Borealis Meditation Episode 8: Aurora, Pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, covellite and marcasite, volcanoes and earthquakes! Oh my what an action packed adventure!
notes: Last episode of 2010!!! Enjoy the holidays! See you in January!
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Aurora:
Information used:
Stories: Asahi Aurora Classroom Auroral Legends
General info: Ashahi Aurora Classroom
recordings of radio waves: Stephen P. McGreevy’s ground-based ELF-VLF recordings
Pyrite
Chalcopyrite
bornite
covellite
marcasite
Volcano update:
17 November-23 November 2010
New Activity/Unrest:
Bulusan, Luzon
Kizimen, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
Merapi, Central Java (Indonesia)
Semeru, Eastern Java (Indonesia)
Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia)
Tengger Caldera, Eastern Java (Indonesia)
Tungurahua, Ecuador
Ongoing Activity:
Batur, Bali (Indonesia)
Dukono, Halmahera
Fuego, Guatemala
Gorely, Southern Kamchatka (Russia)
Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia)
Kilauea, Hawaii (USA)
Kliuchevskoi, Central Kamchatka (Russia)
Krakatau, Indonesia
Rinjani, Lombok Island (Indonesia)
Sakura-jima, Kyushu
Santa María, Guatemala
Suwanose-jima, Ryukyu Islands (Japan)
earthquakes links:
Nov 3 – Nov 26
M 5-5.9
26 M 5
27 M 5.1
18 M 5.2
5 M 5.3
9 M 5.4
7 M 5.5
3 M 5.6
3 M 5.7
1 M 5.8
4 M 5.9
Total 103
M6-6.9
1 M 6
2 M 6.1
1 M 6.5
Significant earthquake
Magnitude 5.3 – SERBIA
2010 November 03
Two people killed and several injured at Kraljevo
Magnitude vs. Ground Motion and Energy
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Magnitude Change
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Ground Motion Change
(Displacement) |
Energy Change
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1.0
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10.0 times
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about 32 times
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0.5
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3.2 times
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about 5.5 times
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0.3
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2.0 times
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about 3 times
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0.1
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1.3 times
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about 1.4 times
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HW: How much bigger? Calculator
Lets do three well known recent earthquakes
1. Haiti M7.0
2. The recent Indonesia one that produces a tsunami M7.8
3. Chile M8.8
Enjoy!
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