Preliminary Earthquake ReportMagnitude7.0Date-Time15 Apr 2016 16:25:06 UTC16 Apr 2016 01:25:06 near epicenter15 Apr 2016 11:25:06 standard time in your timezoneLocation32.782N 130.726EDepth10 kmDistances1 km (0 mi) WSW of Kumamoto-shi, Japan12 km (7 mi) NNE of Uto, Japan13 km (8 mi) SSE of Ueki, Japan15 km (9 mi) NNE of Matsubase, Japan631 km (391 mi) SSE of Seoul, South KoreaLocation UncertaintyHorizontal: 4.8 km; Vertical 1.9 kmParametersNph = 85; Dmin = 40.5 km; Rmss = 1.12 seconds; Gp = 39°
Version =Event IDus 20005iis
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M6.5 - VANUATU
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude6.5
Date-Time14 Apr 2016 21:50:27 UTC15 Apr 2016 08:50:27 near epicenter14 Apr 2016 16:50:27 standard time in your timezone
Location14.548S 166.405EDepth10 kmDistances88 km (54 mi) NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu136 km (84 mi) NW of Luganville, Vanuatu407 km (252 mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu710 km (440 mi) N of We, New Caledonia839 km (520 mi) N of Paita, New Caledonia
Location UncertaintyHorizontal: 3.5 km; Vertical 1.8 kmParametersNph = 101; Dmin = 131.2 km; Rmss = 1.07 seconds; Gp = 30°
Version =Event IDus 20005i6p
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Preliminary Earthquake ReportMagnitude6.0Date-Time14 Apr 2016 12:17:05 UTC14 Apr 2016 23:17:05 near epicenter14 Apr 2016 07:17:05 standard time in your timezoneLocation14.498S 166.481EDepth10 kmDistances86 km (53 mi) NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu136 km (84 mi) NNW of Luganville, Vanuatu408 km (252 mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu715 km (443 mi) N of We, New Caledonia845 km (523 mi) N of Paita, New CaledoniaLocation UncertaintyHorizontal: 7.1 km; Vertical 1.9 kmParametersNph = 64; Dmin = 130.6 km; Rmss = 1.11 seconds; Gp = 36°
Version =Event IDus 20005hzl
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M6.0 - KYUSHU, JAPAN
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude6.0
Date-Time14 Apr 2016 12:26:38 UTC14 Apr 2016 21:26:38 near epicenter14 Apr 2016 07:26:38 standard time in your timezoneLocation32.849N 130.619E Depth23 km Distances8 km (4 mi) SSE of Tamana, Japan8 km (4 mi) SW of Ueki, Japan13 km (8 mi) WNW of Kumamoto-shi, Japan18 km (11 mi) NNW of Uto, Japan619 km (383 mi) SSE of Seoul, South Korea
Location UncertaintyHorizontal: 5.2 km; Vertical 3.9 kmParametersNph = 107; Dmin = 38.9 km; Rmss = 1.11 seconds; Gp = 19°
Version =Event IDus 20005hzn
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M6.6 - HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude6.6
Date-Time10 Apr 2016 10:28:58 UTC10 Apr 2016 14:58:58 near epicenter10 Apr 2016 05:28:58 standard time in your time zone
Location 36.492N 71.156 EDepth 210 km
Distances39 km (24 mi) WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan48 km (29 mi) WSW of Ishkashim, Tajikistan50 km (31 mi) SE of Jarm, Afghanistan86 km (53 mi) SE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan282 km (174 mi) NE of Kabul, Afghanistan
Location UncertaintyHorizontal: 6.9 km; Vertical 5.8 kmParametersNph = 240; Dmin = 87.3 km; Rmss = 0.85 seconds; Gp = 19°
Version =Event IDus 20005gsg
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HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET: Today, April 7th, Earth is expected to cross through a fold in theheliospheric current sheet. The crossing could trigger unsettled conditions in our planet's magnetic field. NOAA forecasters estimate a 50% chance of minor geomagnetic storms. Aurora alerts: text or voice
A SUNSPOT IN THE OFFING: Solar astronomers are monitoring the eastern limb of the sun, where plumes of plasma and flashes of electromagnetic radiation are heralding the approach of a new sunspot. Philippe Tosi of Nîmes, France, photographed the maelstrom from his backyard observatory on April 7th.
