Here is the weekly update of potential and actual disasters worldwide for the past week. Quakes and volcanic activity have been present throughout the week in Central America. Also there is reports of an earthquake near the Santorini Super Volcano, but information is not being release by the Greek monitoring institutes.
There are a number of nuclear and Hazmat events that have happened this week. Also violence continues in Syria, Libya and in the coup d etat underway in Mali.
This is your weekly report preppers. Look for the information you need to stay safe and keep on prepping.
Earthquakes
March 21st
-22:15:06 USC, Magnitude 6.6 - New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
-11:36:16 USC, Magnitude 5.0 - Guerrero, Mexico
March 22nd
-16:46:47 USC, Magnitude 5.2 - Oaxaca, Mexico
-12:59:29 USC, Magnitude 5.0 - Vanuatu
-00:21:34 USC, Magnitude 5.2 - Kepulauan Sangihe, Indonesia
March 23rd
-9:25:17 USC, Magnitude 5.6 - South Australia
March 24th
-22:18:38 USC, Magnitude 5.5 - Pacific Antarctic Ridge
-19:41:52 USC, Magnitude 5.0 - Izu Islands, Japan Region
-07:28:34 USC, Magnitude 5.1 - Region Metropolitana, Chile
March 25th
-22:37:07 USC, Magnitude 7.1 - Maule, Chile
-13:59:23 USC, Magnitude 5.1 - Fiji Region
-13:22:41 USC, Magnitude 5.2 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
-10:26:53 USC, Magnitude 5.2 - South Sandwich Islands Region
-01:05:35 USC, Magnitude 5.1 - Pacific Antarctic Ridge
March 26th
-21:02:24 USC, Magnitude 5.0 - Banda Sea
-18:12:54 USC, Magnitude 6.0 - Northern East Pacific Rise
-17:58:28 USC, Magnitude 5.0 - Northern East Pacific Rise
-17:48:28 USC, Magnitude 5.1 - Northern East Pacific Rise
-16:58:09 USC, Magnitude 5.7 - Southwest Indian Ridge
-10:35:36 USC, Magnitude 5.2 - Eastern Turkey
-09:30:19 USC, Magnitude 5.3 - Chukotka, Russia
March 27th
-23:40:14 USC, Magnitude 5.0 - Nepal-India Border Region
-11:00:44 USC, Magnitude 6.0 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
Tsunami
-3/25/2012, 22:44pm - Near Coast of Central Chile - Magnitude 7.2, Depth 10km
Volcanic Activity
3-23-2012: 8:07 PM - Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat - Volcano Activity
3-26-2012: 5:58 PM - Batu Tara Volcano, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia - Volcanic Eruption
3-26-2012: 6:03 PM - Popocatepetl Volcano, States of Puebla and Morelos, Mexico - Volcano Activity
3-26-2012: 6:05 PM - Tungurahua Volcano, Cordillera Oriental, Ecuador - Volcano Eruption
3-27-2012: 3:13 AM - Santa Maria (Santiaguito) Volcano, Quetzaltenango, Western Highlands, Guatemala - Volcano Activity
3-27-2012: 3:16 AM - Volcan de Fuego, Sierra Madre, Guatemala - Volcano Activity
Tropical Storms
No Tropical Storms at This Time
Status of Worldwide Supervolcanoes
Lake Taupo - VEI 8 - Status: Green
Lake Toba - VEI 8 - Status: Green
Whakamaru - VEI 8 - Status: Green
Yellowstone Caldera - VEI 8 - Status: Green
Island park Caldera - VEI 8 - Status: Green
La Girta Caldera - VEI 8 - Status: Green
Mount Tambora - VEI 7 - Status: Green
Baekdu Mountain - VEI 7 - Status: Green
Kikai Caldera - VEI 7 - Status: Green
Laacher See - VEI 7 - Status: Green
Aira Caldera - VEI 7 - Status: Green
Campi Flegrei - VEI 7 - Status: Green
Reporoa Caldera - VEI 7 - Status: Green
Mount Aso - VEI 7 - Status: Green
Long Valley Caldera - VEI 7 - Status: Green
Valles Caldera - VEI 7 - Status: Green
Santorini Volcano - VEI 7 - Status: Green
3-21-2012 - 3.2 earthqauke occured at submarine volcano 8km east of Santorini Island, Greece. One of the largests events in recent months. Greek monitoring institutes are not publishing more details. Access to important earthquake details are not publies, though they are available for other regions in Greece. Why not for Santorini?
