Extras

Diary of the planet

Steve NewmanOctober 24, 2007June 14, 2025

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this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('Flood Worms‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”489,108,17″ href=”/ew/ew071019/ew071019g.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=571, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); return false;” /> <area onmouseover="this.T_ABOVE=true;this.T_LEFT=false; this.T_OFFSETX=30; this.T_OFFSETY=45; this.T_WIDTH=165; this.T_BGCOLOR='#FFCC00'; this.T_BORDERCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('Southern California Tremor‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”50,86,16″ href=”/ew/ew071019/ew071019h.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=500, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); return false;” /> <area onmouseover="this.T_ABOVE=true;this.T_LEFT=true; this.T_OFFSETX=-20; this.T_OFFSETY=90; this.T_WIDTH=136; this.T_BGCOLOR='#FFCC00'; this.T_BORDERCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('Eastern Indonesia Jolt‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”563,144,17″ href=”/ew/ew071019/ew071019i.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=520, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); return false;” /> <area onmouseover="this.T_ABOVE=false;this.T_LEFT=true; this.T_OFFSETX=95; this.T_OFFSETY=40; this.T_WIDTH=115; this.T_BGCOLOR='#FFCC00'; this.T_BORDERCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=2500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('South Seas Quake‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”583,175,16″ href=”/ew/ew071019/ew071019j.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=475, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); return false;” /> <area onmouseover="this.T_ABOVE=false;this.T_LEFT=true; this.T_OFFSETX=35; this.T_OFFSETY=10; this.T_WIDTH=125; this.T_BGCOLOR='#FFCC00'; this.T_BORDERCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_FONTCOLOR='#003399'; this.T_DELAY=100; this.T_TEMP=3500; this.T_STICKY=true; return escape('New Zealand Swarm‘)” shape=”circle” coords=”524,229,17″ href=”/ew/ew071019/ew071019k.html” onclick=”window.open(href, ”, ‘height=690, width=780, left=0, top=0, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes’); 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This article appears in Oct 24-31, 2007.

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