Situation Update No. 2
On 2016-04-07 at 08:59:04 [UTC]
Event: Heat Wave
Location: States of Telangana and Odisha MultiStates India
Number of Deads: 70 person(s)
Number of Injured: 0 person(s)
Number of Evacuated: 0 person(s)
Number of Infected: 0 person(s)
Situation:
At least 70 people have died due to intense heatwave in the southern Indian state of Telangana in the past few days, a senior government official said on Thursday. "So far, nearly 70 people have died due to heat stroke in the state. The highest number of deaths has been reported from Mahabubnagar district where the death toll is 28," he said. Most of those who died were labourers and agricultural workers whose job involved working under the sun, the official added. The Indian weather department has ruled out any respite from the sweltering heat in the coming days and local government officials have asked people not to venture out in the scorching sun. In 2015, more than 500 people died due to sunstroke in Telangana and the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh.
M6.9 - VANUATU
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.9 Date-Time7 Apr 2016 03:32:55 UTC7 Apr 2016 14:32:55 near epicenter6 Apr 2016 22:32:55 standard time in your timezone
Location14.013S 166.549E Depth32 km
Distances109 km (67 mi) W of Sola, Vanuatu180 km (111 mi) NNW of Luganville, Vanuatu453 km (280 mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu767 km (475 mi) N of We, New Caledonia879 km (544 mi) SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands
Location Uncertainty
Horizontal: 8.2 km; Vertical 4.9 kmParametersNph = 66; Dmin = 751.6 km; Rmss = 0.95 seconds; Gp = 51°
Version =Event IDus 20005fzn
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M6.0 - 68km SSW of Bunisari, Indonesia
Location
Data Source US18.198 °S 107.419 °E depth=35.4 km (22.0 mi)View interactive map
Time
2016-04-06 14:45:30 (UTC)2016-04-06 10:45:30 (UTC-04:00) in your timezoneTimes in other timezones
Nearby Cities
68km (42mi) SSW of Bunisari, Indonesia110km (68mi) S of Banjar, Indonesia120km (75mi) SW of Singaparna, Indonesia125km (78mi) SW of Kawalu, Indonesia228km (142mi) SSE of Jakarta, Indonesia
M6.9 - 109km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu
VII
DYFI?VI
ShakeMapGREEN
PAGER
Location
Data Source US314.110 °S 166.567 °E depth=33.7 km (20.9 mi)View interactive map
Time
2016-04-06 06:58:50 (UTC)2016-04-06 02:58:50 (UTC-04:00) in your timezoneTimes in other timezones
Nearby Cities
109km (68mi) WSW of Sola, Vanuatu170km (106mi) NNW of Luganville, Vanuatu442km (275mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu756km (470mi) N of We, New Caledonia887km (551mi) SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands
M7.2 - VANUATU
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude7.2Date-Time3 Apr 2016 08:23:54 UTC3 Apr 2016 19:23:54 near epicenter3 Apr 2016 03:23:54 standard time in your timezone
Location14.347S 166.821EDepth35 kmDistances81 km (50 mi) NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu136 km (84 mi) NNW of Luganville, Vanuatu407 km (252 mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu728 km (451 mi) N of We, New Caledonia863 km (535 mi) N of Paita, New Caledonia
Location UncertaintyHorizontal: 6.7 km; Vertical 1.9 kmParametersNph = 121; Dmin = 128.4 km; Rmss = 1.38 seconds; Gp = 28°
Version =Event IDus 20005e8t
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Space Weather Message Code: ALTK06 Serial Number: 399 Issue Time: 2016 Apr 03 0004 UTC
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 6 Threshold Reached: 2016 Apr 02 2359 UTC Synoptic Period: 2100-2400 UTC
Active Warning: Yes NOAA Scale: G2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation
Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 55 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Power grid fluctuations can occur. High-latitude power systems may experience voltage alarms. Spacecraft - Satellite orientation irregularities may occur; increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites is possible. Radio - HF (high frequency) radio propagation can fade at higher latitudes. Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as New York to Wisconsin to Washington state.
