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Air Quality Alert issued August 12 at 8:21AM EDT by NWS Gray ME

Published: 12 August 2025
Categories: National Weather Service

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The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has issued an Air Quality Alert for ozone until 10 PM EDT this evening. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is predicting unhealthy air quality for sensitive individuals in Rockingham County. Sensitive individuals include children and older adults; anyone with lung disease such as asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis; and people who are active outdoors. Even healthy individuals may experience mild health effects and should consider limiting strenuous or prolonged outdoor activities. For additional information, please visit the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Prediction website at, https://www4.des.state.nh.us/airdata/

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Air Quality Alert issued August 12 at 8:21AM EDT by NWS Gray ME

Published: 12 August 2025
Categories: National Weather Service

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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Air Quality has issued an Air Quality Alert for ozone until 11 PM EDT this evening. Ozone levels are expected to rise into the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range today for the southwest coast of Maine. Meanwhile, particle pollution is expected to be in the Moderate range due to a lingering plume of wildfire smoke. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection recommends that individuals consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity to reduce the risk of adverse health effects. People who may be especially sensitive to the effects of elevated levels of pollutants include the very young, the elderly, those with pre-existing respiratory problems

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World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 12 August 2025

Published: 12 August 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Tue, 12 Aug 2025, 12:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 12 Aug 2025

Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 8 quakes 5.0+, 72 quakes 4.0+, 172 quakes 3.0+, 559 quakes 2.0+ (812 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 72 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 172 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 559 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 3 x 1014 joules (84.2 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 72453 tons of TNT or 4.5 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.5 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 6.4 Kabupaten Sarmi, South Papua, 204 km west of Jayapura, IndonesiaTuesday, Aug 12, 2025, at 05:24 pm (Jayapura time) – #2: Mag 5.4 North Pacific Ocean, 80 km south of Kushiro, Hokkaido, JapanTuesday, Aug 12, 2025, at 06:11 pm (GMT +9) – #3: Mag 5.3 Philippine Sea, 71 km east of Sarangani Island, PhilippinesTuesday, Aug 12, 2025, at 01:08 pm (GMT +8) – #4: Mag 5.2 Kabupaten Bone Bolango, 36 km southeast of Gorontalo, IndonesiaTuesday, Aug 12, 2025, at 10:14 am (Makassar time) – #5: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 75 km southeast of Severo-Kuril’sk, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaTuesday, Aug 12, 2025, at 03:25 am (GMT +10) – #6: Mag 5.0 South Papua, 183 km west of Jayapura, Kota

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Air Quality Alert issued August 12 at 8:20AM EDT by NWS Upton NY

Published: 12 August 2025
Categories: National Weather Service

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The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has issued an Air Quality Action Day for the following counties: Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, New London. until 11 PM EDT this evening. An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information, please visit the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Web site at http://www.ct.gov/deep/aqi

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