Earth Watch – Sunday March 4th, 2012

March 4, 2012 by desertrose 

Earthquakes

SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
USGS	Offshore Maule, Chile	Mar 03 23:43 PM	5.0	24.1	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Off Coast Of Central Chile	Mar 03 23:43 PM	4.8	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Offshore Maule, Chile	Mar 03 23:43 PM	4.9	5.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Maule, Chile	Mar 03 22:45 PM	4.7	35.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Maule, Chile	Mar 03 22:45 PM	4.7	35.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Offshore Maule, Chile	Mar 03 22:12 PM	4.9	27.4	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Off Coast Of Central Chile	Mar 03 22:12 PM	4.9	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Offshore Maule, Chile	Mar 03 22:12 PM	4.9	14.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	West Of Bonin Islands	Mar 03 18:29 PM	5.3	33.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	West Of Bonin Islands	Mar 03 18:29 PM	5.3	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Southeast Of Loyalty Islands	Mar 03 18:22 PM	5.1	40.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Southeast Of Loyalty Islands	Mar 03 18:22 PM	5.0	26.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Southeast Of The Loyalty Islands	Mar 03 18:22 PM	5.2	10.8	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Eastern Honshu, Japan	Mar 03 17:48 PM	4.6	77.4	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Honshu, Japan	Mar 03 17:48 PM	4.6	80.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Mar 03 17:48 PM	4.6	43.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Southeast Of The Loyalty Islands	Mar 03 17:00 PM	4.8	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Southeast Of Loyalty Islands	Mar 03 17:00 PM	4.8	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Mar 03 13:26 PM	4.8	80.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Mar 03 13:26 PM	4.6	35.4	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Southeast Of Loyalty Islands	Mar 03 12:19 PM	6.6	29.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Southeast Of The Loyalty Islands	Mar 03 12:19 PM	6.9	31.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Southeast Of The Loyalty Islands	Mar 03 12:19 PM	6.6	15.2	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Southeast Of Loyalty Islands	Mar 03 12:19 PM	6.9	2.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Coquimbo, Chile	Mar 03 11:01 AM	5.5	53.1	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Near Coast Of Central Chile	Mar 03 11:01 AM	5.2	40.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Coquimbo, Chile	Mar 03 11:01 AM	5.5	50.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Molucca Sea	Mar 03 09:24 AM	4.8	94.1	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Talaud Islands, Indonesia	Mar 03 09:24 AM	4.8	76.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Molucca Sea	Mar 03 09:24 AM	4.8	80.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Leeward Islands	Mar 03 08:40 AM	5.0	135.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Dominica Region, Leeward Islands	Mar 03 08:40 AM	4.8	140.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Dominica Region, Leeward Islands	Mar 03 08:40 AM	4.8	142.8	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Mar 03 08:15 AM	4.8	32.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Off The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Mar 03 08:15 AM	4.8	14.4	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Mar 03 08:15 AM	4.8	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Hokkaido, Japan Region	Mar 03 06:06 AM	4.6	50.3	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Southeast Of Honshu, Japan	Mar 03 06:00 AM	4.6	356.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Mindanao, Philippines	Mar 03 04:48 AM	4.7	100.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Mindanao, Philippines	Mar 03 04:48 AM	4.7	81.3	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Mindanao, Philippines	Mar 03 04:48 AM	4.9	10.0	MAP	I Felt It

Data sources courtesy : USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET
Earthquakes occurred yesterday (UTC time), but today local time
M 5.1      2012/03/02 17:52     Depth 60.6 km      HALMAHERA, INDONESIA

• M 4.7 moderate earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines (@ 81 km depth) with epicenter located 44 km SE Purok. Weak shaking will have felt in Tandag, Caraga and Butuan region
  04:48 UTC (local time Saturday, March 03, 2012 at 12:48 PM @ epicenter)
• M 3.6 weak shallow earthquake in Southern Italy (@ 14 km depth) with epicenter located 4 km W Caposele. The populated area Salerno is 37 km far where weak shaking will have felt
  01:04 UTC (local time 02:04; 2012/03/03 @ epicenter)
• M 4.5 moderate earthquake in Southern Xinjiang, China (@ 50 km depth) with epicenter located 147 km NE of Kashi. Weak shaking will have felt in Kashi
  21:30 UTC (local time Saturday, March 03, 2012 at 05:30 AM @ epicenter)

Strong quake hits New Caledonia, no tsunami alert

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-03/strong-quake-hits-new-caledonia/3867128

Tornadoes

Tornadoes cut violent path across U.S. leaving trail of destruction and 32 dead

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203986604577259213579683978.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Snow

Heavy snow fall in Jerusalem for the first time in four years

3 centimeters of snow fell, with snowfall reported in Ramot, Givat Ze’ev and Har Gilo; Egged bus company halts all lines to the capital.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/heavy-snow-fall-in-jerusalem-for-the-first-time-in-four-years-1.416037

Mysterious Sounds

The Hum’ leaves village ears ringing

Despairing residents in a remote Kerry parish have told how their lives have been made a living hell by a mystery humming noise that is disrupting their sleep and causing chaos every day.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/the-hum-leaves-village-ears-ringing-185609.html