Month of April 2015 events in India and A New model of Earth's movement towards the East following Nepal's Earthquake of 26th.

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Volume 2015, Issue No.4, April 1st, Time 8AM

Month of April 2015 events in India and A 
New model of Earth's movement towards the East following Nepal's Earthquake of 26th.

by

Professor Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,

(Retd. Prof. of  Physics at SU, Kolhapur)

17-11-10, Narasimha Ashram, 

Official Colony, Maharanipeta.P.O.

Visakhapatnam -53002. AP. Mobile:9491902867.

ABSTRACT

April 13th it rained in Visakhapatnam (after the 175 kmph September 6th rain) from 9AM to 11.30PM. GOOGLE EXECUTIVE Fredinburg, 33, DIED on Mount  Everest climbing in the Earthquake of Nepal. Everest toll stands at present at 22. Quake robbed Nepal of cultural buildings and clusters of temples. But the 5th century Pashupatinath temple remained totally unaffected by the massive 7.9R Earthquake. It is oldest Hindu Temple in Kathmandu whose existence dates back to 400AD.  Statues built between 12th and 18th centuries by ancient kings of Nepal have collapsed. A model has been proposed in this paper by the author regarding the impact of the Earthquake, suggesting it has extended from Nepal towards the Srikakulam in AP and as well weak beyond it towards the New Zealand. The impact extended over Bihar and reached the shores of Srikakulam in AP. Possibly, it is conjectured in my model considerations, the minor Earthquake triggered below 66 miles of New Zealand is coupled to the shallow only 14.5 miles deep Nepal massive Earthquake. Present model is distinct in asserting that the mass from Mount Everest, Nepal, Bihar and other states of India up to Srikakulam is sliding in the direction of Earth's rotation and periodic occurrence of it by a period of approximately 80 years duration.  The creation of a mass in Japan and the occurrence of  a deep Earthquake in New Zealand are supporting the present model thoughts of the author of this blogpost.

INTRODUCTION

       A splendid month with Visakhapatnam receiving rain on the 13th April 2015 morning around 8h30m AM to 9 AM as a pleasant surprise after the devastating rain. 

OBSERVATIONS 

                                      

Electric/hybrid vehicles 

         Programmed to promote electric/hybrid vehicles said ministry of heavy industries from April 1^st, 2015.

April 4, 2015 at 23h29m IST
Massive Hailstorm in Mathura, 3 Killed, 150 Injured, PTI.

Moon Eclipse
                                              

Moon Eclipse devotees gathered at Ganges 

for a sacred bath on the 4th April 2015

INCESSANT RAIN ON April 06, 2015 18:58 IST

DODA  
       
          Over 200 houses have been completely damaged due to the incessant rain in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, the state authorities today said.

       "More than 200 houses have been completely damaged due to the incessant rain that lashed this part of the state," SSP (Doda) Zahid Manhas told PTI. "The civil administration and the police had already evacuated people from the vulnerable areas and shifted them to safer places," he said, adding that relief has been provided to the people who had to leave their houses. He said that several houses in the district have developed cracks due to the rain as water has seeped into many places. "There are reports that cracks have developed in several houses making them vulnerable to collapse," he said.

Srinagar- Jammu National Highway opened up partially 

after landslides and heavy downpour of rains.

Nor'wester Storm in Bangladesh

               Bogra district, 197 km from capital Dhaka, was worst hit with at least 19 casualties. Most of them died after they were buried under collapsed houses and trees while some were electrocuted by electrical wires from fallen poles,

            In Bangladesh and adjacent parts of India, an intense type of storm known
 as a "Nor'wester" occasionally brings high wind and very heavy rain, usually in spring. Based on event descriptions and the meteorological environments involved,  it appears that at least some "nor'westers" are, in fact, progressive derechos.

37 people killed in Bangladesh storms

           A severe Nor'wester lashed through Dhaka and northwestern region of Bangladesh late April 4, 2015 leaving at least 24 people dead and hundreds injured. Weather officials said this was the first severe storm in the usual spring storm season.

            It left a tail of destruction uprooting hundreds of trees and flattening many tin and mud-built houses and snapping road and rail communication with affected areas.

             Bogra district, 197 km from capital Dhaka, was worst hit with at least 19 casualties. Most of them died after they were buried under collapsed houses and trees while some were electrocuted by electrical wires from fallen poles,

             

NORTH INDIA FAILURE OF CROPS IN UP

            Heavy rain and untimely rain in northern and central India's Wheat bowl earlier this month is expected  to heave the crop trimmed.

