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KERMADEC ISLANDS NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE

Just got the USGS notice that there was a 7.3 mag earthquake in New Zealand.  It wasn’t just two years ago that they had another 7+ boomer there.  I would be horribly fearful for the safety of the Kermadecans there, but take a look at where this is:
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No one lives there.
Which just makes [...]

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Now, my biggest problem in life, but something that gives me great amusement and mental stimulation, is I just don’t take anything hardly as black and white when it comes to the big pictures.  If I’m told something, I just store it.  If it later is contradicted and just left taken for granted, I have [...]

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The Big One

Is it me?  Am I the only one that gets the impression that every single time there is an earthquake in southern California, it’s a dress rehearsal for “the big one”?  I swear this has been going on my entire life.
Now, given the tectonics of southern California, there no-doubt will be a “big one”.  But, [...]

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Man, I LOVE a good volcano!

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New Madrid Earthquake

Woke up this morning to have Mrs. Moon inform me we had an earthquake. As with the 1974 tornadoes, I slept through it
However, my research tells me I missed a 2.8 here.  Not too shabby considering it was 5.2 295 miles away.
Next time, I’d prefer to have some excitement NOT in the middle [...]

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A team of Japanese astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton, along with NASA and Japanese X-ray satellites, has discovered that our galaxy’s central black hole let loose a powerful flare three centuries ago.
The article then goes on to do what articles, and most usually scientists, do in general.  They dig deeper and deeper into the why’s, what’s, [...]

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Tungurahua eruption

A good eruption is a beautiful thing.

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Galeras eruption video

This is ultra-awesome!  Check it out!

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Watch out peeps, things might get cooler before it gets hotter.  According to Dr. Oleg Sorokhtin, Merited Scientist of Russia and fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and a staff researcher of the Oceanology Institute, the Earth is entering a cyclical cooling phase.  Researchers are already saying 2008 could be cooler than normal due to the [...]

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Llaima volcano in Chile erupts

Man, I LOVE a good volcano!  Check out Volcan Llaima in Chile out:

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