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Jul 4, 2019 · The atomic history of Kiritimati – a tiny island where humanity realised its most lethal potential. Published: July 4, 2019 6:56am EDT. Becky Alexis-Martin receives funding from the BNTVA, Aged ...
- Becky Alexis-Martin
Kiritimati Island, Republic of Kiribati . IU XMAS commences operations on: 1997,234 . Host: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency: Network: IU: Latitude: 2.045 ...
Kiritimati comprises over 70% of the total land area of Kiribati, a country encompassing 33 Pacific atolls and islands. [3] It lies 232 km (144 mi) north of the equator, 2,160 km (1,340 mi) south of Honolulu, and 5,360 km (3,330 mi) from San Francisco.
- 388.39 km² (149.96 sq mi)
- 7,380 (2020 census)
- 13 m (43 ft)
- North Pacific Ocean
Dec 1, 1983 · Abstract. A major swarm of intraplate earthquakes at the southeastern end of the Gilbert Islands Chain (3.5°S, 177.5°E) commenced in December 1981 and lasted through March 1983. No seismicity had been reported in the historical record in this region prior to 1981, but during the swarm 217 events with mb ⩾ 4.0 were located by the NEIS, with ...
- Thorne Lay, Emile Okal
- 1983
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Jul 4, 2019 · Google Maps. Between May 1957 and September 1958, the British government tested nine thermonuclear weapons on Kiritimati for Operation Grapple. Then, in 1962, the UK cooperated with the US on Operation Dominic, undertaking a further 31 detonations on Kiritimati. About 20,000 British servicemen, 524 New Zealand soldiers and 300 Fijian soldiers ...
Earthquake location: Solomon Islands: Earthquake latitude/longitude:-11.1/163.7: Earthquake time(UTC): 2015/05/22 (142) 21:45:18 GMT: Earthquake Depth: 7.9 km: Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8 MO: Earthquake Catalog/Contributor: NEIC PDE/NEIC ALERT
Kiritimati was an operations base for nuclear weapons tests by the British in 1957–58 and by the United States in 1962. Its position near the Equator made its surrounding waters a favoured site for sea launches of Earth satellites beginning in the late 1990s.