        

               The corporation has already rejected wheat crop from Kota in Rajasthan where recent rains and hailstorm damaged the crop. FCI which procures wheat from farmers at MSP of Rs 1450 per quintal rejected a large quantity of the produce on the ground that it has lost lustre and does not meet quality norms. While some farmers are protesting, others have been forced to sell wheat in open market for up to Rs 1390 per quintal.

      

               Unseasoned rains and hailstorms have damaged Rabi (winter-sown) crops in about 113 lakh hectares of crop area in the country. Total cultivable area in Rabi season stands at 600 lakh hectares.

9th April 2015 

        Fuel breakthrough for hydrogen cars boosted by local experts that used husks and stalks of corn plants, cutting expenses and making fuel a totally local enterprise.

 10 April

Heavy rain downpour stranded vehicles 

in Gurgaon.

          An unseasoned spell of heavy rain accompanied by gale wind and thunder on Thursday 9th April lashed South Odisha Kalyan, Singapur, Kashipura, Bissam, Cuttack, Gudari, Gunupur, Kolnara and Muniguda blocks in Rayagada.were affected by strong wind blowing off roofs and asbestos covers. Electric supply totally disturbed as many poles uprooted.

Hailstorms and thunderstorms in AP and TS

                They occur whenever there is a change in the wind pattern and now the moist southerly winds from Bay of Bengal started to flow in this direction. Because of hot weather the moist winds rise up and result in rainfall.

            The rain in Telangana in the past couple of days, caused by an upper trough extending from Lakshadweep to Chhattisgarh. Trough dissipated on Saturday 11th April as per INSAT  images.Seven districts of Telangana, barring Hyderabad, Karimnagar, and Khammam received excessive rainfall on Saturday 11th April. Low level easterlies or Southerlies are prevalent over AP.

DARK MATTER AND NEW PHYSICS POSSIBLE OPTIONS WITH THE LHC

                  Please refer the series of Articles on Dark Matter  by the present author published on this website.

April   14th  2015 

                      A large sunspot group emerged over the weekend and it is turning toward Earth. Karzaman Ahmad of the Langkawi National Observatory in Malaysia photographed "AR2321" during the early hours of Monday, April 13th:  Sprawling more than 120,000 km from end to end, the sunspot group has several dark cores as large as Earth. These dimensions make AR2321 an easy target for backyard solar telescopes. Of greater interest is the region's potential for flares. AR2321 has an unstable "beta-gamma-delta" magnetic field that harbors energy for strong eruptions. NOAA forecasters estimate a 55% chance of M-class flares and a 20% chance of X-flares on April 13th.

           It was an amazing view just after sunset on April 12th," says Nikodem. "Admiring Venus and the Pleiades, I remembered the first launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on this very date 34 years ago." The planet and the star cluster will remain together for just a few more nights. When the sun goes down, step outside and look west. Surrounded by twilight blue, Venus is visible immediately. As the sky fades to black, the Pleiades emerge beside her. It's a nice way to end the day M-class flares and a 20% chance of  X-flares on April 13th.

14th April 2015

             Rain brought Hyderabad on to its knees as rains, thundershowers and hailstorms lashed Telangana, Rayalseema, and coastal Andhra for consecutive three days of rain.

              Death toll hits 9 in AP due to the unseasonal rains on Tuesday 14th April damaged crops in Rayalseema (a peculiar rain flury), Srikakulam, Guntur and Krishna districts.  CM from China promises to pay even for little over 33%crop loss.

15th April 2015

            Rain and hailstorm on 13th April caused misery to farmers in Anantapur District on Monday. Banana orchards in the Yadiki mandal most affected 400 hectares, with the district recorded 341.15 mm rainfall, damaged standing groundnuts, watermelon and papaya crops. Rs. 4 crore loss estimated. Heavy rain affected Chittoor town and surrounding areas for nearly two hours.

                Rain affected nearly 1600 hectares in three districts with six lives lost mainly due to thunderbolts and rains damaged crops in Kadapa, Kurnool and Anantapur districts. Rs. 18,000/- to perennial crops, Rs.6,800/- to rain-fed farms, and Rs.13,500 in assured irrigated areas as per norms fixed during HUDHUD  calamity!

