MAGNITUDE 5.1 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002y7m#general_summary

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Depth: 45 km

Distances: 129km (80mi) S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
212km (132mi) E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
352km (219mi) SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
392km (244mi) WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
692km (430mi) NE of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

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Typhoon Nangka Kills at Least Two, Wreaks Havoc Crossing Japan

Typhoon Nangka barreled across the western end of Japan’s largest main island on Friday, snarling transport, leaving at least two men dead and prompting authorities to advise nearly 100,000 people to evacuate.

 

Rivers burst their banks in the western prefecture of Wakayama after some parts of Honshu, Japan’s largest main island, received more than 23 inches of rain since the storm began to near on Thursday.

 

Two men drowned, one of them a 71-year-old man who fell into a flooded ditch while repairing a window, NHK national television said. Some 35 people were injured.

 

Nangka, named for a tropical fruit, had been downgraded to a tropical storm by Friday morning but still packed sustained winds of 51 mph, with gusts of up to 120 kph(75 mph) an hour. It was expected to dump a further 11 inches of rain on parts of Japan by Saturday morning.

 

Authorities advised nearly 100,000 people to evacuate across a wide swathe of western Japan due to the threat of flooding and landslides. At one point on Thursday, nearly 400,000 people were advised to leave their homes.

 

Some 165 flights were canceled, trains in western Japan suffered delays and highways near the ocean were closed.

 

The storm is expected to head into the Sea of Japan later on Friday and weaken into a tropical depression, then head northeast across the northern tip of Honshu on Sunday.

Courtesy of nbcnews.com

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MAGNITUDE 5.8 FIJI REGION

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002y6h#general_summary

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Depth: 535 km

Distances: 289km (180mi) N of Ndoi Island, Fiji
316km (196mi) SE of Lambasa, Fiji
355km (221mi) E of Suva, Fiji
461km (286mi) NW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga
465km (289mi) E of Nadi, Fiji

MAGNITUDE 4.6 BARBADOS REGION, WINDWARD ISL.

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Depth: 10 km

Distances: 111 km NE of Bridgetown, Barbados / pop: 98,511 / local time: 14:06:35.9 2015-07-17
94 km NE of Bathsheba / pop: 1,765 / local time: 14:06:00.0 2015-07-17

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MAGNITUDE 4.3 HAITI REGION

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Depth: 10 km

Distances: 178 km NW of Port-au-Prince, Haiti / pop: 1,234,742 / local time: 08:23:06.7 2015-07-17
130 km NW of Miragoâne, Haiti / pop: 89,202 / local time: 08:23:06.7 2015-07-17
51 km SW of Bombardopolis, Haiti / pop: 1,974 / local time: 08:23:06.7 2015-07-17

MAGNITUDE 5.4 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002y48#general_summary

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Depth: 10 km

Distances: 72km (45mi) WSW of Constitucion, Chile
93km (58mi) WNW of Cauquenes, Chile
124km (77mi) N of Tome, Chile
130km (81mi) W of San Javier, Chile
325km (202mi) SW of Santiago, Chile

MAGNITUDE 5.2 SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS

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Depth: 10 km

Distances: 1192 km NE of Wellington, New Zealand / pop: 381,900 / local time: 18:22:23.9 2015-07-17
783 km NE of Whakatane, New Zealand / pop: 18,602 / local time: 18:22:23.9 2015-07-17

MAGNITUDE 4.5 PUERTO RICO REGION

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Depth: 28 km

Distances: 162 km W of San Juan, Puerto Rico / pop: 418,140 / local time: 23:35:28.2 2015-07-16
66 km NW of Aguada, Puerto Rico / pop: 4,040 / local time: 23:35:28.2 2015-07-16