississippi. Boatmen on flatboats actually survived this experience and lived to tell the tale. Getting Over Cracks As the general area experienced more than 2,000 earthquakes in five months, people discovered that most of crevices opening up during an earthquake ran from north to south, and when the earth began moving, they would chop down trees in an east- west direction and hold on using the tree as a bridge. There were âmissing peopleâ who were most likely swallowed up by the earth. Some earthquake fissures were as long as five miles. Earthquake PhenomenaSand Boils The worldâs largest sand boil was created by the New Madrid earthquake. It is 1.4 miles long and 136 acres in extent, located in the Bootheel of Missouri, about eight miles west of Hayti, Missouri. Locals call it âThe Beach.â Other, much smaller, sand boils are found throughout the area. Seismic Tar Balls Small pellets up to golf ball sized tar balls are found in sand boils and fissures. They are petroleum that has been solidified, or âpetroliferous nodules.â Earthquake Lights Lights flashed from the ground, caused by quartz crystals being squeezed. The phenomena is called âseismoluminescence.â Warm Water Water thrown up by an earthquake was lukewarm. It is speculated that the shaking caused the water to heat up and/or quartz light heated the water. Earthquake Smog The skies turned dark during the earthquakes, so dark that lighted lamps didnât help. The air smelled bad, and it was hard to breathe. It is speculated that it was smog containing dust particles caused by the eruption of warm water into cold air. Loud Thunder Sounds of distant thunder and loud explosions accompanied the earthquakes. Animal Warnings People reported strange behavior by animals before the earthquakes. They were nervous and excited. Domestic animals became wild, and wild animals became tame. Snakes came out of the ground from hibernation. Flocks of ducks and geese landed near people. Tecumsehâs Comet and the Battle of TippecanoeThe earthquakes were preceded by the appearance of a great comet, which was visible around the globe for seventeen months, and was at its brightest during the earthquakes. The comet, with an orbit of 3,065 years, was last seen during the time of Ramses II in Egypt. In 1811-1812, it was called âTecumsehâs Cometâ (or âNapoleonâs Cometâ in Europe). Tecumseh was a Shawnee Indian leader whose name meant âShooting Starâ or âHe who walks across the sky.â He was given this name at birth. A great orator and military leader, Tecumseh organized a confederation of Indian tribes to oppose the takeover of three million acres of Indian lands, which were obtained by the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809. His brother, a religious leader called âThe Prophet,â had gained fame when he foretold the total eclipse of the sun on June 16, 1806. (They had learned about it in advance from a team of visiting astronomers.) During this time, the Governor of Indiana Territory William Henry Harrison--worried about The Prophetâs popularity--had challenged him to produce a miracle. After the day of the âBlack Sunâ the brothers had no trouble attracting followers. A Black Sun was said to predict a future war. On September 17, 1811 there was another solar eclipseâwhich, again, was predicted by The Prophet. The brothersâ center of operations was at Prophetâs Town, located near the junction of the Wabash and Tippecanoe Rivers in northern Indiana. Tecumseh was traveling and recruiting warriors among the southeastern tribes, when Governor Harrison attacked Prophetâs Town with over a 1,000 men on November 6, 1811, a pre-emptive strike by the U. S., which marked the beginning of âTecumsehâs War.â On December 16, when the earthquakes began, Tecumseh was at the Shawnee and Delaware Indian villages near Cape Girardeau, 50 miles north of the epicenter at New Madrid. The earthquakes continued as he traveled back to Prophetâs Town, arriving there in February, 1812. Tecumsehâs followers lost the Battle of Tippecanoe, but they continued to fight as allies of the British during the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. Tecumseh was killed in battle in Canada in 1813. He is honored as one of the greatest of Indian leaders, both in the United States, and in Canada, where he is considered a national hero.The First Steamboat on the Western Waters Survived the Earthquakes The first steamboat travel on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers took place during the New Madrid earthquakes. The New Orleans set out from Pittsburgh on October 20, 1811, bound for New Orleans. Captain Nicholas Roosevelt had brought along his young wife, their two year old daughter, and a Labrador dog. Ten days after leaving Pittsburgh, his wife Lydia gave birth to a son in Louisville, Kentucky. They waited a while for her to recover, and for the water to rise prior to crossing the dangerous waters and coral reef at the Falls of the Ohio. On the night before the day of the earthquake, December 16, the steamboat was anchored near Owensboro, Kentucky, about 200 miles east of New Madrid, Missouri. Their dog, Tiger, insisted on staying in the cabin with them instead of sleeping on the deck. Without realizing it, they were heading straight towards the epicenter of the greatest earthquake in American history. Their steamboat, intended to be an advertisement for steam travel, was thought instead to be the cause of the earthquake by many who saw it. At Henderson, Kentucky, where no chimneys were left standing, they stopped to visit their friends, the painter John James Audubon and his wife Lucy. Floating in the middle of the Ohio River they were protected from the earthquake tremors shaking the land, but not from the hazards of falling trees, disappearing islands, and collapsing river banks. After entering Indian Territory on December 18th, they were chased by Indians who figured the âfire canoeâ had caused