M6.2 - 100km NNE of Chignik Lake, Alaska
VI
DYFI?VI
ShakeMapGREEN
PAGER
Location
Data Source AK157.026 °N 157.897 °W depth=17.9 km (11.1 mi)View interactive map
Time
2016-04-02 05:50:00 (UTC)2016-04-02 01:50:00 (UTC-04:00) in your timezoneTimes in other timezones
Nearby Cities
100km (62mi) NNE of Chignik Lake, Alaska653km (406mi) SW of Anchorage, Alaska687km (427mi) SW of Knik-Fairview, Alaska1027km (638mi) SW of College, Alaska1372km (853mi) W of Whitehorse, Canada
M6.1 - 120km NE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
Location
Data Source US23.433 °S 144.949 °E depth=14.8 km (9.2 mi)View interactive map
Time
2016-04-01 19:24:56 (UTC)2016-04-01 15:24:56 (UTC-04:00) in your timezoneTimes in other timezones
Nearby Cities
120km (75mi) NE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea147km (91mi) E of Wewak, Papua New Guinea219km (136mi) NNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea279km (173mi) NNE of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea708km (440mi) NNW of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 - NEAR S. COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Preliminary Earthquake ReportMagnitude6.0Date-Time1 Apr 2016 02:39:07 UTC1 Apr 2016 11:39:07 near epicenter31 Mar 2016 21:39:07 standard time in your timezoneLocation33.373N 136.413EDepth10 kmDistances56 km (34 mi) SE of Shingu, Japan79 km (48 mi) SSE of Owase, Japan105 km (65 mi) ESE of Tanabe, Japan125 km (77 mi) SSW of Ise, Japan395 km (244 mi) SW of Tokyo, JapanLocation UncertaintyHorizontal: 5.4 km; Vertical 1.8 kmParametersNph = 122; Dmin = 226.4 km; Rmss = 1.00 seconds; Gp = 27°
Version =Event IDus 20005du0
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Temple to Ba’al, Ancient Idol Worshiped in Biblical Times, Will Stand in Times Square
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz March 29, 2016 , 12:30 pm
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“And Eliyahu came near unto all the people, and said: ‘How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.’ And the people answered him not a word.” I Kings 18:21 (The Israel Bible™)
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Next month, a symbol of Biblical paganism which was stamped out after monotheism appeared with the patriarch Abraham will rise in two of the major cultural centers of the world, London and New York, the New York Times reported.
The original center of idol worship on which the structures will be modeled stood in Palmyra, Syria, for 2,000 years – until ISIS arrived in August of 2015 and, viewing the temple as a formidable spiritual threat and symbol of idolatry, destroyed it.
ISIS has reduced to rubble many ancient religious and Biblical sites since it began its reign in Iraq and Syria: St. Elijah’s Monastery, the tomb of the Biblical prophet Jonah, the ancient city of Ninevah. While the world has mourned the loss of these irreplaceable sites, only one will be rebuilt: the arch of the Temple of Palmyra, better known as the Temple of Ba’al.
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Temple Of Baalshamin in 2010 (Now Destroyed) – Palmyra Ruins – Syria (Photo: Adwa/Shutterstock)
Uusing a database of thousands of photos, the Institute for Digital Archaeology will create a full-sized, 15-meter tall, 3D-printed replica of the entrance arch to the Temple of Palmyra, one of the few elements of the destroyed temple still standing. The pieces will be made off-site and then assembled in place in London’s Trafalgar Square and New York’s Times Square. The arches will be centerpieces for the UNESCO World Heritage Week in April.