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/21/volcano-activity-europe-greece-3/
Flooding
-3-27-2012 - Flash Flooding - Province of Oriental Mindoro - At least twenty evacuated.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/27/flash-flood-pacific-ocean-west-philippines-29/
3-27-2012 - Flooding - Multiprovinces, Ecuador - 30 dead after torrential rains cause flooding.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/26/flood-south-america-ecuador/
3-25-2012 - Flooding - First Nations of Kashechewan and Fort Albany, Ontario, Canada - Evacuations and state of emergency delcared as ice flows and break ups cause flooding.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/26/flood-north-america-canada-29/
3-25-2012 - Flooding - St. John's River areas, New Brunswick, Canada
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/26/flood-north-america-canada-30/
Fire
-3-27-2012 - Forest Wild Fire - Jefferson County, Colorado, USA - Homes lost and 2 dead as fire burns out of control southeast of Aspen Park.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/27/forest-wild-fire-north-america-usa-191/
-3-27-2012 - Forest Wild Fire - Samtse Dzongkhag, Bhutan
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/27/forest-wild-fire-asia-bhutan/
-3-26-2012 - Forest Wild Fire - Chimayo, New Mexico, USA - 20 acre wildfire has forced some evacuations.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/26/forest-wild-fire-north-america-usa-190/
-3-24-2012 - Forest Wild Fire - Rapid City, South Dakota, USA - At least four apartment buildings evacuated as work is underway to contain a grass fire.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/24/forest-wild-fire-north-america-usa-189/
Health
Update: Epidemic Hazard - Nigeria - Over 400 infected and 40 dead from the Lassa Fever outbreak that started at the end of January.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/26/epidemic-hazard-africa-nigeria-10/
Update: Biological Hazard - Egypt - Foot and mouth disease continues to be found throughout Egypt.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/23/biological-hazard-africa-egypt-6/
Update: Biological Hazard - Multistates, USA - White-Nose Syndrome has spread into Acadia National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/22/biological-hazard-north-america-usa-392/
Update: Epidemic Hazard - Pune, Maharastra, India - Swine flu cases continue. At least 32 infected and 6 dead.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/22/epidemic-hazard-asia-india-124/
Update: Epidemic Hazard - Amuru District, Northern Uganada, Uganada - Surveillance has stepped up on menigitis outbreak that has now killed at least 11 people, with at least another 30 infected.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/22/epidemic-hazard-africa-uganda-8/
Update: Epidemic Hazard - Liverpool, Englad, UK - Number of measles cases in and around Liverpool is continuing to grow.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/20/epidemic-hazard-europe-united-kingdom-53/
3-27-2012 - Biological Hazard - California, USA - 10,000 birds dead from avian cholera.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/27/biological-hazard-north-america-usa-397/
3-27-2012 - Biological Hazard - Omaheke, State of Gobabis, Namibia - 3 dead from anthrax.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/27/biological-hazard-africa-namibia/
3-27-2012 - Epidemic Hazard - Island of Lombok, PRovince of West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, - 17 year old dead from bird flu. The country's sixth fatality to the virus this year.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/27/epidemic-hazard-indonesian-archipelago-indonesia-31/
3-26-2012 - Biological Hazard - Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - 8,500 chickens culled following detection of avian influenza.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/26/biological-hazard-asia-india-57/
-3-26-2012 - Epidemic Hazard - Rampura, Gujarat, India - Confirmed case of swine flu.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/26/epidemic-hazard-asia-india-128/
-3-25-2012 - Epidemic Hazard - Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 32 confirmed cases of whooping cough.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/25/epidemic-hazard-north-america-canada-25/
3-24-2012 - Epidemic Hazard - Madhubani District, Bihar, India - At least 10 children dead from measles.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/24/nuclear-event-europe-switzerland/
3-23-2012 - Biological Hazard - New Taipei City, Banqiao District, Taiwan - Market closed for disinfection after sample collected there found to be avian flu positive.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/23/biological-hazard-asia-taiwan-7/
3-23-2012 - Epidemic Hazard - Andhra Pradesh, India - At least 25 infected with swine flu.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/23/epidemic-hazard-asia-india-125/
3-22-2012 - Epidemic Hazard - Iganga, Eastern Uganda, Uganda - 1 dead, and 60 admitted to health centers following a measles outbreak.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/22/epidemic-hazard-africa-uganda-10/
HAZMAT Events
3-27-2012 - Hazmat Event - BP Refinery, Texas City, Texas, USA - Hydrofluoric acid leak.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/27/hazmat-north-america-usa-160/
3-26-2012 - Hazmat Event - Elgin-Franklin Fields, North Sea, UK - Gas leak.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/26/hazmat-europe-united-kingdom-21/
3-22-2012 - Hazmat Event - Joushua Tree National Park, California, USA - Adimistrative center closed after suspicious package was delievered and 11 employees became sick.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/22/hazmat-north-america-usa-159/
Nuclear Events
3-27-2012 - Nuclear Event - North Anna Nuclear Generating Station, Virginia, USA - Degraded condition.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/26/nuclear-event-north-america-usa-80/
