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A very itchy lesson – Sand fly bites

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My family went to vacation last weekend and we ended up miserably. All of us got many tenth of very itchy bites and they turned into itchier blisters after a few days. They did not look like normal mosquito bites though we got a few. After an intensive internet research, I realized that we went […]

8.9 Earthquake struck Japan triggering a Tsunami

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Mar 11, 2011, 13:46, A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan’s eastern coast today, killing at least 60 people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control. Tsunami warnings blanketed the entire Pacific, as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska […]

Earthquake Date?

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Wenchuan, China: 20080512, 8.0 Prince Harbor, Haiti: 20100112, 7.3 Offshore, Chile: 20100227, 8.8 5 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 7 A symmetric matrix!

May 12, 2008, 14:28, Sichuan Earthquake

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This log the event and some facts. The fact: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008ryan.php Magnitude 7.8 Date-Time * Monday, May 12, 2008 at 06:28:00 UTC * Monday, May 12, 2008 at 02:28:00 PM at epicenter * Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 31.099°N, 103.279°E Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA […]