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Earthquake in Ecuador kills at least 4, causes wide damage
"A strong earthquake has struck Ecuador's second largest city with death reported as panicked residents ran into the streets. The U.S. geological survey reported the quakers being 6.7 on the Richter scale in the country's coastal guaiac region. The epicenter was about 50 miles south of the heavily populated city of guayaquil, which holds over 3 million people, Ecuador's presidents, tweeted the message to all citizens to remain calm, cracked buildings and collapsed walls have already been reported in guayaquil. The earthquake was also felt in northern Peru. I'm Karen Chammas
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Earthquake hits Indonesia, killing 4 as restaurant collapses
"A shallow earthquake has shaken Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, killing some people who were unable to escape when a floating restaurant collapsed into the sea. The U.S. geological survey says the magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit residential areas in jayapura, near Papua's northern coast, and was centered at a depth of 13 miles shallow quake's often caused more damage on the earth's surface, officials say people who were inside a floating restaurant died when the quake caused it to collapse into the sea, the national disaster mitigation agency says the bodies of the victims have been now recovered. The victims have been trapped under the rubble of the cafe and
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Strongest earthquake in 40 years startles western New York
"The strongest earthquake since 1999 hit western New York early this morning, waking up startled residents, but not causing any apparent major injury. The U.S. geological survey reports that 3.8 earthquake hit the buffalo area around 6 15 a.m., the county executive tweeted it felt like a car hit his house. The shaking lasted a few seconds, seismologist Yara baltar wheel says it's not unusual. A preexisting fault lines and preexisting fractures throughout the geological time when they get activated that caused an earthquake. The earthquake occurred hours after a 7.8 quake hit turkey. It's a coincidence. They are not related. The seismologist says earthquakes happen all the time every day. Think of earthquakes like car accidents. You only hear about the most devastating one. All 12 will says the buffalo in turkey quakes were the strongest to hit the areas since records have been kept. Julie Walker, New York
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Strong quake hits Vanuatu, triggering tsunami warning
"A strong earthquake shakes the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. The U.S. geological survey says the powerful quake reached a magnitude of 7. It initially triggered fears of a tsunami, but the Pacific tsunami warning center now says that such threats have passed. There are also no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Vanuatu is prone to natural disasters with half dozen active volcanos, as well as regular cyclones and earthquakes. It sits on the ring of fire, the ark of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean, where earthquakes and volcanos are common. I Mimi Montgomery
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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts again, summit crater glows
"Hawaii's kilauea volcano is erupting again inside its summit crater. The U.S. geological survey reports that the big island of Hawaii's most active volcano kilauea is stirring again, less than one month after the crater and its larger neighbor mauna loa stopped releasing lava. Inside Hawaii volcanos national park, scientists detected a glow in webcam images at kilauea's summit and footage gathered overnight shows a steaming glowing lava Lake in the caldera. Kilauea last erupted for 16 months starting in September of 2021, and when mauna loa erupted for the first time in 38 years on November 27th, Hawaii had two volcanos erupting side by side. The mauna loa lava flow got within two miles of a major highway before both caldera's quieted down, a kilauea eruption in 2018 destroyed more than 700 residences, adding hundreds of acres of new land, but a racing protected tidal pools that were popular with visitors and sea turtles. I'm Jennifer King
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Quake kills 46 in Indonesia as buildings sway in capital Jakarta
"An earthquake has shaken Indonesia's main island of Java killing dozens of people damaging a high number of buildings and sending residents into the capital streets for safety The U.S. geological survey says the magnitude 5.6 quake was centered in west Java province as a depth of 6 miles the national disaster mitigation agency says as well as the deaths hundreds of people have been injured Many of whom hit by collapsing buildings among the dozens of buildings damaged are an Islamic boarding school a hospital and other public facilities the quake was felt strongly in the greater Jakarta area high rises in the capital suede and some were evacuated I'm Charles De
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Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes in San Francisco Bay Area
"A magnitude 5.1 earthquake as rattled a portion of Northern California I Norman hall The quick rattled the San Francisco Bay Area just before noon causing delays of some commuter trains but no reports of major damage The U.S. geological survey said the quake was centered 12 miles east of San Jose at a depth of about four miles The area's hill country about 40 miles southeast of downtown San Francisco a 3.1 aftershock followed about 5 minutes later veteran California seismologist Lucy Jones told TV station Kent that the quake happened on the calaveras fault one of 8 major faults in the Bay Area I Norman hall
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6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, 1 dead
"Another earthquake has struck Mexico the quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck early Thursday just three days after a 7.6 magnitude quake shook western and central Mexico the U.S. geological survey says today's quake like Mondays was centered near the Pacific Coast and could be felt throughout the state of michoacan Mexico City's mayor says one woman died when she fell down stairs in her home residents huddled in streets I'm Donna water
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Strong quake shakes southern Peru, but no report of victims
"A strong earthquake has hit Peru The magnitude 7.2 quake has shaken a remote region of southern Peru sending frightened people running into the streets in nearby Bolivia too though there have been no immediate reports of damage or injury The U.S. geological survey says the 7 a.m. quake was sent at 8 miles northwest of azam garo but was fairly deep 135 miles beneath the surface the quake swayed some buildings in La Paz the capital of neighboring Bolivia and was felt in other Peruvian cities as well as in northern Chile I'm Charles De
NPR News Now
No Injuries as 4.3-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Los Angeles
"Mild earthquake shook los angeles friday night the us geological survey put its magnitude four point three and said it was centered about twenty miles southeast of downtown los angeles there no reports of major damage or injuries. This is npr
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Hurricane Ida Slams Louisiana, Forces Mississippi River to Reverse Flow