3-24-2012 - Nuclear Event - Beznau Nuclear Power Plant, Canton of Aargau, Switzeralnd - Reactor shut down due to technical problems.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/24/nuclear-event-europe-switzerland/
Other
-3-26-2012 - Power Outage - Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory - The Gaza Strip's sole power station comes to a halt leaving residents without power and endangering lives of hospital patients.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/26/power-outage-middle-east-palestinian-territory-2/
3-22-2012 - Mysterious Noises - Clintonville, Wisconsin - Mysterious booming noises have kept residents up at night for the past few nights. Manmade cause has been ruled out and there are no known earthquake fault lines in the area.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/23/non-categorized-event-north-america-usa-17/
War/Terrorism
3-21-201
-United Nations Security Council adpots a statement supporting Kofi Annan's plan for ending violence in Syria.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/03/201232114131971935.html
-Rebelling government troops in Mali storm the state broadcaster in the capital Bamako.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/03/2012321184549658627.html
-Iraq is terrorized by unconfirmed reports of extremists crushing the skulls of emos with blocks of cement.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17450437
-Car bomb explodes in central Mogadishu, Somalia, injuring two.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-21/nigerian-troops-kill-nine-suspected-islamist-gunmen-in-kano-1-.html
-Nigerian Army soldiers kill nine gunmen suspected of belonging to teh Boko Haram Islamist group.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-21/nigerian-troops-kill-nine-suspected-islamist-gunmen-in-kano-1-.html
3-22-2012
-Midi-Pyrenees shootings suspected perpetrator Mohammed Merah dies, and three French police men injured.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17473207
-Soldiers storm palace of President Amadou Toumani Toure with heavy gunfire reported in Bamako as part of a coup d etat.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/22/uk-mali-army-palace-idUKBRE82K1EZ20120322
-Syrian armed forces continue to shell the city of Hama.
http://articles.cnn.com/2012-03-22/middleeast/world_meast_syria-unrest_1_idlib-local-coordination-committees-bokamal?_s=PM:MIDDLEEAST
-12 people killed in an operation against PKK rebels in southeastern Turkey.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOnmTa0g2NFElOV_HiiRhCZibfmg?docId=CNG.52747391d01822f26d635ca87e46ff5f.781
3-23-2012
No news stories.
3-24-2012
-Ten killed, and 25 injured in an airstirke by Kenyan fighter jets on a southern Somalia town near the Kenya border.
http://c4i.me/site/2012/03/24/non-categorized-event-africa-somalia/
-15 Kurdish militants, all women, killed by Turkish security forces in south-eastern Bitlis Province.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17500617
-30 people killed as Syrian Army tanks storm the town of Saraqeb and are met by resistance from Syrian Army defectors.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4207143,00.html
-The African Union deploys a 5,000-strong force in the hope of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17498382
3-25-2012
-At least 48 people reported killed across Syria as talks held about a process for transitioning to a "legitimate government".
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/25/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=wo_c1
-Syrian armed forces continue to bombard Homs.
http://www.news24.com/World/News/Blasts-shake-Homs-Syria-rebels-hit-back-20120325
-Tuareg insurgents close in on multiple northern towns in Mali, where they say they will apply Islamic sharia law.
http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Tuareg-rebels-advance-in-Mali-20120325
-Roadside bomb in southern Kandahar Province, Afghanistan detonates and killed six Afghan police, one U.S. soldier and one translator.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/25/world/asia/afghanistan-unrest/?hpt=ias_c2
3-26-2012
-Afghan police officer kills two British military personnel before being gunned down.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g60230ON79PMKyaN4XeWHhJCRl-Q?docId=93964d8e9ba344a1bac08c3ea30dbcf6
-Tibetan protestor self-immolates during protest in New Delhi, India.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-26/india/31239781_1_tenzin-dorjee-tibetan-exile-chinese-embassy
-Columbian forces kill 32 FARC rebels in the lastest government offensive.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-26/india/31239781_1_tenzin-dorjee-tibetan-exile-chinese-embassy
-Somali pirates hijack Iranian-owned cargo ship with 23 crew members in waters off the Maldives.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gH8pG22Q8YyzdVqTHk95ZElBzOkA?docId=CNG.acfc1dff135a58aa206592dd6bfc3a20.221
3-27-2012
-Landmine explosion in Maharashta, India kills 15 policemen and injures 13 others. Allegedly done by Maoist insurgents.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1152362--maoist-rebels-kill-15-paramilitary-police-wound-13-in-ambush-in-central-india
-Several people arrested in Kabul, Afghanistan as alleged suicide bombings are foiled.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17520430
-At least 50 dead in two days of tribal clashes in southern Libya.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ix-IdDuq18348X79ZTdtG_1w91PA?docId=b20a208f34c9495b9c78747046268821
-Libya National Transitional Council admits it faces national crisis amid escalation of violence and militia rule
http://www.scotsman.com/news/libya-facing-meltdown-as-armed-gangs-defy-ntc-rule-1-2199277
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