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LARGEST QUAKES -
Live Seismograms - Worldwide (update every 30 minutes)
This morning -
6.0 SOUTHERN PERU
Yesterday -
7/16/13 -
5.3 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
5.1 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
5.7 SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS
5.3 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
5.3 TAIWAN
5.9 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, P.N.G.
Taiwan - A 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook the buildings of Taiwan's capital Taipei on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
7.3-magnitude quake off Antarctica, no injuries. The powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Antarctica on Monday, generating large waves but causing no injuries.
VOLCANOES -
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Japan - Researchers say Japan's highest peak, the 3,776-metre volcano Mount Fuji, an inactive volcano, may violently erupt if its inside is cracked by a major earthquake.
Scientists investigate the screaming volcano - As Alaska's Redoubt volcano grew closer and closer to erupting in 2009, the earth seemed to start screaming. Scientists were intrigued - this was UNUSUAL, even for the myriad noises typical of a volcanic eruption.
TSUNAMI -
Massive Portuguese earthquake could send a three-metre high tsunami towards British coast. A massive earthquake off Portugal could trigger a tsunami which would wipe out the Isles of Scilly and lay waste to the Cornish coast, scientists said Tuesday.
An earthquake off Portugal could trigger disastrous levels of flooding along the coast of the UK, scientists have said. Swathes of Britain could be left totally underwater by a tsunami in the Atlantic Ocean. The Isles of Scilly and parts of Cornwall would be worst hit if there were a repeat of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. The 1755 Lisbon earthquake almost totally destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas and had a magnitude in the range of 8.5 on the Richter scale.
Experts believe that a quake similar to the devastating one 250 years ago would send a 10ft wall of water towards the UK. The tsunami would crash over the tip of Cornwall within a few hours – leaving much of the coast underwater and wiping the tiny Scilly Isles off the map. The prospect of the natural disaster was raised at a meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Local Resilience Forum, which includes police, town planners and emergency services. Members of the LRF told the meeting they fear Britain could suffer its own version of the 2004 Indonesia Tsunami. They want an early warning system to alert bathers and people living on the coast, similar to technology used across Asia and America.
Work has also already been done to predict the catastrophic impact should a massive slab of rock twice the volume of the Isle of Man break away from the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, and smash into the Atlantic Ocean. The resulting tsunami, faster than a jet aircraft, would devastate the eastern seaboard of America and inundate much of southern Britain.
TROPICAL STORMS -
In the Western Pacific -
Tropical depression Eight was located approximately 423 nm southward of Taipei, Taiwan. (maps)
Taiwan issues sea warning for Tropical Storm Cimaron - The Central Weather Bureau issued a sea warning for Tropical Storm Cimaron on Wednesday, warning boats operating on the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines to be on alert.
SEVERE RAIN STORMS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES -
Severe weather season is full swing in Saskatchewan, Canada - Saskatchewan's severe weather season is in full swing, after southeast parts of the province were pelted by massive hailstones this past weekend and tornado watches were in effect for a number of urban centres on Monday.
Heat grips large parts of Canada - extremely hot, humid conditions. Extreme weather conditions in many parts of the country on Monday prompted heat warnings from Environment Canada for parts of southwestern Quebec and tornado warnings for southern Saskatchewan.
EXTREME HEAT & DROUGHT / WILDFIRES / CLIMATE CHANGE -
California - Wildfire Destroys 6 Homes, Threatens Others. A fast-growing wildfire in the mountains west of Palm Springs destroyed three houses and three mobile homes, and was threatening dozens more residences, officials said Tuesday.
Drought Pushes Dairy, Beef Prices Up - Hot, dry conditions continue to persist west of the Mississippi River, with at least 15 states experiencing drought. For example, 93 percent of rangeland and pastures are rated poor or very poor in New Mexico and 59 percent in Colorado. Drought conditions across the West have impacted rangelands, leaving little water and forage for animals and livestock.
HEALTH THREATS -
New analysis of the first H7N9 case has worrisome findings on antibiotic resistance.
Reported U.S. Midwest Cyclospora outbreak infections now number 134, and Texas has seen 15 cases.
