USGS to continue baseline water quality monitoring for Southeast Alaska’s transboundary rivers
Saturday PM (SitNews) Juneau, Alaska - Led by the Alaska Congressional Delegation, the U.S. Congress has approved more than $3.62 million dollars for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to continue baseline water quality monitoring at the international border for Southeast Alaska’s transboundary rivers, and to shore up U.S. Department of State involvement on the issue of British Columbia (B.C.) mining, and mining contamination, near rivers that flow into the United States. The funding was included as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and approved by Congress on December 21, 2020.
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Croatia rocked by 6.4 magnitude earthquake
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A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake collapsed buildings in central Croatia on Tuesday, striking near the town of Petrinja where rescue teams raced to comb through the rubble.
The tremor, which struck at a depth of 10 kilometres at around 1130 GMT according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), was also felt strongly some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the epicentre in the capital Zagreb, where panicked residents raced onto the streets, according to an AFP reporter. We are pulling people from cars, we don’t know if we have dead or injured, the mayor of Petrinja Darinko Dumbovic told regional broadcaster N1.
Powerful tremor comes just a day after a 5.2 magnitude earthquake
29 December 2020 • 8:48pm
A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, killing seven, injuring more than 20 and wrecking houses, officials said.
The quake was also felt widely across the western Balkans and southern Europe, where smaller tremors continued to rattle residents throughout the day. By now, in the vicinity of the town of Glina we have five fatalities. Together with a girl from Petrinja there are altogether six dead, said Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Tomo Medved.
State news agency Hina, citing firefighters, later reported that a seventh victim had been found in the rubble of a church in the village of Zazina.
Croatia rocked by powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake We are pulling people from cars, we don’t know if we have dead or injured, the mayor of Petrinja Darinko Dumbovic told regional broadcaster N1. AFP
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A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake collapsed buildings in central Croatia on Tuesday, striking near the town of Petrinja where rescue teams raced to comb through the rubble.
The tremor, which struck at a depth of 10 kilometres at around 1130 GMT according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), was also felt strongly some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the epicentre in the capital Zagreb, where panicked residents raced onto the streets, according to an AFP reporter.