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الخميس، 13 أكتوبر 2011

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Strong earthquake hits off the coast of Oregon, no damage
UPDATE 1 — 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolts Bali, injures 46
UPDATE 1 — 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolts Bali, injures 46
Strong earthquake strikes off Bali, Indonesia
Tropical depression kills at least 16 in Guatemala

Strong earthquake hits off the coast of Oregon, no damage

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 10:38 PM PDT

COOS BAY, OREGON (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Oregon on early Wednesday evening, seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties and no tsunami warning was issued.

The 5.9-magnitude earthquake at 8.13 p.m. local time (0413 GMT Thursday) was centered about 144 miles (233 kilometers) west of Coos Bay, a city located in Coos County on the Pacific coast. It struck about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The USGS said it did not expect to see damage or casualties due to the earthquake's distance from the coast, and there were no immediate reports of tremors being felt anywhere along the coast.

Wednesday's earthquake was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit off the coast of Oregon in recent years, but no tsunami warning was issued by the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center (WCATWC).

UPDATE 1 — 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolts Bali, injures 46

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 10:14 PM PDT

BALI, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Bali on late Thursday morning, seismologists said, collapsing a number of buildings and injuring dozens of people. There were no immediate reports of fatalities.

The 6.8-magnitude earthquake at 11.16 a.m. local time (0316 GMT) was centered about 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Denpasar, the capital city of Bali. It struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to Indonesia's seismological agency (BMKG).

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), which measured the strength of the earthquake at 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale, estimated that some 641,000 people in the region may have felt moderate shaking. Another 4.6 million people may have felt light shaking.

Eyewitnesses said panicked residents and tourists fled the buildings they were in when the earthquake struck the region. A number of buildings were damaged and some collapsed, police said, injuring at least 46 people. There were no immediate reports of fatalities.

Neither BMKG nor the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning, although some people fled to higher ground or inland as a precaution. "[The earthquake has] no tsunami potential," a brief text message from BMKG said, giving no other details. Earthquakes below magnitude 7 do usually not generate tsunamis.

Indonesia is on the so-called 'Pacific Ring of Fire', an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent and large earthquakes. Volcanic eruptions also occur frequently in the region.

On December 26, 2004, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. The 9.1-magnitude earthquake unleashed a deadly tsunami, striking scores of countries in the region. In all, at least 227,898 people were killed.

Most recently, on October 25, 2010, a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck just off the Mentawai Islands off the western coast of Sumatra. As a result, a wall of water killed at least 435 people on the islands and impacted more than 20 villages.

UPDATE 1 — 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolts Bali, injures 46

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 10:14 PM PDT

Strong earthquake strikes off Bali, Indonesia

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:29 PM PDT

BALI, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Bali on late Thursday morning, seismologists said, but no tsunami warnings were issued.

The 6.8-magnitude earthquake at 10.16 a.m. local time was centered about 143 kilometers (88 miles) southwest of Nusa Dua, a resort in southeastern Bali. It struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to Indonesia's seismological agency (BMKG).

BMKG said there was no threat of a tsunami.

Tropical depression kills at least 16 in Guatemala

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 06:33 PM PDT

GUATEMALA CITY (BNO NEWS) -- At least sixteen people were killed on Wednesday when torrential rains from a tropical depression hit several regions of Guatemala, officials said. The death toll is expected to rise.

Tropical Depression 12-E formed near the Mexico-Guatemala border on early Wednesday morning, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) southeast of Salina Cruz in Mexico, triggering Guatemala's National Disaster Reduction Coordination Center to activate a nationwide red alert.

The heavy rainfall began on Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday, causing landslides, overflowing rivers, and accidents. The depression is expected to weaken and dissipate on Wednesday evening, forecasters said, but the harsh weather is expected to continue into Thursday.

Among the 16 confirmed deaths in Guatemala, four were electrocuted and one was buried in the municipality of Almolonga in the Quetzaltenango department. Several others died after their homes collapsed, while rescue workers recovered a couple of bodies from a river in Chiquimulilla, a municipality in the Santa Rosa department.

The most affected regions include Quetzaltenango, Santa Rosa, Jutiapa, and Totonicapan, as well as other scattered areas in the country. More than 130,000 people in Guatemala have been affected by the severe weather, but there were no immediate reports of casualties from Mexico.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, who offered his condolences, has called on residents around the country to be extra careful.

Twelve-E is the twelfth storm of the 2011 Eastern Pacific hurricane season, following Hurricane Irwin which remains active as a tropical storm about 415 miles (670 kilometers) south of the southern tip of Baja California in Mexico.

According to figures released in May, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is expecting a below normal hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific this year. The outlook calls for 9 to 15 named storms, with five to eight becoming hurricanes and one to three expected to become a major hurricane (category 3 or higher).

An average Eastern Pacific hurricane season produces 15 to 16 named storms, with eight to nine becoming hurricanes and four becoming major hurricanes. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 through November 30, with peak activity from July through September.

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