                         

16th April  2015 at 10h15mAM

                         16th April 2015 News

PLANETS AND THE MOON

                Tuesday, April 21, 1 hour after sunset. The moon will pass close to Venus and the bright red star Aldebaran. Wednesday, April 22, 30 minutes after sunset. Keen-eyed observers may be able to spot Mercury and Mars just a degree apart low in the western sky. Binoculars.  

 A crackling fireball

            A crackling fireball that exploded over Russia last year appears to share an orbit with a huge asteroid discovered in October 2014, a new study reports. The Kola fireball  was spotted on April 19, 2014, as it lit up the night sky above the Kola Peninsula near the Finnish-Russian border. Its orbit is "disturbingly similar" to the asteroid 2014 UR116, slated to pass by the moon in 2017, the study authors said. Camera observations by the Finnish Fireball Network, which monitors the sky for meteors and fireballs and video from eyewitnesses helped scientists.

POWER OF RAIN AND WIND

            A new glass uses nanosized generators powered by triboelectrics. Generators lay in two layers atop a single pane of glass creates an electric current that tints the clear window into a dark shade of Blue. Outermost layer generates static energy from rain. When a raindrop falls the contact between the water and the air creates a positive charge within the droplet. When it strikes the glass that is coated with nanosize pyramids made from negatively charged silicone material known as polydimethylsiloxane that creates the electric current. 

         

              The second layer of nanogenerators lie beneath the first and harvests energy from the wind. This layer consists of two sheets of charged, seethrough plastic that are separated by nanoscopic spring coils.  As wind pushes the springs to compress and create an electric current, as the charged plates of plastic approach each other.

CANADA RETURNS OLD SCRIPTURES

                    A 900 year old piece of sculpture from khajuraho temple returned by Canada PM to India PM when PMN Modi visited Canada.The sculpture is known as 'Parrot Lady' as per 1970 UNESCO  convention.

FOUR KILLED AS LIGHTNING STRIKES

                      In Visakhapatnam four persons including a couple were killed when lightning struck at Pandrangi village on Friday 17th April who were taking shelter under a tree. 

DEFICIT RAIN FALL

     Coastal AP received 34% deficit rainfall in March 2015. Rayalseema region received 43% deficit up to March 2015. Average ground water level in AP on March 31st was 12.85 meters as against 10.19 meter last year. More rains forecast in AP and TS. Rainfall occurred in isolated places in Govindarao peta it was 6cm, Mominpet received 4cms rain. The thunderstorm has witnessed a decreasing trend.

STORM MAKES DAY A NIGHT

      17th April 2015: An apocalyptic storm swept through in Belarus, but at Soligorsk where clouds as black as ink obscured the Sun Light, while strong winds ushered in a sand storm. Residents were both excited and scared. The video has gone viral on the internet.

LOCATION OF YAO CAPITAL CONFIRMED

                                      17th April 2015:Chinese confirmed the location of TAOSI  capital of YAO period about 4200 years ago. Excavations in Linfen City, Shanxi province began in 1978. TAOSI  covered are of 2.8 million sq meters. Pingyang was the capital of Yao regime. The emperors Shun and Yu were true in history.

BRITAIN TO RETURN EGYPTIAN TREASURE

                                   A 3500 year old fragment o a temple built by ancient pharaoh Thutmose IV an 18th century dynasty king,  who reigned from 1400-1390 BC will be returned by Britain to Egypt.

GERMANY

            Germany returned to Egypt seven priceless artefacts including a Greco-Roman female head, terracotta ancient Egyptian God Horus as a child and five amulets.

Hubble Telescope

      The Hubble telescope narrowed down the values given by two groups to about 20%. A value of Ho= 74±3 km/sec/million parsec is most quoted. Sandbag and Tammann group still favour a lower value Ho=62±6m/sec/million parsec. HST was able to Cepheids, bright variable stars to estimate secondary distance indicators. It has higher resolution and so favored.

