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PICK OF THE WEEK: Largest Flare in Two Years

April 30, 2010 on 11:22 pm | In Solar Activity | Comments Off STEREO (Behind) was in position to observe an M-class (moderate) solar flare (Jan. 17, 2010), the largest one detected for more than two years. It was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection...

4.31 – 83.3 miles WSW of Seldovia

April 30, 2010 on 9:31 pm | In Earthquakes | Comments Off

Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 01:12:43 UTC
Lat/Lon: 58.947/-153.859
Depth: 102.175

Long Valley Volcanic Center Weekly Update issued Apr 30, 2010 17:53 PDT Volcano Alert Level NORMAL – Aviation Color Code GREEN

April 30, 2010 on 9:08 pm | In Volcanoes | Comments Off Ten earthquakes between magnitude M=1.0 and M=2.1 occurred in the Long Valley region since the last update on April 23, 2010. Two of these occurred under Mammoth Mountain and three were located inside Long Valley caldera (south moat). The others were located to the south of the caldera in the Sierra Nevada (three) and Round Valley (one). Several earthquakes below magnitude 1.0 were also detected. This level of activity is considered normal for the area.

6 – BERING SEA

April 30, 2010 on 9:04 pm | In Earthquakes | Comments Off

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:16:29 UTC
Lat/Lon: 60.5237/-177.728
Depth: 15.7

Louisiana fishermen losing patience over spill

April 30, 2010 on 8:49 pm | In Climate Change | Comments Off

Reuters - Louisiana fishermen, who say they face ruin because of the huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill, were fast losing patience on Friday with what they say is the slow pace of efforts to contain the slick.

2 Air Force planes to help with oil spill

April 30, 2010 on 8:33 pm | In Climate Change | Comments Off

AP - Two Air Force planes will spray chemicals to help break up the Gulf Coast oil spill, Pentagon officials said Friday as they considered what more the military could do to assist.

Congressmen call hearing on Gulf oil spill

April 30, 2010 on 8:31 pm | In Climate Change | Comments Off AP - Two congressmen will hold hearings to investigate how well companies have responded to a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf Oil Spill Fight Turns to Chemicals

April 30, 2010 on 7:51 pm | In Environment | Comments Off Responders are deploying huge amounts of oil dispersant to limit onshore damage from the Gulf of Mexico, but the chemicals don’t make oil disappear.



Gulf of Mexico - Oil spill - Energy - Environment - Petroleum in the Environment

6.3 – BERING SEA

April 30, 2010 on 7:37 pm | In Earthquakes | Comments Off

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:11:44 UTC
Lat/Lon: 60.6438/-177.902
Depth: 15.1

Tsunami Information Bulletin

April 30, 2010 on 7:20 pm | In Tsunami | Comments Off

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2321Z 30 APR 2010

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 ORIGIN TIME -  2312Z 30 APR 2010
 COORDINATES -  60.4 NORTH  177.7 WEST
 DEPTH       -   20 KM
 LOCATION    -  BERING SEA
 MAGNITUDE   -  6.6

EVALUATION

 THIS EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC. NO TSUNAMI THREAT
 EXISTS TO COASTLINES IN THE PACIFIC.

 HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
 TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
 A FEW HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
 IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
 POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

 THIS CENTER MONITORS ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF SEA LEVEL GAUGES
 OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC SO IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO QUICKLY DETECT OR
 MEASURE A TSUNAMI IF ONE WAS GENERATED. AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
 THE DANGER HAS PASSED IF NO TSUNAMI WAVES ARE OBSERVED NEAR THE
 EPICENTER WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE EARTHQUAKE.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.