Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Earthquake in Italy & Rocket launch in North Korea!

A devastating 6.3 earthquake that hit on April 6th in L'Aquila, Italy killing 235 people, injuring 1,255 and leaving between 17,000 and 25,000 others homeless. There are still many missing people that are unaccounted for. The region continues to receive violent aftershocks 42 hours after the main quake hit. The last earthquake (5.2) in this region occurred over four decades ago.
North Korea launched a satellite on Sunday, April 5, 2009. There have been many debates if the launch was sucessful or not. two thinngs are for sure; first, the thunderous force of over 5,000,000 lbs. of thrust emmited from launching the rocket generated vibrations that caused breaking and shifting of rocks along thousands of miles of fault lines. The location of the North Korean launch was located near the 38th parallel, go east a few thousand miles at that same parallel level and where are you? L'Aquila, Italy. Earthquakes are sometimes caused by shaking or trembling of the crust of the earth, generally caused by underground volcanic forces or by breaking and shifting of rock beneath the surface. Second, whether or not the staellite reached orbit, the rocket went high enough (45 miles) in the stratosphere that it poked another hole in our ozone layer. That means we received a double dose, a devastating earthquake and climatic weather disaster patterns throughout the world.

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