"One of the most powerful storms to ever hit the. Us made landfall over the weekend. Hurricane ida directly hit port fouchane louisiana with one hundred and fifty mile an hour winds flooding rain in life threatening storm surges. That were more than seven feet above normal. The storm ripped the roofs off homes businesses and at least one hospital it snapped trees and power lines flooded streets and left more than a million electricity customers in the dark. In fact the entire city of new orleans lost power the winds were so strong they reverse the flow of the mississippi river near new orleans something the us geological survey calls extremely uncommon only four stronger storms in history of ever hit the mainland. Us and as of early this morning hurricane ida has weakened a little but it is still packing hurricane strength as it moves inland tornado. Watches have also been issued for parts of louisiana mississippi alabama and florida. For a lot of people this is all too familiar ida hit on the exact same date as historically devastating hurricane katrina sixteen years ago. I came ashore about forty five miles west of where katrina first struck land but the area was more prepared. This time since katrina hit newer stronger more sophisticated levees were built to hold back storms. Like this and it seems they've been able to hold up this time much better than the ones that failed following katrina more than eighteen. Hundred people died after katrina. This time. it's too early to know what the human toll may be. Hundreds of thousands of people evacuated ahead of hurricane ida but not everyone got out so there are twenty one search and rescue teams from about fifteen different states ready to find survivors as soon as the storm calms down the federal emergency management agency or fema also sending more than two thousand emergency workers hundreds of extra ambulances and millions of meals and leaders of water. We should also get a better idea of the overall damage. Once the sun comes up
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Powerful Magnitude-6.8 Quake Shakes Panama and Costa Rica
"Powerful magnitude. Six point eight earthquake has shaken. Panama and costa rica epicenter was relatively far from the largest population centres though there. No immediate reports of damage. Us geological survey says the quake was centered off pacific coast of panama. And costa rica's shared
Climate Connections
Lizards and snakes will feel global warmings effects
"Animals like polar bears make headlines because of the threats they face from climate change. But there's so many other animals and plants that are just overlooked or not considered by most of the public. I think reptiles one of groups. David pilat is an ecologist at the us geological survey in boise idaho. He says that because lizards and snakes are cold blooded animals. They're sensitive to temperature changes. His ongoing research suggests that as the climate warms. Their geographic ranges will likely shift. What we're finding is that there's a number of species that are going to be moving northward or moving up in elevation for example. A snake called the northern rubber boa which lives mostly in the northwestern u. s. as the climate warms. Its habitat in the. Us may shrink. It may be able to move farther into canada but whether the animal can get there is a whole 'nother thing because of roads and cities and other types of fragmentation or barriers says. It's important to predict where species survive in the future. So wildlife managers can prepare now and take steps to protect even the scaly slithery ones.
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After Decades-Long Push, It's Not Clear Who Will Bid In Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Sale
"The trump administration has fewer than three weeks to go and is working to lock in oil drilling in the arctic. National wildlife refuge. It's holding an oil lease sale next week. Deacon handling of alaska's energy desk reports it's unclear. how much oil is under the refuge. Supporters of drilling in the arctic refugees coastal plain often point to its oil potential as a reason to develop the remote stretch of land president. Donald trump has described it as the gravesites of energy in the world. But while geologists say the rock formations oil seeps and old seismic results seem promising. The data available is still limited. We don't know very much about this area. David house neck is senior. Research geologist at the us geological survey and he helped with the agencies last assessment of oil potential and alaska's coastal plain back in the late nineteen ninety s. The usgs calculated anywhere from about four to twelve billion barrels of recoverable. Oil house. next says that's a whole of oil but also a huge range in part because it's based on seismic data from the nineteen eighty s. Technology has come a long way since then going into a lease sale in the coastal plain with the only data being thirty five year old. Two d data is quite unusual house. Neck says what's also missing from the usgs assessment is any data from actual wells in the refuge. There's been just one exploratory. Well drilled in the coastal plain also back in the eighty s on alaska native land but the results of that test well are a closely guarded secret confidentiality agreement and never an end date on it. Mark myers geologist and former commissioner of the alaska department of natural resources is one of the few people who have seen the results from the test. Well outside of the big oil companies that paid for it. So i can't comment on in terms of what i saw even though it was a lot of new york times. Investigation based on legal documents suggested the results were not promising but the amount of oil is just one factor companies will consider when deciding whether to bid in the alaska sale. Another is the money. Myer says it's already more expensive to drill in the arctic compared to say texas on top of that oil prices are still low after an oil price war and the coronavirus pandemic hit the industry. Hard low prices have fallen down to a level that we larry little capital for exploration in these companies. So that's one of the biggest negatives. There's also the controversy says weena gun. An analyst with the energy research firm would mackenzie. The refuge is home to migrating. Caribou polar bears and other wildlife and that has prompted multiple lawsuits to block drilling there. Some big banks site climate change and say they won't fund oil projects in the arctic. An amount of i guess public opinion the it wouldn't necessarily be good p for them to be seen as ruling and the article drilling and environmentally sensitive areas. But perhaps the biggest uncertainty of all is the changing administration. President elect joe biden says he opposes drilling in alaska's refuge although if leases are finalized before he takes office. It's not clear how he would stop it for npr news. I'm teagan hanlin in
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In Turkey, a Frantic Rescue Effort After a Deadly Earthquake
"Crews are digging through concrete rubble in the city of Izmir. They're looking for survivors of yesterday's 7.0 magnitude earthquake. NPR's Peter Kenyan reports at least 27 people were killed and some 800 were injured. The US Geological Survey put the epicenter of the strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast and near the Greek island of Samos. In his mayor. Onlookers cheered his rescuers lifted survivors from the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings. The earthquake generated small tsunamis that flooded streets in Izmir and in a harbor town on some owes the quake was felt down the Aegean coast and in Istanbul. Hundreds of aftershocks rumbled through the region. Turkey's president and the Greek prime minister exchanged condolences and offers of help.