Protection for Heritage Sites

        An impressive four-stored rock cut temple belonging to the 6^th Century at the Undavalli caves at in the capital region. Caves situated on the Vijayawada, Undavalli-Amaravati main road and Nidamarru was formed in 1480 by Vijayanagar people, Tulluru was established in 1201 constructing Turukeswara Swamy Temle , Nowlur was formed in 1078, Yerrabalem was established in 1135, Alnavolu was formed in 1479, Anantavaram was established in 1153, and many villages of ancient history. Many Idols and scriptures need to be protected. Three inscriptions are available about Mandadam formed in 1181. History of  Kuragakku, Yerrabalem, Nidamaru, Nirukonda, Ainavolu, Undavakki, Uddandarayunipalem, Amaravati, Nkkallu, Nelapadu, Penmakka, Bethapudi, Mangalagiri, Mandadam, Malkapurm, Rayapudi, Velagapudi, and Sakhamuru data available with inscriptions of manuals in Madras presidency 1 and 2volumes, Soutj Indian inscriptions, 4,5,6 and 10 volumes and in Krishna District manua,Sasana Sabdakosam, SabdaRatnakaram and Suryandhra Nighantuvu.

   In 1270 Kakatiya king Ganapathi Devudu with princesses Rudrama Devi visited Malkapurm and formed a big city Rudramdevipuram.

 Chandanovatsam on April 21^st

Thousands witnessed Chandanovatsam on April 21^st, 2015 at Narasimha Swamy Temple on Tuesday. On the eve of 22^nd April 2015 at the RK Mission Beach an old lady told the author that the Simhachalam Temple puja results in rain. Accordingly there was a shower for about 20 minitus and the cloudy weather continued on the next day 23^rd April 2015.

THUNDER STORMS in Bihar

Late Tuesday night on 21^st April 2015 the thunderstorm killed 42 people injured 100 people.   Wind speed was 150kmph and Purnia was the worst affected district. The Disaster Management Department has put loss at Rs.1000crore. Over 25000 houses were damaged.  Madhepura, Katihar, Madhubani, Supaul, Darbhanga, Samistipura and Bhagalpur districts affected badly.

                                      

The author 21st April 2015 at 5h44m50s 

at Visakhapatnam beach.

TEMPERATURE RISES IN AP

  Kadapa district recorded highest maximum temperature with 44 degrees on April 11. In coastal districts 34-41 degrees recorded.

Met sees below normal rains

      The impact of El Nino affected rainfall bringing it below normal eight times in last 14 years.  There is 70% chance that El Nino will continue in Monsoon. A 35% probability of the monsoon being below normal has been predicted this year 2015. There may not be a drought-like situation.

A sand storm that made people 

difficult to breath on Thursday 

New device to separate cancer cells

April 21st Buddhists Stupas found in

 Kandamur in Nellore District

21st April 2015 Australia's East Coast

 battered by a severe storm

April 22nd 2015 Moon 
and the Shining Planet.

Alarm of high rate retreat of Tibet Glaciers

             Glaciers have retreated by about 7600 sq km in the last 65 years. Thick ice around the base camp of the Mt Everest has disappeared due to pollution levels rise. Every year 247 sq km of glacial ice has disappeared since 1950. 5200 meters above sea level, on the Mount Everest that once covered with thick ice now is just a pack of stones. Glaciers sunk by 10% since 1974. A glacial lake downstream of the mountain is now about 13 times bigger. 

APRIL 24th 2015

Scientific American Picture

 Scientific American Picture

23rd April 2015 

REGULATOR TO DIVERT FLOOD WATER

                                   A regulator planned to divert water to Buckingham or Madras canal. Construction of four lock gates has been completed and cross band construction is in progress. The reverse flow of flood waters entering the areas of Tadepalli and Mangalagiri inundating them due floods would be soon prevented. 

The sudden appearance of

 Gravity waves on 

24th April 215 at 6h01m43s PM at

Visakhapatnam.

Rain spoiled crops in Guntur: April 24th

               Sudden rains that lashed on Friday morning have damaged maize, turmeric, and banana crops. Farmers at Undavalli, Penumaka, Yerrabalem, Krishnayapalem, Venkatapalem, Lingayapalem, Rayapudi and other areas of capital region.

             Visakhapatnam lashed by heavy rain on Friday around 2 cm of rainfall occurred.

   Sabbavaram, Anakapalli, Narsipatnam, Vizianagaram, and Parvathipuram received heavy rains. Waltair received only 1.5cm rain while Airport received 2cm. It rained from morning to around 1PM.

                                 Banana  fields that were damaged in recent thunderstorms at Pyalakurthi in Kurnool District.

