MAGNITUDE 5.3 TONGA
Subject To Change
Depth: 55 km
Distances: 31 km SW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga / pop: 22,400 / local time: 04:05:47.8 2014-11-28
27 km SW of Vaini, Tonga / pop: 2,976 / local time: 04:05:47.8 2014-11-28
MAGNITUDE 5.0 KURIL ISLANDS
Subject To Change
Depth: 30 km
Distances: 848 km E of Sapporo-shi, Japan / pop: 1,883,027 / local time: 21:50:15.9 2014-11-27
699 km E of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia / pop: 176,484 / local time: 23:50:15.9 2014-11-27
282 km E of Kuril’sk, Russia / pop: 1,719 / local time: 00:50:15.9 2014-11-28
MAGNITUDE 4.9 OFFSHORE COLIMA, MEXICO
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Depth: 20 km
Distances: 281 km S of Guadalajara, Mexico / pop: 1,640,589 / local time: 06:31:15.8 2014-11-27
119 km SW of Colima, Mexico / pop: 127,235 / local time: 06:31:15.8 2014-11-27
78 km SW of Armería, Mexico / pop: 16,953 / local time: 06:31:15.8 2014-11-27
MAGNITUDE 5.0 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
Subject To Change
Depth: 60 km
Distances: 3431 km SE of Montevideo, Uruguay / pop: 1,270,737 / local time: 09:10:20.4 2014-11-27
3560 km SE of Buenos Aires, Argentina / pop: 13,076,300 / local time: 08:10:20.4 2014-11-27
4316 km SE of Santiago, Chile / pop: 4,837,295 / local time: 08:10:20.4 2014-11-27
UN declares Gaza City state of emergency over floods
Hundreds evacuate homes in Northern district after storms; some 100,000 Gazans homeless since summer conflict
A United Nations agency declared a state of “emergency” in Gaza City on Thursday, after two days of heavy rains and flooding in the Palestinian enclave.
“Hundreds of residents in the flooded areas around Sheikh Radwan storm water lagoon have evacuated their homes,” the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said, referring to a northern district.
Some 100,000 Palestinians throughout Gaza remain homeless three months after a ceasefire ended a 50-day war between Israel and Hamas-led fighters, with reconstruction yet to begin in earnest.
UNRWA said it was supplying “emergency fuel to municipalities, water, sanitation and health facilities.”
Robert Turner, its director of operations in Gaza, said the agency was “very concerned about such severe storms this early in the season and on the back of unprecedented damage and destruction” from the war.
Thousands of Gazans were displaced last December after torrential rain hit the coastal territory, UNRWA said.
“Such devastation exacerbates the already poor humanitarian situation for refugees and non-refugees in Gaza, which is dealing with the aftermath of a recent conflict and an acute fuel and energy crisis,” it said.
Little construction materials have entered Gaza following a UN-brokered deal under which Israel eased an eight-year blockade of Gaza.
According to a foreign diplomatic source, the mechanism for delivering materials has “taken longer than anticipated” to launch.
MAGNITUDE 3.2 SPAIN
Subject To Change
Depth: 10 km
Distances: 153 km NE of Gibraltar, Gibraltar / pop: 26,544 / local time: 00:10:00.6 2014-11-27
42 km SW of Granada, Spain / pop: 234,325 / local time: 00:10:00.6 2014-11-27
19 km S of Huétor-Tájar, Spain / pop: 9,084 / local time: 00:10:00.6 2014-11-27
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