Earth events Wednesday

A flurry of earthquakes continues across the planet over the past 72 hours, showing few signs of abatement. Seismic tension continues to build across the Pacific Plate, the Cocos plate (Central America), and the Nazca plate, near South America. Tectonic plate agitation appears to be increasing, along with volcanic pressures under many of the world’s major volcanoes. -

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Planet reeling from a swarm of earthquakes over last 72 hours

Yahoo,

15 May, 2013

Scientists say small lava flows have been detected on two restless volcanoes in Alaska.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says satellite images Tuesday show the lava partly down a flank of Pavlof Volcano in a low-level eruption 625 miles southwest of Anchorage.

Geophysicist Dave Schneider says minor steam and ash emissions are visible from the community of Cold Bay 37 miles away.

Pavlof is the second Alaska volcano to erupt this month.

Cleveland Volcano, on an uninhabited island in the Aleutian Islands, experienced a low-level eruption in early May. The observatory says analysis of satellite imagery shows a lava flow partly down a flank of the volcano.

Ash plumes can be an aviation hazard, but no ash clouds have been detected from Cleveland Volcano in the past week.

Earthquakes in the world on May 15, 2013 (M4.5 or more)

ER	I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake	May 15 23:59 PM	4.6	0	MAP I Felt It
Sfonca - I am in Hilton Burlingame on 14th floor. Felt a good tremor n called the reception. They said they didn't feel it. It came again four times. Each lasted for 15 seconds or more Goochland, VA - A light rumbling sound and the house shook slightly.
EMSC	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	May 15 23:46 PM	4.9	33	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	May 15 23:46 PM	4.9	25	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	May 15 23:46 PM	5.3	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Near The North Coast Of New Guinea, Papua New	May 15 23:16 PM	5.2	68	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	New Guinea, Papua New Guinea	May 15 23:16 PM	5.2	80	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	New Guinea, Papua New Guinea	May 15 23:16 PM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Santa Cruz Islands	May 15 23:01 PM	4.8	7	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Santa Cruz Islands	May 15 23:01 PM	4.8	40	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Southern Iran	May 15 16:09 PM	4.7	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	South Of Java, Indonesia	May 15 14:24 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	South Of Java, Indonesia	May 15 14:24 PM	4.6	2	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	South Of Java, Indonesia	May 15 14:24 PM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Kuril Islands	May 15 13:51 PM	5.5	103	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Kuril Islands	May 15 13:51 PM	5.3	115	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Kuril Islands	May 15 13:51 PM	5.3	119	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Sichuan-gansu Border Reg, China	May 15 12:29 PM	4.9	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Sichuan, China	May 15 12:29 PM	5.0	16	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Sichuan-gansu Border Region, China	May 15 12:29 PM	4.7	16	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Near Coast Of Northern Chile	May 15 11:47 AM	4.7	71	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	New Ireland Region, P.n.g.	May 15 10:58 AM	4.9	75	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	New Ireland Region, P.n.g.	May 15 10:58 AM	5.0	65	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea	May 15 10:58 AM	5.0	67	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Western Xizang	May 15 10:54 AM	5.1	26	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Xizang	May 15 10:54 AM	5.0	9	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Xizang	May 15 10:54 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Nias Region, Indonesia	May 15 10:22 AM	4.8	41	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia	May 15 10:22 AM	4.8	25	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Nias Region, Indonesia	May 15 10:22 AM	4.8	30	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Nias Region, Indonesia	May 15 09:48 AM	4.6	34	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	May 15 09:35 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	May 15 09:35 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan	May 15 09:35 AM	4.6	8	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	South Of Fiji Islands	May 15 08:02 AM	4.9	178	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	South Of Fiji Islands	May 15 08:02 AM	5.2	194	MAP I Felt It
USGS	Kermadec Islands Region	May 15 08:02 AM	4.9	147	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Eastern Turkey	May 15 07:09 AM	4.6	16	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Southern Xinjiang, China	May 15 05:02 AM	4.8	2	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Southern Xinjiang, China	May 15 05:02 AM	4.9	14	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Southern Xinjiang, China	May 15 05:02 AM	4.6	14	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	New Britain Region, P.n.g.	May 15 03:36 AM	5.8	70	MAP I Felt It
Lihir Island - shaking in moving furniture 30-45 seconds Laoag - Some unbolted furniture came off Lhir Island PNG - Building and desk moving - like a wave
USGS	New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea	May 15 03:36 AM	5.7	69	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	New Britain Region, P.n.g.	May 15 03:35 AM	5.6	70	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	New Britain Region, P.n.g.	May 15 01:21 AM	4.9	42	MAP I Felt It
USGS	New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea	May 15 01:21 AM	4.9	41	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	New Britain Region, P.n.g.	May 15 01:21 AM	4.8	34	MAP I Felt It INFO

Data sources courtesy : USGS – EMSC – GFZ – GEONET (New Zealand only)

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

Flores Region, Indonesia

May 14 12:09 PM

M 4.7

Depth 198 km

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Earthquakes in the world on May 16, 2013 (M4.5 or more)

SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFORMATION
ER	I Felt A (not Listed) Strong Earthquake	May 16 23:59 PM	4.6	0	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Western Xizang	May 16 03:40 AM	5.0	159	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Xizang	May 16 03:39 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It
GEOFON	Xizang	May 16 03:34 AM	5.0	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Western Xizang	May 16 03:34 AM	4.8	10	MAP I Felt It
USGS	South Of Africa	May 16 03:18 AM	5.3	15	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	South Of Africa	May 16 03:18 AM	5.3	16	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Western Turkey	May 16 03:02 AM	4.9	41	MAP I Felt It
koycegiz - Shook the bed enough to wake me up (light sleeper)
GEOFON	Dodecanese Islands, Greece	May 16 03:02 AM	4.6	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
EMSC	Western Turkey	May 16 03:02 AM	4.7	5	MAP I Felt It
USGS	State Of Yap, Federated States Of Micronesia	May 16 02:21 AM	4.6	41	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	State Of Yap, Micronesia	May 16 02:21 AM	4.6	41	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia	May 16 01:11 AM	4.6	163	MAP I Felt It
EMSC	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia	May 16 01:11 AM	4.7	171	MAP I Felt It INFO
USGS	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia	May 16 01:11 AM	4.7	157	MAP I Felt It

Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano rumbles- unleashes 20,000 ft cloud of ash

Alaska Despatch,

15 May, 2013

Pavlof volcano and eruption plume on Aug. 30, 2007. Reports of possible eruptions from Pavlov date back to 1762, when historical accounts suggested an eruption in the area, though that activity may also have come from Pavlof Sister, another eruptive peak very close by.

Eruptions from Pavlof Volcano continued on Wednesday after rumbling to life earlier in the week. The 8,261-foot peak on the Alaska Peninsula awoke Monday morning, kicking off a "low-level eruption of lava," according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory [3] (AVO). Sitting about 30 miles northeast of the community of King Cove, Pavlof is a frequently-active volcano that last erupted in 2007.

The volcano's rumbling has strengthened this week. At about noon Tuesday, satellite images showed a lava flow had coursed a third of a mile down the northern side of the volcano. By late Tuesday, an ash plume extended 15,000 feet above sea level, moving downwind to the northeast for up to 100 miles before dispersing. The National Weather Service issued a "Significant Meterological Event" warning, called a SIGMET [4], to alert pilots of hazardous conditions in the area.

Pavlof continued to rumble Wednesday, with one pilot reporting a dark ash cloud reaching 20,000 feet.

The AVO writes [5]:

Residents of Cold Bay, located 37 miles southwest of the volcano, observed incandescent glow at the summit during the night. Pilot reports and photographs from yesterday afternoon indicate that the lava flow extending down the northwest flank is still active and has generated debris-laden flow deposits, presumably from interaction of hot lava with the snow and ice on the flank.

Reports of possible eruptions from Pavlov date back to 1762, when historical accounts suggested an eruption in the area, though that activity may also have come from Pavlof Sister, another eruptive peak very close by. The most recent eruption at Pavlof, in 2007, featured spitting lava and small ash clouds during a month-long stretch of heightened activity.

Unlike Mount Cleveland -- a remote volcano located on a small Aleutian island and the only other volcano exhibiting activity in the Last Frontier at the moment -- there is an extensive monitoring system set up at Pavlof due to its location and how often it's active, including a webcam set up at Cold Bay [6].

Meanwhile, Cleveland remains on orange alert following an ash explosion May 6. No further explosions have been recorded since then, but satellites still show elevated surface temperatures

Jammu &Kashmir earthquake

Woman dies of heart attack while fleeing

Zee News,

15 May, 2013

Bhaderwah (Doda): Fresh tremors on Wednesday shook Bhaderwah belt of Doda district where a panic-stricken elderly woman died of a heart attack while fleeing from her home.

61-year-old Naseema Begum suffered the cardiac arrest while running out of her house during tremors this morning in Soti village of the district, officials said.

She was taken to a hospital, where she was declared as brought dead, they said.

Three moderate intensity earthquakes and five after shocks shook Bhaderwah valley and adjoining areas in Doda-Kishtwar belt of Jammu and Kashmir triggering fresh panic among the people.

The moderate intensity tremors of 4.8, 5.3 and 5.0 on the Richter Scale shook Baderwah valley and adjoining areas of Doda-Kishtwar belt at 1.28 AM, 1.30 AM and 1.33 AM today, MeT officials said.

The tremors were followed by aftershocks at 2 AM, 2.12 AM, 2.33 AM, 4.41 AM and 7.30 AM.

A total of 33 tremors have been recorded in the Bhaderwah-Doda-Kishtwar belt during the past fortnight with maximum 11 on May one.

Meanwhile, fresh snowfall occurred in mountainous belts of Bhaderwah valley in Jammu and Kashmir even as the plains witnessed rainfall.

There was fresh snowfall in Kailash mountain range and Ashapati glacier surrounding Bhaderwah valley last night, officials said today.

This triggered extreme cold wave conditions in the Valley, forcing the dwellers to wear warm clothes and to light up bonfires as most of the people spent night in the open due to fear of quakes that shook the area in the wee hours today.