A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Russia’a Far East in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with strong tremors felt in the capital Kabul and in Islamabad in neighbouring Pakistan.
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A mild earthquake hit parts of Dalbandin and adjacent areas in Baluchistan of Pakistan in the early hours yesterday. The meteorological department said the epicentre of the quake, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, was in the northwest of Dalbandin.
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A powerful quake has shaken Iran near the border with Pakistan just a week after another tremor hit the country. The earthquake was strong enough to be felt all across the Gulf region and as far as India’s capital, New Delhi.
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AKA fracking is far more dangerous than the oil industry acknowledges. You just know that the authors of this study will be hunted down by big oil.
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Kamp was speaking at a packed meeting in the northern province, following unrest among locals caused by the publication of an economic affairs ministry report saying gas extraction may cause earthquakes of up to 5 on the Richter scale.
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The discussion about compensation has restarted following the publication of an economic affairs ministry report which says gas extraction may cause earthquakes of between 4 and 5 on the Richter scale, not up to 3.9 as earlier thought.
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“…The organization says on its website that its goal was “to assist the Haitian people in building their own country back better.” The group says it has “[d]irectly created or sustained 7,350 jobs and counting” and “[d]irectly trained 20,050 people and counting…..”
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A 7.7 Earthquake hit the coast of British Columbia on Saturday night, and there has since been as many as 40 aftershocks today. Including one that measured 6.4 in magnitude. The quake sent many residents on the coast, fleeing for higher ground due to tsunami warnings.
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Fellow scientists say they are horrified by the manslaughter verdict. Charlotte Krawczyk, President of the Seismology Division at the European Geosciences Union complained: “It’s not just seismology which has been put on trial but all science.”
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