Natural Disasters List March 20, 2012-M 7.4 Extremely Dangerous Earthquake Rattles Mexico

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Recent World Disasters

  • Flooding in Australia
    -Further three local government areas across NSW declared as Natural disaster area. The areas of Cobar, Jerilderie and Queanbeyan have been declared as a natural disaster area, taking the total number of natural disaster areas to 59
    -Flood evacuation order for 2000 residents is in affect for those in Hay and Maude
    -Following, Ministry of police and emergency, the current operational focus is around Hay, where an Evacuation Order remains in place. On the Lachlan River, planning and operational response for towns downstream of Forbes, including Bedgerebong, Condobolin, Willow Bend, Euabalong, Murrin Bridge and Lake Cargelligo are underway
    -Landslide at Ellis Beach cut-off the Captain Cook Highway yesterday
    -Flood warnings have been issued for coastal and adjacent inland catchments from Cairns to Bowen including the Tully and Murray Rivers (minor flooding) and the Bohle River (moderate flooding) and Don River (minor flooding)
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    Update
    -The Murrumbidgee River at Hay peaked at 8.99 metres yesterday and is now falling slowly. Currently Murrumbidgee River has started to recede to 8.96 metres and now remains steady
  • Tornado Hits San Antonio, Texas
    -Tornado touched down about 25 miles southwest of San Antonio, damaging houses and flooding across the region
    -Six homes reported to be damaged so far in the Ted Williams and Ladd Road area in Southwest Bexar County
    -The National Weather Service had issued flash flood warnings for parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana

Recent Felt Earthquakes
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  • M 7.6 extremely dangerous earthquake shakes Mexico today. The epicenter was located 52 km NE from Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico. USGS updated magnitude from 7.9 to 7.6, though the intensity is enough to cause severe damage. Click for detail update report on this Mexican earthquake
  • M 4.6 moderate earthquake in Southern Greece (@ 61 km depth) with epicenter located 69 km NE of Chania. Weak shaking will have felt by the people of Khanía
    23:51 UTC (local time Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 01:51 AM @ epicenter)
  • M 6.2 strong earthquake in Papua, Indonesia (@ 67 km depth) with epicenter located 153 km SSW of Jayapura. Just 1,000 people will have felt strong shaking of MMI VI. Light shaking will have felt by the people of Abepura, Vanimo, Jayapura and Aitape. Weak shaking will have experienced across Kiunga, Ambunti and Porgera city
    17:56 UTC (local time Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 02:56 AM @ epicenter)
  • M 4.7 moderate shallow earthquake in Sumba Region, Indonesia (@ 35 km depth) with epicenter located 36 km NE of Waingapu. Light to weak shaking will have felt across Nusa Tenggara Timur region of Indonesia
    12:34 UTC (local time Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 08:34 PM @ epicenter) 
  • M 3.7 weak very shallow earthquake Offshore Oregon with epicenter located 30 km WNW from Yachats. About 47,000 people will have felt weak shaking of MMI II-III. Weak shaking will have felt by the people of  Waldport, Newport, Florence, Depoe Bay, Siletz, Dunes City, Lincoln Beach and Toledo
    09:28 UTC (local time Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 02:28 AM @ epicenter)
  • M 4.7 moderate earthquake in South Island of New Zealand (@ 128 km depth) with epicenter located 26 km NW Te anau. Light shaking will have felt in Queenstown. Weak shaking will have experienced as far as Invercargill, New Zealand
    07:25 UTC (local time Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 07:25 PM @ epicenter)
  • M 3.5 weak shallow earthquake in Nevada (@ 3 km depth) with epicenter located 15 km SSW from Hawthorne. Weak shaking will have felt by the people of Qualeys Camp, Wichman and Hawthorne region
    02:17 UTC (local time Monday, March 19, 2012 at 07:17 PM @ epicenter)

Recent Volcanic Activity
  • Alaska/Iliamna recent volcanic activity
    -Observers on the flight saw vigorous and plentiful fumaroles (gas vents) at the volcano's summit
    -Some deformation of the ice at the headwall of the Red Glacier on the east side of the summit was seen

Recent Flood Update
  • Flooding in Oklahoma, USA
    -State Highway 16 in Oklahoma closed due to heavy rainfall. Flash flooding also reported on some Oklahoma City and Norman roads
    -About 1,500 customers Oklahoma City were without power for whole day
    -A tornado reported in southwest of San Antonio (Texas) luckily causing no injuries
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    Update
    A flash flood watch remains in effect through 7am Wednesday for the following counties:  Tulsa, Adair, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Labette, Latimer, Le Flore, Mayes, McIntosh, Montgomery, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Rogers, Sequoyah, Wagoner and Washington

Recent Cyclones
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Damage seen after the severe strom across
Townsville, north Queensland; source abcnet
  • Destructive storm in Townville, Australia
    -60 homes damaged following the storm with winds of up to 110 kilometres per hour
    -Damage also expected across the suburbs of Garbutt and Aitkenvale
    -Around 7,000 homes still without power
    -Also downpour of more than 300 millimetres in Townsville since 9:00am (AEST) yesterday with heavies across south of Cairns
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  • Strong storm hits Kashmir
    -More than 100 homes destroyed in Kashmir valley (Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
    -Authorities have announced closure of all government and private educational institutions in Kashmir
    -Power outage since last night
    -Many houseboats destroyed across the Dal Lake in Srinagar city
    -Some tourist rescued from Dal Lake
    -The impact was seen across Karachi, Hyderabad and Quetta cities
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    Update
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    One person died due to Cyclonic storm in Kashmir, 17 injured and about 1000 structures damaged. One person of Kachnambal, Kangan reported to be killed when a branch of Chinar tree fell on him.
    -400 houses damaged in Harwan and 255 house damaged in Nehru Park. Two Schools also damaged in Gund.
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    Baramulla Uri Road blocked at Bandi Uri due to landslide
    Update

    -Karachi airspace temporarily shut down due to dust storm

Other Disasters

  • Earthquake in Oklahoma!
    -People in Oklahoma reported experiencing an earthquake today BUT The National Weather Service office in Tulsa said the shaking was due to thunderstorm!
    -Official confirms there were no earthquakes recorded in the state either Monday night or Tuesday morning.
    -This is what Disaster Report received through felt report form
    Donna Shirley from Midtown Tulsa, OK: Felt it while sitting at my computer. Only lasted a few seconds. Thunderstorms and earthquakes!
    Kessie Noel from Tulsa Oklahoma: Felt like a really long and strong thunder. It did not move the ground like the last large Oklahoma quake of 5.7, just shook everything.
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  • Avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir (Bandipora district) killed one person. Two persons are still missing
  • Severe thunderstorm warning issued for eastern Sequoyah, eastern Adair, LeFlore and several counties in western Arkansas

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  1. is that the cyclone will hit Kashmir today?? The rumor has spread in kashmir :((

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  2. no. . . Its jst a rumr bt yes it cn get wrst.

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