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Canada
Boat Sinks Off Newfoundland
The ‘Villa de Pitanxo’, a 164ft (50m) long Spanish fishing boat, sank early Tuesday morning off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The vessel operated out of northwest Spain’s Galicia region. Before dawn on Tuesday, the ship and crew encountered rough seas 280 mi (450km) off the coast, where the ship eventually went down. A rescue center in Nova Scotia responded to the wreck and dispatched rescue vessels. A separate Spanish fishing boat arrived to the scene first and found survivors on a life raft. Of the 24 member crew, only three have been rescued alive so far. Another 10 bodies were found among the wreckage, leaving 11 crew members still missing. At this time, the ship company is focusing all its efforts on finding and rescuing the Villa de Pitanxo crew.
This map depicts where the Spanish fishing vessel sunk early on Tuesday morning in rough seas relative to its home port in Spain. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: El Mundo
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Guatemala
Earthquake triggers landslides
A powerful magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southwestern Guatemala early Wednesday, generating landslides and causing structural damage in cities miles away, such as Mixco and Chimaltenango. According to reports from the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake was at a depth of 60 miles (96 km) and the epicenter was located 10 miles (16 km) east of Tiquisate, a town south of the capital, Guatemala City. Aftershocks above 4.0 were detected following the initial tremor, and seismic activity was reported as far away as El Salvador and Mexico. The region is a high seismic risk zone, located at the conjuncture of the Caribbean, Cocos and North American tectonic plates. Guatemala recorded 125 earthquakes last year without any deaths or significant damage, and 15 earthquakes were measured just last week in the Pacific near the coasts of El Salvador, northern California, and Mexico.
This map depicts a USGS community internet earthquake intensity map. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: CDE News
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Australia
Fatal Shark Attack in Sydney
For the first time since 1963, a fatal shark attack has occurred in Sydney, Australia. A person was swimming at Little Bay Beach when a shark attacked him, according to a witness. It is estimated that the shark was 4.5 meters long. The attack created splashes so large that it “looked like a car had landed in the water…there was blood everywhere.” The government in New South Wales has invested millions of dollars on technology to prevent shark attacks, with nets at 51 beaches and listening stations and drones to send alerts when sharks are sighted. In 2021, there were 3 unprovoked shark attacks in Australia, which was down from 7 in 2020.
This map depicts the location of Wednesday’s shark attack, off the coast of Sydney. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Q: Which European country occupied Qingdao, China in 1897 and declared the city a free port in 1899?
A: Germany
Qingdao was originally a minor fishing village, situated in between Beijing and Shanghai. In the 1880s, China realized the strategic and geopolitical importance of Qingdao, however the German government dispatched a force to occupy the city and required China to grant Germany a 99-year lease on Jiaozhou Bay. In 1897 Qingdao was declared a free port with facilities and railways installed to increase trade. In 1914, Japan declared war on Germany and captured the port of Qingdao, occupying the city until the 1922 Washington Conference, when it was returned to China. The coastal city has become an important cultural epicenter, with a large fishing port, multiple universities, renowned parks and beaches, and the famous TsingTao beer. Still today, one can go to Qingdao Old Town to experience the German-style buildings and relics of the city’s colonial past.
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Q: Which massive cave, one of the largest in the world, is home to stalagmites over 246 ft (75 meters) tall and even a jungle inside?
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