                                       Hail storms occurred in Telangana. The upper air circulation over Assam and Meghalaya stayed over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and adjoining Bihar and trough extended from the system to south Chhattisgarh.

A BATTERY CHARGES IN A MINUTE

        The aluminum battery can produce about 2 volts can be recharged more than 7500 times without any decay in its total capacity. Researchers placed their aluminium anode and graphite cathode, along with an ionic liquid electrolyte, into a flexible polymer pouch. The combination gave a high performing cheap battery.

WATERFALL BLOOD RED

                   Blood-falls of almost five storey height, in Antarctica, is iron-rich with hyper saline water leaking out from salt lake underneath a glacier. When iron in water hits the air, it oxidizes and essentially rusts. Water-fall gushes from a fissure in the Taylor Glacier spills into Antarctica's Lake Bonney. Water-falls pour bright red water right out of the white glacier. Its red color comes from iron.

MODEL BY THE AUTHOR

                 A model has been proposed in this paper by the author regarding the impact of the Earthquake, suggesting it has extended from Nepal towards the Srikakulam in AP and as well weak beyond it towards the New Zealand. The impact extended over Bihar and reached the shores of Srikakulam in AP. Possibly, it is conjectured in my model considerations, that the minor Earthquake triggered below 66 miles of New Zealand is coupled to the shallow only 14.5 miles deep Nepal massive Earthquake. 

                            Model considers the movement of the Mount Everest, along with the land masses of surrounding China, Pakistan, moved along with the Nepal, Bihar and other small areas of South India up to Srikakulam (in AP) and then the force of the 14.5miles deep Earthquake jolt from Nepal, lost its power and force. But surprisingly the creation of huge mass in Japan needs to be associated with the present Earthquake phenomenon of Nepal. The model is distinct from the thoughts of a model asserted by a scientist Colin Stark ascertaining the fact that the mass goes underneath the Nepal.

                              Present model is distinct in asserting that the mass from Mount Everest, Nepal, Bihar and other states of India up to Srikakulam is sliding in the direction of Earth's rotation and periodic occurrence of it by a period of approximately 80 years duration.  The creation of a mass in Japan and the occurrence of  a deep Earthquake in New Zealand are supporting the present model thoughts of the author of this blogpost.

APRIL 25th EARTHQUAKE NEPAL 

             Nepal struck by a 7.9R earthquake struck at 11h56m AM NST, (11h41m AM IST) strongest in 81 years  and killed, more than 900 people listed to-date, at lunchtime and unleashed avalanches in Mount Everest. 

             

           Epicenter at Lamjung 80 km from Kathmandu. China, Bhutan, Pakistan and Bangladesh too were hit.

              Visakhapatnam city also experienced earth tremors and at Narasimha Ashram residence I found that a small stone on the corrugated roof, over my kitchen, rolled down to the ground floor open space around 11h40mAM on the April 25th, 2015. No tremor was however felt.

                   GOOGLE EXECUTIVE DIED on Mount  Everest climbing in the Earthquake of Nepal. Everest toll stands at present at 22. Quake robbed Nepal of cultural buildings and clusters of temples. Statues built between 12th and 18th centuries by ancient kings of Nepal have collapsed.  Two temples in Patan completely collapsed.  Durbar square with 200 spiral steps which was crowded on Saturday  with local and foreign tourists collapsed and reduced to just its base, which was a UNESCO heritage site. Residents were found crawling through the rubble. Dharahara had crumbled to ground with more than 100 people in it.  

                               Australia contacted about 200 of the 549 in Nepal. New Zealand accounted for more than 110 nationals. Japan liaison office said 1100 of its nationals were staying in Nepal.  South Korea promised $one million for the quake hit Nepal. US sent a disaster response team and an initial $1 million aid. Australia and New Zealand promised $4.5 million aid.

           City experienced  tremors for 4 secs at Muralinagar, Akkayapalem, Madhavadhara, Seethamadhara north extension, Madhurwada and port area and some parts of Bheemunipatnam and Anakapalli of duration about 2 to 3 secs.

            At least 51 killed across Bihar, UP, and West Bengal. 10 dead and more missing in Everest avalanche due to the Earthquake in Nepal. About 30 tents flattened due to the avalanche in base camp. Bodies of ten recovered and others unknown, due to lack of communications.

         Vijayawada many people came out due to panic at 11h45m. Srikakulam sea coast of 174 km tremors were felt. also in Gara, Polaki, Srikurmam, Ranasthala and Pydibhimvaram. 44 died in East, North India. Tollywood film unit missing in Nepal.

