INDONESIA CALIFORNIA QUAKES

In Story 1 We see a Pipeline exploding, and 2 Earthquakes in IDONESIA, CALIFORNIA. AND in Story 4 a Storm in the Philippines kills 11.

Fuel pipeline explodes in Nigeria; police say 150 to 200 people killed DULU MBACHU

1 hour, 49 minutes ago ILADO, Nigeria (AP) - A pipeline exploded in Nigeria as villagers collected fuel from the ruptured conduit, killing between 150 and 200 people and leaving charred bodies scattered around the blast site. Dozens of burned corpses could be seen lying on
the ground at the waterside village of Ilado, about 45 kilometres east of Lagos, Nigeria's main city, and police said dozens had perished in the flames.

Between 150 and 200 people died," Lagos Police Commissioner Emmanuel Adebayo told reporters. Rescue workers dug a ditch near the exploded pipeline and Adebayo said the bodies would be buried in a common grave. They are going to be given a mass burial," Adebayo said. The impoverished people of Africa's oil giant often tap into pipelines, seeking fuel for cooking or
resale on the black market. The highly volatile petroleum can ignite, incinerating those collecting it.

In September 2004, a pipeline exploded near Lagos as thieves tried to siphon gasoline from it, with up to 50 people perishing in the flames. A 1998 pipeline blast killed over 1,000 in southern Nigeria. Most of Nigeria's petroleum is pumped in the southern Niger Delta region, far from Lagos. Pipes carry the crude to refineries across the vast country. Nigeria, which normally pumps 2.5 million barrels of crude a day, is Africa's largest producer and the fifth-largest source of imports to the United States.

Quake rattles Indonesian capital Fri May 12, 7:28 AM ET

JAKARTA (AFP) - A strong undersea earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java in Indonesian and was felt in the capital Jakarta, an official said. The quake hit at 15:17 pm (0817 GMT) at a depth of 33 kilometres (20 miles), an official from the meteorology office in Jakarta said. It was felt in the town of Cilegon
in West Java as well as in Jakarta," he told AFP.

Another official who gave his name as Bagyo later said the quake was mostly found in the town of Bandarlampung, in Sumatra's Lampung province and in Serang in West Java. We have received some reports of homes damaged, mostly cracked walls in the area of Kalianda in Lampung," he told AFP, adding that no reports of casualties were received. He said the epicentre was located just 39 kilometres west of Bandarlampung.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where the meeting of continental plates means seismic activity is common. A geographical faultline runs parallel to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and tectonic activities along it have repeatedly led to strong earthquakes.

Light Quake Shakes Northern California Fri May 12, 9:30 AM ET

COBB, Calif. - A light quake shook an area north of San Francisco Friday morning and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The magnitude 4.4 quake struck at 3:37 a.m. PDT about five miles southwest of the town of Cobb, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey. Cobb is 77 miles northwest of San Francisco.

11 dead or missing as tropical storm hits Philippines Fri May 12, 12:47 PM ET

MANILA (AFP) - Six people died and with five others were missing after a small ferry capsized as tropical storm Chanchu slammed into the central Philippines, the coast guard reported. Thirteen people were rescued after the MV May Anne went down in rough waters off the island of Masbate, the coast guard said. The storm had earlier caused the coast guard to suspend ferry operations, stranding some 6,000 people in ports in the central Visayas and eastern Bicol regions.

Television reports said the operators of the ill-fated ferry disregarded the coast guard's orders and set out to sea anyway. Chanchu, the first storm to hit the country this year, slammed into the Philippines overnight causing flash floods and landslides that forced the evacuation of hundreds of villagers, disaster relief officials said Friday. Families from several villages
in the town of Sogod, in the central island province of Southern Leyte, were also evacuated after heavy rains caused a landslide that cut off a highway, provincial governor Rosette Lerias told AFP. At least 11 villages with about 1,000 families in Sogod had been isolated, with one vital bridge also impassable, Lerias said.Another 40 families in the town of Macrohon were also evacuated after heavy flooding, she said. It has been raining really hard, and we had about 130 millimeters (five inches) of rainfall yesterday alone," Lerias said, adding that normal rainfall according to forecasters should be 550 millimeters in a week. We are working very closely with the national government in Manila and we have all the supplies we need," she said.

She said parts of Leyte as well as the entire province of Albay in the Bicol region were experiencing blackouts. The storm came almost three months after torrential rains caused the collapse of a mountainside that engulfed the Leyte village of Guinsaugon, leaving more than 1,000 people buried alive under a massive mudslide. Nerry Amparo, head of operations in
Manila's Office of Civil Defense, said field reports coming in indicated zero casualties so far in the latest storm. Storm warnings were hoisted in some 23 provinces and islands, including the capital Manila, where rain has fallen since Thursday.

The storm had slightly weakened as it made landfall overnight, and was expected to dump more rain in metropolitan Manila as its eye passes Friday night, the weather bureau said. Continuing with its northwest path with maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers (58 miles) per hour, Chanchu was forecast to hit areas in the main island of Luzon Saturday before subsiding
Monday. Flag carrier Philippine Airlines and two other domestic carriers cancelled nine flights to the Visayas and Bicol, but the announcement came late and many passengers were stuck in the airport.

The weather bureau said residents along coastal areas should seek higher ground "due to big waves generated by the storm" and those under the slopes to evacuate. Noel Rosal, the mayor of Legaspi city in eastern Albay province, said some 200 families were also evacuated in the area after flash floods when power went down. But we have enough supplies and hopefully
the weather will improve soon," Rosal said on local television. An average of 19 storms and typhoons strike the Philippines every year, killing hundreds of people through floods, landslides, and other hazards induced by strong winds and heavy rain.