Earth changes - 25 january, 2013

Italy: Earthquake hits near Bologna

An earthquake has shaken parts of northern Italy, forcing some residents onto the streets

BBC,

25 January, 2013

The magnitude-4.8 quake struck at a depth of 15.5km (9.6 miles) 35km north of the city of Lucca, officials said.

The tremor was felt as far away as Milan and Florence, Italian media say. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Italy is prone to earthquakes. In 2009 almost 300 people died in a quake in L'Aquila in the central Abruzzo region.

Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) said the quake struck at 15:48 (14:48 GMT), with its epicentre in Garfagnana.

Several aftershocks of lower magnitude were felt across a large area.

Phone lines were down and power supplies were cut in the Garfagnana area, Italian news agency Ansa reports. As a precaution, schools were said to have been evacuated in the immediate vicinity and were to be checked for any damage.

In Milan, top floors of tall office blocks shook and the quake was also felt in the cities of Bologna and Modena.

In Lucca, people poured out into the streets, Ansa said.

Last May, two earthquakes in the same area left more than 20 people dead. The strongest tremor was magnitude-6 and caused significant damage.

Alessandro Amato of the INGV said the latest tremor "came out of nowhere", and described it as a classic earthquake for the area - "medium-strong" and "fairly shallow".

'Scientists blamed'

Italy is still trying to recover from the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in L'Aquila.

Earthquake damage in Onna, near L'Aquila, Italy - 7 April 2009 The earthquake devastated the city of L'Aquila and many surrounding villages

Six scientists and an ex-official were convicted of multiple manslaughter in October 2012 for giving a falsely reassuring statement.

The group, all members of the National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Serious Risks, were accused of having provided "inaccurate, incomplete and contradictory" information about the danger of the tremors felt ahead of the 6 April 2009 quake.

At a meeting a few days before the deadly quake, they had told officials in L'Aquila that, while a major earthquake was not impossible, it was not likely.

On the night of the quake, many people are said to have remained in their homes and died because of the advice, while others who had decided to remain outside in the street survived.

Earthquakes in the world on January 25, 2013 (M4.5 or more) – Moderate earthquakes in Iran and Italy

http://earthquake-report.com/2013/01/24/earthquakes-in-the-world-on-january-25-2013-m4-5-or-more/

Moderate earthquake in northern Italy

A moderate and probable shallow M 5,0 earthquake hit northern Italy. The epicente lays in southern Emilia-Romagna. People reporting the shaking of the earthquake as far as Milan.(170 km) Due to the probable shalow depth we expect at least minor damage in the epicenter region.

Emilia-Romagna was hit by a similar earthquake nearly 1 year ago, which damaged some houses and churches. In May, two devasting quakes killed 24 people in the northern part of this region.

Update: EMSC now gives M 4,8 for this quake. USGS still says M 5,0 and a depth of only 4,8 km.

Update 15.15 UTC: EMSC has now M 5,0 again. People near Torino and Lake Gara also felt this earthquake. Close to te epicenter, some people are reporting MMI 6 via EMSC. We are waiting for INGV ShakeMap but their homepage is currently not reachable due to the high number of visitors.

Moderate but shallow earthquake in western Iran

A moderate, but very shallow earthquake hit western Iran. There are different information about the magnitude. USGS says M 5,1 while Iranian Seismological Center says M 4,7 in a depth of only 7 kilometer.

First reports from the epicenter area say that it was strongly felt around Boldaji town. People ran out of their houses. Rescue teams were sent to this area. They are mentioning some damage in Boldaji and nearby villages like broken windows and cracked walls and houses. So far there are no information about any collapsed houses or injuries, but there are still some vilages where we don’t have any information about.

Update 18.17 UTC: New reports from Iran mentioning that one person in the village Nasir Abad was injured. This person got cuts by broken windows. These are only superficial wounds, so that there is no risk of death.

Update 19.03 UTC: Red Crencent built an emegency shelter for 220 families in Boldaji, whose houses were damaged by the quake. These shelter was built in an undamaged part of the town, where are no problems with infrastructure.

Boldaji(which was also hit by a similar quake two weeks earlier) is currently the 5th region in Iran, where the Red Crencent is working for earthquake victims.

SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
ER	I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake	Jan 25 23:59 PM	4.6	0.1	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Jujuy, Argentina	Jan 25 19:53 PM	4.9	42.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Jujuy, Argentina	Jan 25 19:53 PM	4.9	43.6	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Salta Province, Argentina	Jan 25 19:53 PM	4.7	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Kuril Islands	Jan 25 19:43 PM	4.8	90.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Kuril Islands	Jan 25 19:43 PM	5.0	72.5	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Kuril Islands	Jan 25 19:43 PM	4.9	100.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Southeast Of Shikoku, Japan	Jan 25 17:46 PM	4.8	2.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Southeast Of Shikoku, Japan	Jan 25 17:46 PM	4.8	9.7	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Northern Italy	Jan 25 14:48 PM	4.9	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Northern Italy	Jan 25 14:48 PM	5.0	4.8	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Northern Italy	Jan 25 14:48 PM	4.9	15.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Western Iran	Jan 25 12:11 PM	5.1	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Western Iran	Jan 25 12:11 PM	5.0	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Northern And Central Iran	Jan 25 12:11 PM	5.0	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	South Sandwich Islands Region	Jan 25 05:28 AM	4.9	129.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	South Sandwich Islands Region	Jan 25 05:28 AM	4.7	124.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	South Sandwich Islands Region	Jan 25 05:28 AM	4.7	114.4	MAP	I Felt It

Earthquakes occurred yesterday (UTC time), but today local time

Sakhalin, Russia

Jan 24 14:15 PM

M 4.9

Depth 9.0 km

Shallow 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattles East Texas

January 25, 2013 – TEXAS – The U.S. Geology Survey confirms a 4.1 magnitude earthquake hit East Texas around 1:01 a.m. The earthquake struck at a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles). Friday morning with an epicenter 2 miles from Timpson, Texas. KSLA News 12 phone lines started ringing after numerous people felt the ‘quake from Shelby County all the way to Bossier City. It woke me up out of a dead sleep,” said Amanda Jones who lives on Highway 7 E between Center and Joaquin. Jones tells us it felt stronger than the last earthquake that hit East Texas last summer. Jones says she is unsure about damage but will wait until the sun comes up to check. Jamie Ward in Center, TX tells us her house shook for at least 20 seconds. A man from Carthage, TX who was working the night shift at a gas plant says “it felt like it was coming from the bottom of my feet up.” He described what he felt “like the wind was shaking the travel trailer.” He tells us he looked for damage but didn’t see any. A woman who lives on W. 70th in Shreveport tells us she was laying in bed when “stuff started shaking.” Bossier City resident Sarah Rains, who lives off of Sligo Rd., says she and her roommate felt their trailer shake and thought it might have just been heavy winds. Katy Cash of Keatchie says she felt her house shake but thought she was just imagining it when her chandelier over the dining table started swaying. Katy tells us her mom in Florien, Louisiana also felt it. –KSLA 

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/shallow-4-1-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-east-texas/

Earthquake swarm reported near Nevada’s Topaz Lake

January 25, 2013 – TOPAZ LAKE, NV - Sixteen small quakes hit an area near Topaz Lake early Thursday, but there have been no reports of damage or injury. The quakes hit an area southwest of the lake between midnight and 5AM. They ranged from 1.1 to 3.7 in magnitude, and were between three and nine kilometers deep. Another handful of small quakes hit several hours later, in the afternoon and evening. The remote area is about 45 miles southeast of Gardnerville. Another small swarm hit an area about 20 miles west northwest of Donner Lake between 5:45AM and 6:15AM Thursday. They ranged between 0.5 and 2.1 in magnitude, with no reports of damage or injury. –KOLOTV

Oregon quake cluster: A small cluster of modest earthquakes has been recorded off the central Oregon coast with the largest a magnitude 3.4. A handful of people reported feeling the 3.4 quake that hit shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. The quakes had an average depth of about 35 km (22 miles). Geophysicist Randy Baldwin of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo., says small quakes in that area would not be expected to cause any damage on land. The quakes were centered about 30 miles west of Waldport. Others included a magnitude 3.0 and a 2.6. Baldwin says such quakes are fairly common. 

–Oregon Live

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/earthquake-swarm-reported-near-nevadas-topaz-lake/

NZ: White Island eruption increasingly likely

A White Island eruption looks increasingly likely, with increased signs of volcanic activity and nearly continuous tremors.

TV3,

25 January, 2013

The aviation warning for the island, that lies 50km of the coast of the Bay of Plenty, has been upgraded to orange, the second-highest alert level.

It means the volcano is experiencing heightened unrest and the likelihood of an eruption has increased.

Yesterday GNS Science volcanologist Gill Jolly said the level of volcanic tremor had decreased but that there had been an increase in hybrid earthquakes, which were typically associated with the movement of magma within an active volcano.

Scientists will be flying over the volcano today to see if they can determine if a large eruption is imminent, but they've already said one could occur with little or no warning.

Hazards to visitors included volcanic gas exposure, including respiratory issues, as well as skin and eye sensitivity to acid gases.