Meanwhile, Syria has reconquered Palmyra and despite an ongoing humanitarian crisis, the government is dedicating resources to rebuild the temple.
Ironically, the Temple of Palmyra, lauded as a symbol of defiance in the face of religious extremism, was built for ancient idol worship which preached a form of moral decrepitude that may sound startlingly familiar.
Palmyra was dedicated in 32 CE to the worship of Bel, or as most Bible readers would know him, Ba’al. Lower levels of the ground underneath the Temple of Palmyra indicate human occupation that goes back to the third millennium BC. Converted into a Christian church during the Byzantine Era, parts of the structure were modified into a mosque by Muslims in 1132. It remained in use as a mosque until the 1920s.
The Temple was originally dedicated to the Mesopotamian god Ba’al, whose principal forms of worship were burning babies alive and bisexual orgies. Symbolizing a major religion that challenged Judaism, Ba’al was mentioned in the Bible over 90 times, becoming the archetype of worshipping evil.
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The devotees of Ba’al believed he was the source of rain and universal bounty. Promiscuity was not penalized, as unwanted children could be offered up to the god, nor was procreation valued, as homosexual relations were encouraged. Pantheistic, they worshipped Mother Nature while rejecting the concept of a creator.
While these extreme beliefs are no longer widespread, disturbing parallels to modern morality and culture have emerged in recent years.
Throughout America and the world, the rights of those that object to the growth of an unrestricted sexual culture are increasingly at odds with a liberal mentality which welcomes sexual freedom. In legal cases which pit religious freedom against gay rights, businesses, facing fines and punitive actions, are required to violate their religious beliefs and conform to state-enforced moral codes. Religious colleges are threatened with loss of accreditation over policies concerning sexuality.
In his State of the Union Address in January, President Barack Obama channeled pantheism when he stated that the largest threat to American security was climate change, ignoring the growing and immediate threat of Islamic terrorism and privileging nature over human life.
In contrast to the rest of the Western world, Ba’al is unlikely to be celebrated anytime soon in Israel, which has a history of triumphing over the pagan god. The story begins with the prophet Elijah at the Carmel.
As written in chapter 18 of I Kings, Jezebel, the foreign wife of King Ahab, convinces her husband to kill the prophets and promote the worship of Ba’al and Asherah. Elijah defied their decrees, hiding prophets and challenging the priests of Ba’al to a contest on Mount Carmel.
The priests of Ba’al were unsuccessful in calling fire down from heaven to burn the bull offering on their altar. Elijah soaked his altar with water and called down a fire that consumed his bull and the entire altar. The priests of Ba’al were killed and the Children of Israel repented, returning to God.
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, made a prescient comment on the new moral reality in an article in the the Wall Street Journal in 2011, warning, “A tsunami of wishful thinking has washed across the West saying that you can have sex without the responsibility of marriage, children without the responsibility of parenthood, social order without the responsibility of citizenship, liberty without the responsibility of morality and self-esteem without the responsibility of work and earned achievement.”
Worship of Ba’al, replete with child sacrifice and orgies, may not be returning. However, in the name of freedom, Western culture has incorporated extreme elements that seriously challenge Judeo-Christian beliefs and values.
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth."Job 19:25
M2.0 - VIRGINIA
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 2.0 Date-Time27 Mar 2016 08:00:52 UTC27 Mar 2016 04:00:52 near epicenter
27 Mar 2016 03:00:52 standard time in your timezoneLocation37.906N 78.028W
Depth5 kmDistances13 km (8 mi) S of Louisa, Virginia41 km (25 mi) ESE of Charlottesville, Virginia46 km (28 mi) NW of Short Pump, Virginia53 km (32 mi) WNW of Glen Allen, Virginia63 km (39 mi) NW of Richmond, Virginia
Location UncertaintyHorizontal: 1.2 km; Vertical 3.9 kmParametersNph = 16; Dmin = 14.6 km; Rmss = 0.59 seconds; Gp = 63°
Version =Event IDus 20005d2r
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The Reign of the Lord's Anointed
2 Why do the nations rage1
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6 “As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.”
