mid atlantic ridge in order to find out whether indeed this is gold and copper or are stacks contained there and if the research proves to be successful if they do find a war in the mid atlantic ridge that that means i should get the priority in the development of that field this is never been done before no country's ever fly for the development of the office he got into in international waters until last year china has decided that they wanted to ask permission to do research for any potential. valuable materials in the in these seabed off the indian ocean so this of course brought forth many opportunities for other countries more interested in development of such resources particularly for russia there's the the arctic the arctic sea russia is very interested in possible development of our oil and gas resources there in fact russia for quite some time has been trying to prove that the law and also a bridge in the arctic sea is in fact the continuation of russia's continental shelf and if they do prove that that in fact is the case that other countries agree with russia that that mea

seabed off the mid atlantic ridge in order to find out whether indeed this is spec to gold and copper or are in facts contained there and if the research proves to be successful if they do find a war in the mid atlantic ridge that means russia gets the priority in the development of that field of that field is of course comes after russia has applied for this event for the research of this particular area of the atlantic ocean at the end of last year it is the first time that any country has been granted permission to explore their keeps. away from its territorial. waters in the international zone of course the south started the reasons for this were the fact that this has never been done before no countries that are applied for the development of the office in national waters until last year china has decided that they wanted to ask for permission to research for any potential galli will materialize in. the indian ocean so this of course brought forth many opportunities for other countries who are interested in develop development of such resources particularly. russia we were talkin

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where there is a push coming from the mid atlantic ridge, opening today atlantic ocean. that push react ti vaited a fault created more than 100 million years ago. >> moony said likelihood of a earthquake was one in five in 100 years. virginia last experienced an earthquake similar in 1897. -- 1897. engineers say it was not designed to withstand earthquakes. >> the design to carry gravity. they're not designed to carry any forces created by earthquakes. so these are vulnerable. >> the east coast has more shaking still to come. >> the large after shocks will be somewhere around a four, upper fours and people will be still conscious of this activity for days still to come. >> and it's minutes ago, there has been an after shock. and now, this engineer says that the lack of uniformed building codes for earthquakes in the east may now come under scrutiny. david louie abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. and hurricane irene is taking aim at the southeast coast tonight from tip of florida to carolinas, people are preparing for first major hurricane in three years. it's forecast t

it gets the energy from a ridge in the middle of the atlantic ocean which is slowly pushing north america and europe apart. >> we did have an earthquake in this region 100 years ago and famous earthquake was a little bit further to the south so-called charleston north carolina -- south carolina earthquake of 18 86 so these earthquakes although they are infrequent they do occur and they can cause significant daniel hen they happen. >> dr. moony expects to see more after shock over the next several days but he does in the believe today's quake is the start of a large earthquake seek we understand along the east coast. >> meanwhile there was also a significant quake in southern colorado last nature. 5.3 quake caused damage here. while both this and the one back east are certainly rare, they are not connected. >> no we didn't think there's a lot of triggering going on between the 2 events. they are both relatively rare but they are both happening in areas that we have previously seen l concentration of earthquake. they aren't completely out in the middle of nowhere. >>reporter: now the last k

atlantic. but the heat ridge is still centered over texas. and this time next week, we should be very close to the all-time record for most consecutive 100 degree days in dallas. we've already had 35. there are going to be 100 plus for at least the next week straight. 1:ay we're going to give youcc 106 in the big "d." everyone else in the eastern half of the country, very humid air mass, a lot of showers and thunderstorms out there. those continue through your day. keep those in mind as you make your afternoon plans. >>> good saturday morning to you. we are waking up to some areas of low clouds and drizzle, much like we have seen throughout this week. by lunch time, pretty nice. in fact, we'll see numbers in the 70s, maybe as warm as 80 by livermore and eventually in the highs, san jose, 65, san francisco, not much change for the weekend.cc1:cc1: we should see temperatures climbing a bit next week. >> that's your weekend forecast. lester? >> bill, thanks. still to come, your money, your future. answers you need in some tough economic times. b

north carolina is in the thread zone at the moment, and the storm is moving around a large ridge in the atlantic and a front is coming through the east coast. it looks like it's going to take a northerly track of some sort. let's hope it stays off-shore versus onshore. megyn: we hope that indeed. colonel john talbott hurricane hunter. if you wish to track hurricane irene go to foxnews.com, click on the home page and the weather and get all the latest. fox news alert as the fight for libya and the hunt for moammar qaddafi continues. a terrifying ordeal ending for dozens of journalists who are in the capitol city. armed men of moammar qaddafi held them hostage in a hotel. members of the fox news crew included in that group. tadik joins us live -- we lost his live shot. we will try to get him back. remember, yesterday we had a phoner who was saying he was laying on the floor, at the time he was on the floor of the hotel room trying to stay away from doors and windows so that he was not in danger and would not be hurt, that the firing was coming in towards the hotel from 400 yards away i believe he

of a break is as the ridge has been centered over oklahoma, kansas, texas, shifts towards the southwest, we'll see a little bit of relief through the northeast, the midwest atlantic and the southwest. not seeing any relief in the short term. >> give us an update on tropical storm emily. we were getting the reports in that it was near just south of haiti. what's the latest there? >> yeah. that's one of the biggest concerns, at least in the short term with tropical storm emily. you can see behind me, there's puerto rico. dominican republic and haiti, the next in line there. the center of circulation is right about in there. the system very slowly drifting. what does that mean? with it just parked there, talking about a tropical storm, max sustained winds at 50 miles per hour. but the rainfall, a big concern. especially for a country that's pretty much deforested. it could be a dire situation. we're keeping a close eye on it. you saw some of the dry air on the western side of it. it is fighting the dry air and some shear. that should keep it on the weaker side of things in the shorter term, say, today into tomorrow. we have some tropical storm warnings out. at least