without the grand plan and without
overcoming all possible objections.**
Margaret Lulic
LARGEST QUAKES -
Live Seismograms - Worldwide (update every 30 minutes)
This morning -
None 5.0 or higher.
Yesterday -
3/20/13 -
5.4 REYKJANES RIDGE
5.2 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
Japan - A rat may have caused this week's electrical outage at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
VOLCANOES -
Volcano Webcams
Russia - KVERT has reduced the level of alert at Kliuchevskoi volcano from “yellow” to “green” since surface activity seems to have ended at the summit of the volcano. Volcanic tremor, while still relatively strong, continues to slowly diminish in amplitude.
Hawaii was created by underwater volcanoes that gradually built upwards during eruptions until they popped out above the ocean. The next island to form is waiting 3,000 feet underwater as a seamount named Loihi.
TROPICAL STORMS -
No current tropical storms.
Potential cyclone spotted off Mindanao, Philippines - A potential cyclone was spotted off Mindanao on Wednesday. A low pressure area (LPA) was located 1,150 kilometers east of Mindanao as of 2 a.m.
Madagascar's hungry are eating grasshoppers after the deadly cyclone.
STRANGE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR -
Weekend wave of prawn deaths baffles Chile city of Coronel - Thousands of dead prawns have washed up on a beach in Chile, sparking an investigation. Hundreds of dead crabs were also washed ashore in Coronel city, about 530km (330 miles) from the capital, Santiago.
Fishermen suggested the deaths may have been caused by local power stations that use seawater as a cooling agent. The power firms have not commented. Experts are looking into water temperature and oxygen levels and other details to explain the deaths. "I'm 69 years old and started fishing when I was nine, but as a fisherman, I never saw a disaster of this magnitude." While some blame pollution, others say the death of the crustaceans could be a consequence of the El Nino phenomenon, which warms the waters of the Pacific. A spokeswoman for the fishermen said she feared the deaths would affect the livelihood of their community. "The way everything is being destroyed here, come the high season in November, we're already thinking we won't have anything to take from the sea." (photos)
HEALTH THREATS -
RECALLS & ALERTS