             China, Tibet and Bangladesh also were hit and about 15 people were killed. 

               The depth was 10-15 km epicentre making it a shallow earthquake.

          A 5.9R earthquake rattled New Zealand, with quake hitting at 3h36mPM (0336 GMT) with epicentre at 66 km from South Island town of Kaikoura at a depth of 55kms. 

 April 26th EARTH QUAKES IN NEPAL

                                     

Climbers at Base camp after 

Earthquake triggered an avalanche

on 26th  April  2015.

CHILE VOLCANO ASH CLOUD

                 It reached Brazil from the Chilean Volcano Calbuco, which erupted without warning this week and reached Brazil on Sunday 26th April 2015. It prompted many airlines from Chile to Argentina and Uruguay. It erupted twice on Wednesday and Thursday sending up spectacular 17-kilometer-high cloud and coated nearby towns in a thick layer of gray ash. 

    

                                       

               Fresh tremors in India toll hits 62 in the Northern and Eastern states of the country following fresh tremors on Sunday 26th April 2015 in India. Triggered by fresh tremors of 6.7R epicentered in Nepal. Experienced in West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Delhi around 12h42mPM for just 30secs. 

           About 38 aftershocks from epicentre in Nepal since Saturday, eight felt in Bihar measuring 5.5R and 6.9R. 

                Helicopters used to rescue Mount Everest climbers on Sunday to rescue victims of an avalanche. Everest toll is about 22 people todate. GOOGLE EXECUTIVE Fredinburg, 33, DIED. 217 others were missing. 

                  Toll rises to 72 in India. Seven woman from Assam were also feared killed in the quake.

PASHUPATINATH TEMPLE UNHARMED

                                          5th century temple survived the 7.9R  earthquake and it has developed no cracks. It is oldest Hindu Temple in Kathmandu whose existence dates back to 400AD. Many people have taken shelter in the temple.

SELFIE'SH

                         Dozens of people clambered around the debris clicking selfies and photos of their friends posing in front of the wreckages near DhamaTower.

The Earthquake of Monday 2015

 and the seismograph

                               Moon and nearby Planet Mars

                                     27th April 2015 at 9h05m

                              Narasimha Ashram, Visakhapatnam.

          Another Earthquake of magnitude 4.4R hit Nagarkot, area surrounding the capital Kathmandu on the 29th April, about 30km away US Geological Survey reports. UN appealed for an aid of $41 million to Nepal.

                    An infant a four month baby was saved from rubble of a collapsed building in Bhaktapur town at least 22 hours after the collapse. Little boy Sonti Awal was without any internal organ damage Kathmandu Times reports on Wednesday. Rishi Khanal survived drinking his own urine, after more than three days (82 hours) when his building came down thrashing due to the Earthquake saved by a french rescue team.

NEXT MAJOR QUAKE WOLD BE WEST OF RECENT ONE

                          R.Prasad writes in The Hindu Thursday since the recent Earthquake was unidirectional fracture. The fault propagated from west to east releasing energy that was stored for many decades. The Indian plate was pushed under the Eurasian plate converging at the rate of 4.5 to 5 cm per year. About 3 cm accommodated in the Himalayan collision zone and remaining was accommodated along the east-west strike-slip faults in the Tibet region. The displacement vertical direction may be 1 to 2 meters along the faul.

                        Kathmandu valley is located on an ancient lake bed hence its soil is soft and "liquefies easily". A continental plate colliding  with an oceanic plate that is heavier,  results in subduction of oceanic plate under the continental plate   

MINI-CYCLONE KILLS 45 IN PAKISTAN

                       In Kyhyber Phukhnkhaw killed at least 45 people on Monday 27th April injuring 100 children.

TODAY'S NEWS 28th April 2015

                A post-quake landslide struck a village in the district of Rasuwa, north of Kathmandu, leaving up to 250 people missing. The area is a popular trekking destination and it is possible some foreign tourists were among those affected, Rain was hampering rescue efforts. Earthquake in Nepal devastates rural communities -- the view from an Indian Army helicopter in the hills of Gorkha. the number killed in the earthquake could more than double to 10,000 people. Heavy rain has added to the hardship of thousands of people forced to sleep rough for fourth night , after the earthquake destroyed their homes.