the earthquake, but they managed to escape capture by outrunning them. They even had a small cabin fire that night which they managed to put out. Thousands of trees were floating on the waters of the Mississippi as they approached New Madrid on December 19th, three days after the earthquake. They found that the town of New Madrid had been destroyed. They didnât dare to stop and pick up a few survivors, for fear of being overrun, and they were without supplies. Most alarming was the fact that they had not seen a boat ascending the river in three days. They saw wrecked and abandoned boats. It was undoubtedly a miracle that they survived and kept on going. They tied up at one island, and the island sank during the night. Their dog, Tiger, alerted them to oncoming tremors. On December 22, they encountered the British naturalist John Bradbury on a boat at the mouth of the St. Francis River, who told them the town of Big Prairie was gone. They arrived at Natchez, Mississippi on December 30 and celebrated the first marriage aboard a steamboat on December 31st, when the steamboat engineer married Lydiaâs maid. They arrived at New Orleans on January 10, 1812, safe and sound, after traveling 1,900 miles from Pittsburgh on the first steamboat to travel the western waters.City of New Madrid | 560 Mott St. | P.O. Box 96 | New Madrid, MO 63869 | Ph: 573-748-2866 | Fx: 573-748-540259Â°F Three of the earthquakes are on the list of America’s top earthquakes: the first one on December 16, 1811, a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter scale; the second on January 23, 1812, at 7.8; and the third on February 7, 1812, at as much as 8.8 magnitude.hurch bells rang in Boston. From December 16, 1811 through March of 1812 there were over 2,000 earthquakes in the central Midwest, and between 6,000-10,000 earthquakes in the Bootheel of Missouri where New Madrid is located near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
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Guatemala Guatemala is located in Central America. It has an area of 108,890 square kilometers (42,043 square miles), slightly smaller than the state of Tennessee. Because of its consistently temperate climate, Guatemala has been called the Land of Eternal Spring..
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Earthquake Shakes Guatemala City Earthquake Shakes Guatemala City. GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 27 (Reuters) - An earthquake shook the capital of Guatemala on Friday, a Reuters witness said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage.
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- The biggest earthquake ever recorded was the one in Valdivia- Chile (1960), which measured 9.5. In fact, there were two earthquakes: the first one was 7.0 and a second 9,5. After that a tsunami occurs and the Puyehue volcano made eruption.
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Nepal earthquake: Dozens die in new tremor near Everest It had a magnitude of 7.3, compared with the 7.8 of the 25 April quake. The latest quake struck at 12:35 Nepali time (06:50 GMT) and was centred about 76km (47 miles) east of Kathmandu, in a rural area close to the Chinese border. The quake was felt in northern India, Tibet and Bangladesh.
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Tourism to Guatemala's famous Pacaya volcano cancelled due to powerful eruption The Pacaya volcano, just 24 miles from the tourist town of Antigua and near the capital Guatemala City, erupted early on Sunday, sending an ash plume high into the sky. Flights to the area have been cancelled and an amber alert has been issued, warning the 3,000 people who live nearby to be ready for evacuation.
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42 killed, over 1000 injured in Nepal earthquake; toll in India rises to 17 3:05 pm: Four people have been confirmed killed in Bihar after the latest earthquake triggered tremors in India. The casualties have been reported in Patna, Darbhanga, Samastipur and Siwan. 2: 53 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a high-level meeting with officials to take stock of the situation.
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- A massive magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010 with an epicenter about 25 km (15 mi) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Estimates are that over 300,000 people were killed and some 1.5 million left homeless. The earthquake was assessed as the worst in this region over the last 200 years.
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Are there earthquakes in Panama? Yes, we just had an earthquake this morning in Chiriqui Province, Panama. At 1:35 AM the whole house shook as a 6.8 earthquake lasted for at least half a minute. The last big one like this was a couple of months ago. Although that one was not as big, it did more damage to the house, leaving cracks in the walls.
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Then and now: 5 years after devastating quake, Haiti continues to rebuild In the five years since a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, killing somewhere between 230,000 and 316,000 people and destroying much of the country's infrastructure, the country has faced a long, uphill road to recovery.
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Alaska hit by 6.2 earthquake A magnitude-6.2 earthquake shook parts of southern Alaska on Thursday morning, but its depth suggested the impact on the small towns nearby could be modest. The deep quake, which hit at 9:51 a.m. AT (1:51 p.m. ET) and shook for 10 seconds, was centered in the Cook Inlet region, 60 miles west northwest of Willow and 81 miles northwest of Anchorage, the Alaska Earthquake Information Center reported. It was felt in Fairbanks, about 235 miles away, and as far south as Kodiak, Valdez and Seward, more than 300 miles away.