Earth changes - 8 January 2013

5.7 magnitude earthquake in Aegean Sea rattles cities in Turkey and Greece

ABC,

8 January, 2013

An earthquake centered beneath the Aegean Sea shook cities and islands in Turkey and Greece on Tuesday, causing panic in some areas but no injuries or damage, officials said.

The Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory said the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, occurred at 4:16 p.m. (1416 GMT) off the coast from Turkey's northwestern Canakkale province.

The earthquake was felt in the Turkish cities of Istanbul and Izmir, and their environs, officials said.

"It was one of the strongest earthquakes we have experienced," Mustafa Mutay, the mayor of the Turkish island of Bozcaada off Canakkale, told the state-run Anadolu Agency. "There was some panic during the quake, but things have returned to normal and there is no damage."

The Athens Geodynamic Institute in Greece put the magnitude at 5.8 and said the temblor occurred between the Greek islands of Lemnos and Lesvos, near the Turkish coast. The quake was mildly felt in Athens.

The U.S. Geological Survey gave a preliminary magnitude of 5.7.

Earthquakes are common in Turkey and Greece, both of which lie atop active fault lines.

Los Angeles Earthquake Today 2013 Impacts Malibu

LALate News,

8 January, 2013

A Los Angeles earthquake today 2013 has impacted Malibu. The Los Angeles earthquake today January 8, 2013 struck Southern California in the predawn morning hours. But unlike recent Malibu quakes, this one was centered on land with virtually no depth.

Officials tell news that at 2:13 am PST today a light earthquake struck Malibu. The quake, however, had no depth. USGS indicates to news that the quake erupted on land. As a result the quake impacted communities in the surrounding areas.

USGS reports that that quake began only seven miles west of Malibu. The quake was the same distance from Westlake Village and only nine miles from Thousand Oaks. Officials tell news that the quake was also thirty-seven miles west of downtown LA.

In related news, a 3.0 magnitude quake struck Northern California today as well. Thirty minutes after the Malibu quake, a Redway quake erupted with a depth sixteen miles below the earth’s surface. Officials report that the quake was fourteen miles west of Redway, seventeen miles from Rio Dell. The quake began thirty-six miles southeast of Eureka, officials tell news, and one hundred seventy-eight miles northwest of Sacramento.

Also overnight, a 2.9 magnitude quake struck section of Washington state. The quake was nineteen miles west of Omak and sixty-six miles south of Penticton, Canada.

(Major) Earthquakes list January 8, 2013 – Strong aftershock along the 

Canada / Alaska coast

SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
ER	I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake	Jan 08 23:59 PM	4.6	0.1	MAP	I Felt It
GEONET	Te Araroa	Jan 08 21:27 PM	5.5	33.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	South Of Kermadec Islands	Jan 08 21:27 PM	5.5	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	South Of Kermadec Islands	Jan 08 21:26 PM	5.4	30.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Solomon Islands	Jan 08 20:15 PM	5.2	87.4	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Solomon Islands	Jan 08 20:14 PM	5.1	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Solomon Islands	Jan 08 20:14 PM	5.2	100.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Southern Mid Atlantic Ridge	Jan 08 19:04 PM	4.8	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Southern Mid-atlantic Ridge	Jan 08 19:04 PM	5.1	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Southern Mid-atlantic Ridge	Jan 08 19:04 PM	5.0	9.8	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands	Jan 08 18:55 PM	5.0	60.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska	Jan 08 18:55 PM	5.0	52.7	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska	Jan 08 18:55 PM	4.7	18.4	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands	Jan 08 18:55 PM	5.1	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Off The Coast Of Southeastern Alaska	Jan 08 18:45 PM	5.5	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
WCATWC	105 Miles Nw Of Dixon Entrance Alaska	Jan 08 18:45 PM	5.5	9.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Aegean Sea	Jan 08 14:16 PM	5.7	10.3	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Aegean Sea	Jan 08 14:16 PM	5.8	13.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Aegean Sea	Jan 08 14:16 PM	5.8	11.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Sumba Region, Indonesia	Jan 08 11:26 AM	4.7	27.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Sumba Region, Indonesia	Jan 08 11:26 AM	4.7	27.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Kyrgyzstan	Jan 08 10:47 AM	4.7	15.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Tajikistan	Jan 08 10:47 AM	4.7	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Kyrgyzstan	Jan 08 10:47 AM	4.7	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	New Guinea, Papua New Guinea	Jan 08 08:29 AM	4.7	118.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	New Guinea, Papua New Guinea	Jan 08 08:29 AM	4.6	124.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	New Guinea, Papua New Guinea	Jan 08 08:29 AM	4.7	119.2	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Jan 08 07:51 AM	5.5	36.0	MAP	I Felt It
USGS	Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Jan 08 07:51 AM	5.4	38.6	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	Jan 08 07:51 AM	5.5	43.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Central Turkey	Jan 08 06:05 AM	4.6	14.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Sulawesi, Indonesia	Jan 08 03:21 AM	4.6	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Sulawesi, Indonesia	Jan 08 03:21 AM	4.6	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
EMSC	Babuyan Isl Region, Philippines	Jan 08 02:51 AM	4.7	10.0	MAP	I Felt It
GEOFON	Philippine Islands Region	Jan 08 02:51 AM	4.7	41.0	MAP	I Felt It

Mexico’s Colima volcano rocked by violent eruption

Extinction Protocol,
8 January, 2013



Yesterday afternoon, the day of Epiphany, a violent explosion of Volcán de Fuego de Colima Mexico has affected causing a high alert in the Mexican civil protection system with the immediate evacuation of about 3,000 tourists inside the National Park Nevado de Colima. In locations around the volcano, there has been an intense rain of ashes, and from the summit of the mountain has run raised a cloud of lava and eruptive material over 2 km high. At the time there were no damages nor was required the evacuation of the countries closest to the volcano, from which we have only been able to enjoy the unique spectacle of nature, but in the next few days is not impossible that the eruption could intensify , although at the moment it is quiet. As a precaution, the National Park is closed to visitors indefinitely. –