7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes North West Indonesia
Russia Today
December 10, 2012
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits 125 miles northwest of Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia, according to USGS.
The quake was reported at a depth of 96 miles (155 kilometers).
According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, the earthquake was “located too deep inside the earth to generate a tsunami.”
No casualties or damage have been reported.
Details to follow.
The South China Sea: Flashpoint of the Asia-Pacific [video]
Boiling Frogs Video
August 21, 2012
If the Asia-Pacific region is becoming, in the words of Hillary “We came, we saw, he died” Clinton, “the strategic and economic center of gravity,” then the South China Sea may just be the strategic center of that strategic center.
At first glance, there is nothing particularly remarkable about this area of the Pacific. Stretching from the southern shores of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan in the north to Malaysia and Indonesia in the south, it covers about 3.5 million square kilometers and contains three archipelagos containing over 250 islands, reefs, shoals, atolls and sandbars, most of them containing no indigenous population, and many of them submerged for part or all of the year.
Upon closer inspection, however, the waters comprising the South China Sea are of central importance to the region. It is the second busiest sea lane in the world, and contains proven oil reserves of over 7 billion barrels, with an estimated 28 billion barrels total and 266 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
As the sea’s importance becomes more and more pronounced, and as the region itself sees its major players asserting themselves more aggressively on the world stage, the area has become a flashpoint for disputes between China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Now, tensions in the area are threatening to spill over into armed confrontation.
Find out more in this week’s Eyeopener report.
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