Natural Disasters List January 25, 2013-Ecuador mudslides kill 12

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Recent Natural Disasters

• Mine mudslides in Pueblo Nuevo, Ecuador
  -At least 12 killed and 20 others injured in Ecuador mudslides. Heavy rain in a gold-mining community in southern Ecuador caused mudslide.
  -Mudslide disaster happened after six hours of torrential downpours.
  -Mudslides have destroyed houses and blocked roads in Pueblo Nuevo. Natural disasters area can only be reached by helicopter.
  -Around 200 soldiers and policemen are working in rescue operations.
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  Flooding in Ecuador kills 30
  Colombia mudslide kills three, 10 missing
• Today is the anniversary of the deadliest natural disaster in human history. Magnitude 8.0 Shaanxi earthquake is regarded as the deadliest natural disaster in human history. The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake or Jiajing earthquake killed around 8,30,000 people. Note that the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile (M 9.5) was the strongest record earthquake, but not the deadliest natural disaster.

Recent Earthquakes
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• M 4.7 moderate shallow earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines (@ 84 km depth) with epicenter located 17 km NE of Cantilan. Light to weak shaking will have felt by the people of Tandag, Placer, Cabadbaran, Madrid and Surigao City.
  22:40 UTC (local time Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 06:40 AM @ epicenter)
• M 5.3 moderate shallow earthquake in Madagascar (@ 14 km depth) with epicenter located 10 km W of Anakao. Light shaking of MMI IV will have felt by the people of Toliara. People of Betioky, Sakaraha, Ampanihy, Ankazoabo, Beloha and Tsiombe will have felt weak shaking of MMI III.
  23:27 UTC (local time Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 02:37 AM @ epicenter) 
• M 3.3 weak shallow earthquake in Armenia (@ 2 km depth) with epicenter located 8 km S Ashotsk. It will have well felt by the people of Gyumri and Spitak.
  20:56 UTC (local time 00:56; 2013/01/26 @ epicenter)
• M 4.2 light shallow earthquake in Bosnia And Herzegovina (@ 11 km depth) with epicenter located 18 km S of Foca. People of Gorazde, Bileca, Sarajevo and Niksic (Montenegro) will have felt weak shaking of MMI III.
  18:52UTC (local time Friday, January 25, 2013 at 07:52 PM @ epicenter)
• M 5.0 moderate earthquake in Northern Italy (@ 5 km depth) with epicenter located just 3 km WSW of Frassinoro. Light to weak shaking will have felt by the people of Bologna, Fiesole, Camaiore, Florence, Genoa, Lucca, Massa, Milan, Parma, Pisa and Terricciola. Click for detail report on Frassinoro, Italy earthquake.
  14:48 UTC (local time Friday, January 25, 2013 at 03:48 PM @ epicenter)
• M 5.1 moderated shallow earthquake in Western Iran (@ 10 km depth) with epicenter located 39 km SW of Borujen. Light to weak shaking will have felt by the people of Farrokh Shahr, Shahr-e Kord and Farsan.
  12:11 UTC (local time Friday, January 25, 2013 at 03:41 PM @ epicenter) 
• M 3.2 weak shallow earthquake in San Juan Islands Region, Washington (@ 23 km depth) with epicenter located 7 km NW from La Conner. It will have well felt by the people of Anacortes, Arlington, Coupeville, Eastsound, Greenbank, Seattle, La Conner, Mount Vernon, Oak Harbor, Camano Island, Snohomish and Stanwood.
  09:11 UC (local time Friday, January 25, 2013 at 01:11 AM @ epicenter)
• M 4.1 light shallow earthquake in Eastern Texas (@ 5 km depth) with epicenter located just 3 km WNW of Timpson. Light shaking of MMI IV will have felt by the people of Timpson. People of Tenaha, Center, Carthage, Logansport, Garrison, Nacogdoches, Longview, Shreveport, Tyler, Bossier City and Huntsville will have felt weak shaking of MMI II-III.
  07:01 UTC (local time Friday, January 25, 2013 at 01:01 AM @ epicenter)
• M 3.4 light shallow earthquake Offshore Oregon (@ 37 km depth) with epicenter located 47 km WNW from Yachats. People of Albany, South Beach, Lincoln City, Waldport and Yachats will have felt weak shaking of MMI III.
  03:43 UTC (local time Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 07:43 PM @ epicenter)

Recent Flash Floods
Ongoing Major River Floods (Based on Satellite observation): Afghanistan (Amu Darya), Australia (Darling), Bolivia (Madre de Dios), Brazil (Tocantins), Chad (N Djamena), China (Mekong and Huang He), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ubangi), Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (Shatt al Arab and Tigris), Kenya (Tana), Philippines, Sudan (Blue Nile, White Nile), Syria (Euphrates), Tanzania.

• Flooding in Moreton Bay, Australia
  -Storm tide is expected to cause flooding in the coastal Moreton Bay region, north of Brisbane, Australia tomorrow morning (Saturday).
  -Around 1600 homes in Moreton Bay area are in risk of floods.

Recent Volcanic Activity
Erupting Volcanoes: Fuego, Santiago, Poas, Reventador, Nyiragongo, Ol Doniyo Lengai, Raung, Erta Ale, Paluweh, Gamalama, Batu Tara, Sakurajima, Manam, Ulawun, Tolbachik and Kilauea volcano.


Recent Tropical Cyclones

• Tropical Cyclone Garry
  -As of 12:00 UTC, TC Garry was located 515 nm west of bora bora.
  -Cook Islands remains on alert.

Natural Disaster News

• Landslide in Bukit Gasing, Malaysia
  -Heavy rainfall caused landslide hazard in Bukit Gasing region of Malaysia. However no damage or injury has been reported.
  -Landslips are frequent occurrences at Bukit Gasing.
  
• Forest fire in Mongar District of Bhutan
  -About 200 acres of Chirpine forest burnt in Bhutan forest fire.
  -Some 30 fire fighters are struggling to control the fire.
• A heavy hailstorm has hit parts of southern Asir province, Saudi Arabia.
• Several parts of South Africa are currently having intense heatwave. Temperatures were between 35 to 40 degrees in Free State, the Northern Cape, North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng.

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