Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.0 Earthquake hits north of Svalbard.

5.0 Earthquake hits the south Atlantic Ocean.

Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant Springs New Leak

One hundred metric tons of highly contaminated water leaked out of a tank at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, its operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, said on Thursday.

This has been the worst incident since last August, when a series of radioactive leaks happened. But unlike in those leaks, "water is unlikely to have reached the ocean as there is no drainage in that tank area," Masayuki Ono, a spokesman for the utility, also known as Tepco, said. The water that did reach the ocean from the earlier leaks was not considered a widespread threat as it becomes diluted by the vastness of the Pacific Ocean.