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A 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook the western end of Alaska's Aleutian Islands early Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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    getreal18 months, 2 weeks ago

    Maybe the Great Maker is being merciful to us.

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      looter8 months, 2 weeks ago

      We are lucky this one was not as big as the one hit Indonesia and created the big Tsunami in Asia. But the assumption is right, the Earth did not tilted enough in time which changes the ocean currents with cold water coming from Antartic region. The ****** of water pressure pushed the plates underground. We may not be always lucky. And what created the cold water in Antratic? Global Warming.... haha...

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      Klarissa8 months, 2 weeks ago

      You might be interested in putting this on your bookmark:

      http://memento.ieor.berkeley.edu/seismo.html?

      This is live from the seismograph in the basement of the geology building on the Berkeley campus.

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        Klarissa8 months, 2 weeks ago

        I am spending WAY too much time on propeller articles -

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          abntv8 months, 2 weeks ago

          No tsunami warnings on this quake,,there have been over 20 quakes of 4.0 or higher on the island since midnight

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            Klarissa8 months, 2 weeks ago

            You can go to:

            http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/

            and sign up for auto-notification to your email address.

            Also tsunami warnings at:

            http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

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              Klarissa8 months, 2 weeks ago

              SHEVELUCH VOLCANO: 56°38'N, 161°19'E;

              Elevation 3,283 m, the dome elevation ~2,500 m.

              CURRENT LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS RED

              PREVIOUS LEVEL OF CONCERN COLOR CODE IS ORANGE

              According to satellite data, new explosive event at Sheveluch volcano occurred ~ at 05:30 UTC on December 19. Ash cloud is moving > 300 km to the south-west from the volcano to the Central Kamchatka for this time. Puff the cloud is at 6-8 km ASL. Possibly the explosive eruption of the volcano will continues.

              Ash explosions up to 10 km (32,800 ft.) ASL could occur at any time. The activity of the volcano could affect international and low-flying aircraft.

              Strong culmination explosive eruption of the lava dome of Young

              Sheveluch volcano occurred in 1993, 2001, 2004 and two in 2005.

              IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT: Olga Girina, KVERT, IVS FED RAS

              Well, there goes global warming.

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