Archive | November 27, 2015

Dangerous thunderstorms are battering parts of southeast Queensland, Australia

Severe Thunderstorm Warning Alert

Dangerous thunderstorms are battering parts of southeast Queensland with warnings in place for large parts of the region.
 
The Bureau of Meteorology said “very dangerous” storms which could bring large hail, heavy rain and damaging winds were detected near Yarraman and Nanango, northwest of Brisbane, on Friday afternoon.
 
Other severe storms were also showing on the radar near Kingaroy and Maryvale.
 
“Damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones are likely,” a statement from the weather bureau said.
 
Warnings are in place in the districts of Gympie, Somerset, Scenic Rim, Southern Downs, South Burnett, Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley.
 
Hail has fallen between Nanango and Kingaroy on Friday afternoon.
 
A more general severe storm warning is also in place for the Central Highlands, Coalfields, Wide Bay-Burnett, Darling Downs, Granite Belt and Southeast Coast districts.
Courtesy of 9news.com.au
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MAGNITUDE 5.0 OFFSHORE ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us100041th#general_summary

Subject To Change

Depth: 45 km

Distances: 68km (42mi) NNW of Taltal, Chile
129km (80mi) S of Antofagasta, Chile
183km (114mi) NNW of Diego de Almagro, Chile
285km (177mi) N of Copiapo, Chile
954km (593mi) SSW of La Paz, Bolivia

QUAKE SWARM OWARSOP, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM

***URGENT ALERT***
Earthquake Swarm
QUAKE SWARM
OWARSOP, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM

***BE ALERT***

MAGNITUDE 3.0 PYRENEES

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=473001

Subject To Change

Depth: 2 km

Distances: 164 km W of Andorra la Vella, Andorra / pop: 20,430 / local time: 22:40:13.8 2015-11-27
104 km E of Pamplona, Spain / pop: 198,491 / local time: 22:40:13.8 2015-11-27
38 km S of Pau, France / pop: 82,697 / local time: 22:40:13.8 2015-11-27
5 km SE of Laruns, France / pop: 1,546 / local time: 22:40:13.8 2015-11-27

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MAGNITUDE 6.2 OFFSHORE ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us100041t7#general_summary

Subject To Change

Depth: 29 km

Distances: 69km (43mi) NNW of Taltal, Chile
132km (82mi) SSW of Antofagasta, Chile
185km (115mi) NNW of Diego de Almagro, Chile
286km (178mi) N of Copiapo, Chile
957km (595mi) SSW of La Paz, Bolivia

MAGNITUDE 5.0 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=472970

Subject To Change

Depth: 50 km

Distances: 253 km W of Medan, Indonesia / pop: 1,750,971 / local time: 22:46:43.2 2015-11-27
42 km N of Sinabang, Indonesia / pop: 15,000 / local time: 22:46:43.2 2015-11-27

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MAGNITUDE 5.4 OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us100041q5#general_summary

Subject To Change

Depth: 61 km

Distances: 47km (29mi) S of El Rosario, El Salvador
48km (30mi) SSW of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador
51km (32mi) WSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador
59km (37mi) SE of La Libertad, El Salvador
71km (44mi) SSE of San Salvador, El Salvador

MAGNITUDE 4.9 NORTHWESTERN KASHMIR

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us100041q3#general_summary

Subject To Change

Depth: 10 km

Distances: 37km (23mi) N of Athmuqam, Pakistan
74km (46mi) NE of Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
82km (51mi) NW of Sopur, India
83km (52mi) NW of Bandipura, India
155km (96mi) NNE of Islamabad, Pakistan

MAGNITUDE 2.5 ISLE OF WIGHT, UNITED KINGDOM

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=472937#summary

Subject To Change

Depth: 0 km

Distances: 120 km SW of London, United Kingdom / pop: 7,556,900 / local time: 10:47:43.7 2015-11-27
9 km SE of Newport, United Kingdom / pop: 24,200 / local time: 10:47:43.7 2015-11-27
2 km NW of Sandown, United Kingdom / pop: 20,155 / local time: 10:47:43.7 2015-11-27


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