Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.8 Earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands.
5.4 Earthquake hits Guerrero, Mexico.
5.3 Earthquake hits southern Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.2 Earthquake hits southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.1 Earthquake hits the northern east Pacific rise.
5.0 Earthquake hits Potosi, Bolivia.
Tropical Storms – Roundup of Tropical Storms:
Hurricane Joaquin is located about 20 mi…35 km N of Samana Cays, Bahamas and about 65 mi…105 km se of San Salvador, Bahamas with maximum sustained winds…120 mph…195 km/h. Present movement…WSW or 240 degrees at 5 mph…7 km/h.
Post Tropical Cyclone Marty is located about 160 mi…255 km S of Manzanillo Mexico with maximum sustained winds…30 mph…45 km/h. Present movement…WNW or 285 degrees at 9 mph…15 km/h.
Tropical Depression Twenty-two is located approximately 175 nm east of Manila, Philippines, and is tracking west-northwestward at 16 knots.
Invest 94E is an area of disturbed weather in the East Pacific that has the potential for tropical development.
Invest 90L is an area of disturbed weather in the North Atlantic that has the potential for tropical development.
NewsBytes:
USA – Regardless of the path that Hurricane Joaquin takes, drenching rain and flash flooding are likely in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast USA from Friday through Sunday. The rain will come from separate weather systems that are only indirectly related to Joaquin.
China – The remnants of typhoon Dujuan have brought flooding and landslides to Zhejiang Province in eastern China.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia
Between 20 and 26 September 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 6 additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including 1 death.
Rare Q fever outbreak
Five Americans came down with an unusual illness after traveling to Germany for a controversial treatment involving injections with sheep cells, health officials reported Wednesday.
The treatment is not permitted in the United States. The five New York residents received the “live cell therapy” in May last year. About a week later, they developed fever, fatigue and other symptoms of a dangerous bacterial illness called Q fever.
Two of the affected told investigators that they were part of a group that, for the last five years, had traveled to Germany twice a year for the injections. They said they get them to improve their health and vitality. There is no published clinical proof the treatments work, health officials say.
Roundup of Global Volcanic Activity
Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): Strombolian activity has picked up from the Ontake crater during the past week. Glow from the eruptions can often be seen from neighbouring Toshima island.
Santiaguito (Guatemala): Activity has picked up during the past days: a series of partial collapses from the Caliente lava dome has been generating small to moderately large (up to 4-5 km long) pyroclastic flows, the volcano observatory reported in its latest special bulletin.
Fuego (Guatemala): A phase of increased activity with lava flow effusion occurred during the past days, but has subsided by now again. Starting 27 Sep, two lava flows started to descend on the southern and western sides of the volcano, while strombolian explosions were larger than usual in size.
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