                      All of the 170 climbers who had been stranded at camps high up Mount Everest by a huge earthquake and avalanches have been helicoptered to safety. Eighteen climbers at Everest base camp died in Saturday’s avalanche that destroyed half of the tents there. the returning climbers’ tent camps had been wiped out by the avalanche which, surging at speeds estimated at up to 300 km per hour, cut a swath through base camp, hurling gear, people and tents hundreds of feet.

                     Dharahara tower and Kasthamandap temple among historic sites reduced to rubble by deadly quake, but heritage experts retain glimmer of hope. The Dharahara, a 60-metre white minaret tower built in in 1832 has been destroyed, while the Kasthamandap, a three-storey wooden temple in Durbar Square, has also been reduced to piles of wood and rubble. Kathmandu valley has three main cities – Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur – each built around rambling medieval palace complexes and each with a public square containing shrines and temples. 
                         
                         Example of the Dharahara Tower, reconstructed after earthquakes in 1833 and 1934. Bhaktapur has retained more of its medieval character, and, while the quake has inflicted heavy damage, some important buildings are still standing, including one of two five-tiered temples.

           The State Department has confirmed that at least four Americans died due to the earthquake in Nepal that has been confirmed to have killed. A 61-year-old film-maker, producer and photographer from Evergreen, Colorado, Taplin had been filming a documentary on Everest’s base camp for nearly two weeks when the avalanche struck.

              A veteran Google executive who lived near San Francisco, Fredinburg, 33, had been climbing Everest with three colleagues. An engineer by training, Fredinburg had served in several roles over eight years, most recently as head of privacy for Google X, the ambitious research division. His sister Megan confirmed that he had died on his Instagram account, writing that the avalanche had given her brother a fatal head injury.

                        Updated: April 28, 2015 12:48 IST:  PESHAWAR:  A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted various parts of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province today, triggering panic among the people.The epicentre of the quake was in the Hindukush mountain ranges near Tajikistan border at a depth of 144 kilometres, an official of the Pakistan Meteorological Department said.The tremor was felt in Malakand, Swat, Upper and Lower Dir districts of the province.

                             WASHINGTON: A part of India slid about one foot to 10 feet northwards and underneath Nepal in a matter of seconds during the devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the neighbouring country on Saturday. Saturday's slip took place over an area about 1,000 to 2,000 square miles over a zone spanning the cities of Kathmandu and Pokhara in one direction, and almost the entire Himalaya mountain width in the other, A part of India slid about one to 10 feet northwards and underneath Nepal in a matter of seconds. The rock (we call it the "crust", or more precisely 'lithosphere') below Bihar slid under Nepal along a zone from Bharatpur, through Hetauda, to Janakpur, Geophysicists have long monitored how fast Earth's plates are moving, and it is known that the entire subcontinent of India is being driven slowly but surely underneath Nepal and Tibet at a speed of around 1.8 inches per year. In the 81 years since the 1934 Bihar earthquake, which killed around 10,000 people, the land mass of India has been pushed about 12 feet into Nepal.

Nepal has had: (M1.5 or greater)   6 earthquakes today: 58 earthquakes in the past 7 days: 60 earthquakes in the past month : 69 earthquakes in the past year

The largest earthquake in Nepal: today: 4.8 in Bharatpur, Nepal   this week: 7.8 in Bharatpur, Nepal : this month: 7.8 in Bharatpur, Nepal  this year: 7.8 in Bharatpur, Nepal

AFGHAN VILLAGE LAND SLIDE

        About 52 people mostly woman and children killed  after a land slide swept through a village in mountainous northeast on Tuesday April 28. Dozens of houses buried in Badakhshan province nearly  year after another land slide, that killed 500 people) triggered by rains. This is a remote area bordering Tajikistan with road to the city remains closed six months in a year.

 INDIA SLIDES 10ft  TO NORTH

       A part of India slid about one foot to 10 feet northwards and underneath Nepal within seconds, during the devastating Earthquake of 7.9R magnitude a USA scientist,  Colin Stark, Lamont Associate Research Professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, claims in his website. It took place over an area of about 1000 to 2000 sq miles over a zone extending on cities around Kathmandu. Further he elaborated that rock, lithosphere, crust below Bihar skid under Nepal along a zone from Bharatpur, through Hetauda, to Janakpur. (Refer an article published in Colin Stark website)

29th April 2015 Wednesday

            Tremor of slight intensity in Assam with an earthquake of 3.5R magnitude shook Assam in the early hours of  Wednesday in Sonitpur district on latitude 26.8 degree north and 92.5 degree east at a depth of five km. It was experienced shortly after midnight at 0048 hours.

