Recent Natural Disasters List November 17, 2011

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Recent Earthquakes 
  • Magnitude 
  • Magnitude 5.1 moderate earthquake in Guatemala with epicenter located just 18 km SW Nueva Concepcion, Guatemala (pop 11,121). Felt as far as GUATEMALA, Guatemala. People of Tapachula have reported as well felt. The nearest populated area is Escuintla (pop 103,165), 75 km W from epicenter. M 5.0 earthquake hit the same area about half an hour earlier.
    13:31 UTC
    (local time Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 07:31:11 AM @ epicenter
    UPDATE 14:52: EMSC has updated its data with M 5.7 @ 80 km depth!
  • Magnitude 5.1 earthquake near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan with epicenter located 130 km (81 miles) SE from Mito, Honshu, Japan. It is area where aftershocks are common. Capital Tokyo is at a safe distance of 172 km from the epicenter.
    09:43 UTC (local time Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 06:43:02 PM @ epicenter)
  • Magnitude 4.5 moderate earthquake (@27.3 km depth) in Bio-Bio Chile with epicenter located just 7 km E Curanilahue, Chile (pop 30,611). It is well felt by the people living in the epicenter area.Concepción (pop 215,413), chile is 76 km far from the epicenter area.
    06:25 UTC (local time Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 03:25:50 AM @ epicenter )
  • Magnitude 4.8 moderate aftershocks (@19.8 km depth) of earlier M 7.2 earthquake in Eastern Turkey with epicenter located 40 km (25 miles) N from Mus, Turkey. Felt as far as  Erzurum (pop 420,691), Turkey which is 87 km from the epicenter.
    02:37 UTC (local time Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 04:37:21 AM @ epicenter )
  • Magnitude 5.7 moderate earthquake (@29.8 km depth) Off the Coast Of Ecuador with epicenter located 91 km NW Salinas, Ecuador (pop 43,862) and 125 km SW Manta, Ecuador (pop 183,166). max felt MMI is IV which indiacates light shaking around epicenter area. People of Salinas, La Libertad, Santa Elena, Jipijapa, Montecristi, Manta have well felt this earthquake.
    01:57 UTC
    (local time Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 08:57:05 PM @ epicenter)
    EMSC felt reports

    Cuenca:
    Just a minor bit of mild shaking
  • Magnitude 3.4 earthquake in Albania (@ 10 km depth) with epicenter located 23 km SW Kukes, Albania (pop 17,832) and 52 km SW Prizren, Albania (pop 159,145). It is well felt by the people above epicenter.
    00:42 UTC (local time 1:00 AM @ epicenter)


Recent Cyclones
  • Sean-11 with active storm having current maximum sustained wind speed 17 m/s. Green Alert for Bermuda.
    Disaster Note
    : Tropical storm Sean 11 has affected 66 thousand people with winds above 39mph.In addition, few people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge.

Recent Floods
  • Thailand Flood- Death Toll At 567
    Click for detail update report On Thailand Flood 2011
  • Orange Flood Alert In Cambodia. The flood which started with Tropical Storm, Monsoonal Rain about three months has killed 264 people till date. Approximately 13466.62 km2 area has been affected by the flood. GDACS has given this flood a severity class 2.
  • Flood in Columbia has killed 48 people and displaced 55 people within a week. People were evacuated from Manizales, Caldas region.
  • Flood in Kenya has killed 4 people till today. The flood which started a week ago has affected 41010.11 km2 area.
  • Flood in Philippines have displaced 30000 people. However no fatality is reported.
Overview of La Restinga
Recent Volcanoes 
  • Volcanic Eruption On Hierro Canary Islands located in Spain. During 2-8 November, 364 seismic events were recorded at depths of 16-23 km. During 4-5 November authorities evacuated about 80 residents from areas in Frontera due to landslide risks. Hierro contains the greatest concentration of young vents in the Canary Islands. Some days earlier, the toxic gases get mixed in the air.
    The residents of the fishing village of La Restinga on El Hierro island have returned their home
    . Very less activity has been observed above the submarine currently.
    UPDATE 16:48

    M 3.6 earthquake @ 22 km depth is recorded in Canary Island Spain region with epicenter located 96 km S Los llanos de aridane (pop 19,635)
    16:25 UTC (local time 16:25 @ epicenter)
  • Volcanic Eruption On Nyamuragira Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the Africa's most active volcano. Eruption still continues here in Nyamuragira. Yesterday, we showed the video of eruption in Nyamuragira which shows it be still active.However, The city of Goma, near the volcano, remains unaffected.
    UPDATEThe lava on Mount Nyamulagira in Congo is spewing up to 300 metres high.Meanwhile Virunga Park, best known for its endangered mountain gorillas, is now inviting tourists to go on overnight treks to see a volcano spurting fountains of lava some 300 meters into the air.

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