Native America Calling
Navajo man executed in federal prison despite tribal opposition
"This is National Native News Antonio. Gonzales. The Navajo nation is demanding respect by the federal government saying it will not be pushed aside after the government executed a Navajo man Wednesday in Indiana, in a statement, the Navajo nation expressed sadness to all families involved and called on the government for a meeting to address the death penalty matter thirty, eight year old Lesbian Mitchell the only native American on death row was executed by lethal injection for the killing of a Navajo grandmother and granddaughter in two thousand, one, the tribe stood against the death penalty and instead ask for life sentence leaders of the Navajo nation say it's a sovereignty issue and the death. Penalty goes against cultural beliefs which were ignored by the federal government attorneys for Mitchell. In a statement said, the Federal Government added another chapter to its long history of injustices against native American people, and despite pleas from Navajo leaders, other tribes, native organizations the trump administration executed Mitchell a navajo man for a crime against other Navajo people committed on Navajo land the US. Supreme Court. Denied a request and letters for clemency were sent to President Trump by the national congress of American Indians Thirteen tribes more than two hundred and thirty individuals. The Indianapolis Star reports a statement read the execution from the victim's family said, they waited nineteen years for justice and. Hope. This would bring some closure. There were reportedly no witnesses on. Mitchell's behalf at the execution, the expansion of a British Columbia coal mine upstream of prominent lake and river. North, West Montana will undergo review from the Canadian government. Aaron Bolton reports project is an expansion of tech resources fording the river operation about one hundred miles north of the Montana candidate border data from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Geological Survey show that BBC minds are leaching high levels of selenium into the elk river, which is a tributary to Lake Kuchen USA and the Kootenai. River. In Montana and Idaho because the project was deemed an expansion, the provincial government. was set to conduct the Environmental Review. But Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson issued a decision stating the project would undergo a more intensive federal review after receiving several requests to do so the confederated sailors and Kootenai tribes in Montana along with the Kootenai tribe of Idaho where the first to formally request at the project receiving environmental assessment from the Federal Canadian government confederated salish and Kootenai Department of Natural Resources Head Rich Johnson says Federal Review will apply more scrutiny to the project you know and and we just noticed that for many years the province of BC state of Montana and tech mining have separately and at times collectively. Promised to fix existing problems and for many years have failed to yield improvements to water quality in an emailed statement tech resources called Minister Wilkinson's decision unfortunate and said the provincial environmental review process is rigorous that decision comes as Montana is working to set a selenium standard by the end of the year in conjunction with British Columbia, although there's nothing preventing the provincial government from setting a more lenient. Standard or not setting one at all for national native, News. Erin. Bolton. Tribes in Texas and Louisiana are prepared for hurricane. Laura, the Kushtia tribe of Louisiana laid sandbags for high water and has prepared other emergency measures. The Tribes Casino closed Tuesday as surrounding communities are under evacuation orders. The Alabama shot tribe of Texas evacuated elders to Oklahoma ahead of the storm the category four hurricane hit Louisiana Thursday. I an Tony Allen.
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5.1 magnitude earthquake hits North Carolina, most powerful in the state since 1916
"On earthquake shook much of North Carolina yesterday morning, the US Geological Survey said its magnitude was 5.1 There are no reports of serious injuries. The National Weather Service says it was the most powerful earthquake to hit North Carolina since
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Tsunami warning canceled hours after strong quake off Alaska
"Off in southern Alaska. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Alaskan peninsula prompted that tsunami warning warning last night. However, the US Geological Survey says the quake struck shortly after 11 p.m. It was Faras felt as far away as Anchorage. No reports yet of any damage or injuries. President Trump says the cove in