April 28, 2015 05:05

         Light To Moderate Dust Storm/Thundershowers At Many Places With Strong Dust-storm With Squally Winds At One Or Two Places Are Likely Over Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal And Odisha With Strong Average Winds Of 60 Kmph Gusting At 110 Kmph During The Next 72 Hours.

            With spotty heavy rain in past 24 hours, several parts of Bangladesh have recorded more than 100 mm of rain. The cyclonic circulation over the region, coupled with an anticyclone over the Bay of Bengal has resulted in the heavy rain over the country.  Bangladesh has subtropical monsoon climate.

April 30, 2015; 7:06 AM ETL 

          Rainfall will become less widespread across Nepal into this weekend, aiding rescue and recovery efforts following the deadly earthquake. Following several days of widespread rain and thunderstorms as well as high-elevation snow, which triggered additional landslides and avalanches, precipitation will become more isolated Friday and into this weekend. Huge differences in temperature are experienced across the Himalayas due to the dramatic changes in elevation. The low-lying Kathmandu Valley will avoid any extreme temperatures with daily highs ranging from 24-28 C (75-82 F) and overnight lows of 11-13 C (52-56 F).

293 motion sensors fail to detect 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal  G.S. Mudur   Thursday, 30 April 2015 09:20 AM

                              A network of 293 ground motion sensors located across northern, eastern and northeastern India lay crippled during Nepal's 7.9 magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks, handicapping researchers trying to assess how the quakes affected cities and towns in these regions.

Business as usual in Pokhara

                   Pokhara  sits 73 km east of epicentre of Saturday Earthquake,  that has only a few cracked walls.  A paragliding instructor prepares for flight with a Chinese tourist off a  highpoint in Pokhara.  Tourists busy with boating and shopping.  

250 dead in mudslide

               An official said 250 people believed dead following a mudslide and avalanche in an isolated village in rural Nepal not far from epicentre. Heavy snow had been falling on Tuesday near Ghodatabela village. Phone contacts were lost.   

   

JAPAN NEW TRIUMPH

                             

                             A new building construction in Japan that allows rainbow colors in the interior of the residence.

INDIAN SCIENTIST TRIUMPH

                         Bhatia using microlivers in the lab to model infection and test drugs that can eradicate malaria completely. The engineered nanoparticles interact with tumor proteins in the body and release hundreds of biomarkers which can be detected in Urine. One application employs paper strip urine test that can reveal the presence of cancer within minutes in mouse models. She plans to develop implantable liver tissue as a complement for whole organ transplant.

AUDI AND SUNFIRE

             The first step to  harvest renewable energy from source such as wind, solar and hydropower. Next use this energy to split water into oxygen and pure hydrogen using a process known as reversible electrolysis. This hydrogen mixed with CO, which is created from CO2 harvested from atmosphere. Two react at high temperatures and under pressure resulting in production of the long chain hydrocarbon compounds that make the BLUE CRUDE.  The e-diesel can be mixed with current diesel or used on its own. It may be sold for 1 or 1.5 euros per litre. 

FIRST ASTROSAT OF INDIA

                 The country's first astronomy satellite, ASTROSAT, will be launched in 2015.

HARSHA PANDULA ASH

                             Students from NIT, Warangal took part in the Milky Way photo session at Pakhalake. The union Astronomy Society of Hyderabad, initiated by Harsh Pandula, collaborated with  International Dark Sky Association.

LIGHTNING KILLS ONE AT GUNTUR

                               50-year old laborer on the farm field died when he was struck by a lightning at Adigoppula village in Durgi Mandal on Wednesday 29th April  afternoon. the incident took place in open farm field where the man was working. 

     

Patna had a cyclone storm on Wednesday   29th April.

America and many western countries are facing cyclonic storms as on 30 April 2015.                          

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

                The author is grateful to Late Professor K R Rao D.Sc.(Madras) D.Sc.(London) (Years of his life 1899 to 1972) for his interest in observations and analysis that inspired the present author to record, the Earthquake in Nepal observations and analysis presented gave a New Model.