Quicksand-like physics exacerbated the Myanmar earthquake’s destruction.
Science News reports on the 7.7-magnitude quake that killed at least 2,700 people.
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Quicksand-like physics exacerbated the Myanmar earthquake’s destruction.
Science News reports on the 7.7-magnitude quake that killed at least 2,700 people.
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#Grindavik evacuated after earthquake swarm began, new eruption underway
#Iceland #Reykjanes #earthquake #Eruption
https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-04-01-eruption-underway-on-the-reykjanes-peninsula-440282
Current liveblog headlines:
Eruption underway on the Reykjanes Peninsula
A magma outflow from the magma corridor began in the Sundhnúkur crater area at 6:30 AM.
A volcanic eruption began just before 9:45 AM.
It is the eighth eruption in the Sundhnúkur crater row.
The evacuation of Grindavík took place earlier today.
BBC: Mandalay was the 'city of gold' - now it reeks of death
"...So many corpses have piled up since a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck last Friday close to Mandalay, that they have had to be "cremated in stacks", one resident says...."
UNIMAGINABLE!
2,700+ Fatalities!
Death toll tops 2,700 in Myanmar and expected to rise, 20 confirmed dead in Thailand
Toll includes 50 children at one preschool near Mandalay
Shelter an urgent needs for displaced and survivors, aid groups say
US aid lacking due to Trump budget cuts!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Myanmar #Earthquake #Breaking #BreakingNews
Md 2.98 earthquake (reviewed) occured at 2025-04-01T06:56:34 UTC, 5 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico #quake #earthquake #puertorico
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr71478103
As Trump guts foreign aid, China and others lead Myanmar earthquake response
> A U.S. team has yet to arrive in #Myanmar after last week’s 7.7-magnitude #earthquake, while #China has already rescued six people and committed $14 million in humanitarian aid. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-earthquake-rescue-trump-usaid-china-rcna198818 #DonaldTrump #MAGA #USAid
Myanmar: Allow Immediate Aid to Quake-Stricken Areas: Governments Should Press Junta to Lift Restrictions. “#Myanmar’s military #junta should allow immediate unfettered access to #humanitarianaid for #earthquake survivors & lift restrictions that impede the emergency response… Since the earthquake struck at 12:50 pm on March 28…the military has carried out #airstrikes & limited #internet access in severely affected areas…complicating the #humanitarian response.” | HRW https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/01/myanmar-allow-immediate-aid-quake-stricken-areas
The Guardian: Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000, as health system ‘overwhelmed’
WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000
#Trump’s #USAID cuts cripple American response to #Myanmar #earthquake
Three days after the quake, there are NO teams from the #UnitedStates on the ground in Myanmar, a stark illustration of how Trump has upended America’s role in disaster response.
#ForeignPolicy #ForeignAid #SoftPower #USpol #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/31/myanmar-earthquake-thailand-usaid-trump/
265 #Myanmar, regional, & international #civilsociety organizations call on the international community to “immediately mobilize resources & direct disaster emergency relief to survivors & affected communities of the #earthquake. This must be channeled through local community groups & frontline responders in collaboration with the #NUG, #EROs & #civilsociety. …disaster relief efforts, through…implementing partners, must not be exploited…by the military #junta…” https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/03/30/press-statement-civil-society-calls-for-disaster-relief-for-earthquake-survivors-and-affected-communities-in-myanmar/
From Francis Wade: “OCHA released its flash analysis…just before…the #Myanmar #earthquake…. The big blue dot is where 1.3m people displaced by war are concentrated…bombed out…by the #junta over the past 4years. It's…just north of the…epicentre. …mutual aid networks are…[doing] the heavy lifting… #USAID shutdown means…some of the world's…rapid-response teams can't deploy… here are links to #donation pages for…networks…already on the ground:
https://www.advancemyanmar.org/myanmar-earthquake-appeal/
https://springcrowdfund.org/campaign/2a026f8a-6799-4a46-9fb6-b6f4526cfa4a
#Myanmar #earthquake: ‘Officials from the ruling junta & the National Unity Government (NUG) in exile both appealed for international #HumanitarianAid. The NUG…announced a partial ceasefire amid…civil war but accused the #junta of #bombing #civilians in quake devastated zones... “The bombing hasn’t stopped... We are feeling the aftershocks of a major earthquake. People are digging trapped victims out of the rubble with their bare hands & the military is bombing”…’ | UCA https://www.ucanews.com/news/mandalay-leveled-myanmar-devastated-as-quake-toll-passes-1-700/108327
Tsunami warning lifted for Tonga after 7.1 magnitude #earthquake
https://apnews.com/article/tonga-earthquake-tsunami-warning-pacific-island-0bcaab5e5e83156846a65ed46556391e #Tsunami
March 30, 2025
Earthquake, 7.0 Pangai, Tonga
Still ringing like a bell.
TONGA EARTHQUAKE
M 7.1
TONGA,
2025-03-30 12:18:47 UTC
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Earthquake #Tonga #Breaking #BreakingNews
Attempt at a time lapse of this same area. Where the pixels are blinking is where there has been a change in color -- likely a building reduced to rubble. Sentinel-2 satellite. 21.94484, 96.11059 #Mandalay #Myanmar #earthquake
First open satellite images post-earthquake, Mandalay, Burma in their hospital sector taken today, 3/30/25. Sentinel-2 satellite. #Burma #Mandalay #earthquake #Myanmar
Interesting, it's way out there but 21 people felt it (assume people in Tonga).
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pntq/executive
Hmm, Planet Earth is feeling frisky this week.
M7.1 in Tonga. No Tsunami Warning, Advisory, Watch or Threat.