7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”
10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son,
lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
for his lwrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Footnotes
[1] 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble
[2] 2:9 Revocalization yields (compare Septuagint) You shall rule
Psalm 1 Psalm 2 Psalm 3
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Pope Francis washes the feet of Muslim migrants, says we are ‘children of the same God
Elahe Izadi March 25 at 1:05 PM
Pope Francis washes feet on Holy Thursday
Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Orthodox, Hindu and Catholic refugees in a moving ceremony during Holy Thursday Mass at a refugee centre on the outskirts of Rome. (AP)
They came from Mali, Eritrea, Syria and Pakistan. They were Muslim, Hindu, Catholic and Coptic Christians. And one by one, Pope Francis knelt down before these migrants on Holy Thursday and washed their feet.
The ritual, performed in a center for asylum seekers outside of Rome, comes amid anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe and in the wake of a terrorist attack in Brussels, for which the Islamic State has claimed responsibility.
[Five stories you should read to understand the Brussels attacks]
"All of us together, Muslims, Hindus, Catholics, Copts, Evangelical [Protestants] brothers and sisters — children of the same God — we want to live in peace, integrated," Francis said during his homily.
The foot-washing ritual became a part of Holy Thursday Mass in the 1950s. Jesus washed the feet of his 12 apostles at the Last Supper. The symbolic act also imitates Jesus's gesture of servitude.
Pope Francis performs the foot-washing ritual at the Castelnuovo di Porto refugee center near Rome on Holy Thursday. (Osservatore Romano/AFP via Getty)
A number of the migrants whose feet were washed by the pope had tears streaming down their faces.
[Pope Francis has decreed that women can take part in the foot-washing on Holy Thursday]
Shortly after Francis became pope in 2013, he washed the feet of Muslims.
A massive crowd didn't turn out to participate in the ceremony or listen to the pope's homily on Thursday, though. From the Associated Press:
Francis was greeted with a banner reading “Welcome” in a variety of languages as he walked down a makeshift aisle to celebrate the Mass. But only a fraction of the 892 asylum-seekers living at the shelter attended, and many of the seats were left empty. Those who came out, though, received a personal greeting: At the end of the Mass, Francis greeted each refugee, one by one, posing for selfies and accepting notes as he moved down the rows.
Francis condemned the attack in Brussels and those behind such violence. "There are manufacturers, arms dealers who want blood, not peace; they want the war, not fraternity," the pope said.
"You, we, all of us together, of different religions, different cultures, but children of the same Father, brothers — and there, those poor people, who buy weapons to wreck fraternity," Francis said Thursday. "Today, at this time, when I do the same act of Jesus washing the feet of twelve of you, let us all make a gesture of brotherhood, and let us all say: 'We are different, we are different, we have different cultures and religions, but we are brothers and we want to live in peace.'"
[The astonishing new numbers behind Europe’s refugee crisis]
The Vatican said eight men and four women took part in the ritual, AP reported, including an Italian Catholic; three Eritrean Coptic Christians; four Catholics from Nigeria; three Muslims from Mali, Syria and Pakistan; and a Hindu man from India.
An image of Francis kissing one of the migrants' feet was also posted to his new Instagram page.
Pope Francis has previously spoken about Europe's refugee and migration crisis, calling migration "a structural reality" and saying that Europe needs to find a balancebetween security and assisting migrants.
"Migrants are our brothers and sisters in search of a better life, far away from poverty, hunger, exploitation and the unjust distribution of the planet’s resources which are meant to be equitably shared by all," Francis said in a statement earlier this year.
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