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As the world vacillates between outrage and numb impotence in the face of Boko Haram’s recent kidnapping of about 230 teenage girls from the mainly Christian enclave of Chibok, northern Nigeria, the questions "Why these girls?" and "How much longer?" beg yet again for answers. But from whom?
A timely piece of research has now appeared to help us understand: It comes from Nigeria’s Political Violence Research Network, a new collaborative group. The data in Our Bodies, Their Battleground: Boko Haram and Gender-Based Violence against Christian women and children in North-Eastern Nigeria since 1999 has been offered and assembled at considerable personal risk by hundreds of courageous women and dozens of determined men.
http://www.charismanews.com/world/43631-how-does-boko-haram-justify-kidnapping-of-230-nigerian-teenage-girls
The uneasy calm of an unusually quiet tornado season faces disruption this weekend on the American Plains, with 32 million people in the danger zone.
Tornadoes and thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds are likely to descend on a thousand-mile stretch from north Texas to South Dakota on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/millions-brace-tornadoes-predicted-across-plains-states-n89731
Magnitude | 4.7 |
Date-Time |
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Location | 43.414N 127.012W |
Depth | 10 km |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 1.9 km |
Parameters | Nph = 104; Dmin = 325.1 km; Rmss = 1.12 seconds; Gp = 163° Version = 1 |
Event ID | us b000pzzj |
For updates, maps, and technical information, see: Event Page orUSGS Earthquake Hazards Program
National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/
Space Weather Message Code: SUMX01
Serial Number: 99
Issue Time: 2014 Apr 25 0048 UTC
SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded X1
Begin Time: 2014 Apr 25 0017 UTC
Maximum Time: 2014 Apr 25 0027 UTC
End Time: 2014 Apr 25 0038 UTC
X-ray Class: X1.3
Location: S14W90
NOAA Scale: R3 - Strong
NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at
www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales
Potential Impacts: Area of impact consists of large portions of the sunlit side of Earth, strongest at the sub-solar point.
Radio - Wide area blackout of HF (high frequency) radio communication for about an hour
Magnitude | 6.7 |
Date-Time |
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Location | 49.847N 127.425W |
Depth | 11 km |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 4.0 km |
Parameters | Nph = 105; Dmin = 265.0 km; Rmss = 1.25 seconds; Gp = 61° Version = B |
Event ID | us b000px6r |
Magnitude | 6.1 |
Date-Time |
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Location | 7.167S 155.312E |
Depth | 18 km |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 4.2 km |
Parameters | Nph = 72; Dmin = 479.3 km; Rmss = 1.30 seconds; Gp = 28° Version = |
Event ID | us b000prqv |
Magnitude | 7.5 |
Date-Time |
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Location | 6.720S 154.931E |
Depth | 30 km |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 5.0 km |
Parameters | Nph = 99; Dmin = 414.9 km; Rmss = 1.18 seconds; Gp = 16° Version = 1 |
Event ID | us b000pr89 |
Magnitude | 6.9 |
Date-Time |
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Location | 6.701S 155.069E |
Depth | 45 km |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 6.2 km |
Parameters | Nph = 151; Dmin = 424.9 km; Rmss = 1.19 seconds; Gp = 16° Version = 1 |
Event ID | us b000pqwe |
Space Weather Message Code: WARPC0
Serial Number: 76
Issue Time: 2014 Apr 18 1412 UTC
WARNING: Proton 100MeV Integral Flux above 1pfu expected
Valid From: 2014 Apr 18 1412 UTC
Valid To: 2014 Apr 18 2100 UTC
Warning Condition: Onset
NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at
www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales
Potential Impacts: An enhancement in the energetic portion of the solar radiation spectrum may indicate increased biological risk to astronauts or passengers and crew in high latitude, high altitude flights. Additionally, energetic particles may represent an increased risk to all satellite systems susceptible to single event effects. This information should be used in conjunction with the current Solar Radiation Storm conditions when assessing overall impact.
Magnitude | 7.5 |
Date-Time |
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Location | 17.585N 100.741W |
Depth | 48 km |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 6.0 km |
Parameters | Nph = 144; Dmin = 236.5 km; Rmss = 1.19 seconds; Gp = 46° Version = B |
Event ID | us b000pq41 |
Magnitude | 2.1 |
Date-Time |
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Location | 38.093N 88.743W |
Depth | 9 km |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.4 km; Vertical 0.7 km |
Parameters | Nph = 13; Dmin = 59.3 km; Rmss = 0.09 seconds; Gp = 147° Version = 1 |
Event ID | nm 60070066 |
Magnitude | 6.0 |
Date-Time |
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Location | 11.155S 164.806E |
Depth | 9 km |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 2.6 km |
Parameters | Nph = 87; Dmin = 564.8 km; Rmss = 0.91 seconds; Gp = 41° Version = |
Event ID | us b000pptc |
Magnitude | 4.6 |
Date-Time |
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Location | 38.429N 21.935E |
Depth | 10 km |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 1.9 km |
Parameters | Nph = 72; Dmin = 74.7 km; Rmss = 1.41 seconds; Gp = 41° Version = |
Event ID | us b000ppui |
Magnitude | 3.5 |
Date-Time |
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Location | 52.722N 0.732W |
Depth | 2 km |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 6.2 km |
Parameters | Nph = 0; Dmin = ; Rmss = 1.55 seconds; Gp = Version = |
Event ID | us b000ppvz |