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Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that she’s running for reelection, citing Alabama’s “bucket load of common sense” in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Ivey, 76, made the announcement in a video message released by her campaign. The Republican emphasized her administration’s investment in infrastructure, job creation, Alabama’s pandemic recovery and its low unemployment rate. “Alabama is working again, and the best is yet to come,” Ivey said in her distinct Southern drawl. Ivey faced both praise and criticism for her handling of the pandemic. Unlike some Southern governors, she issued a statewide mask order, a move that was criticized by some conservatives but won her praise from health officials and others for following scientific recommendations. That mask order has ended. She has often embraced GOP priorities during her four years in office, including signing the nation’s most stringent aborti
Sat, 8 May 2021, 17:10 17:10 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
4.3 quake 9 May 1:57 am (GMT +9)
An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred only 12 minutes ago 97 km southeast of Iwaki, Japan, Japan s National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 25 km beneath the epicenter near Iwaki, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima, Japan, early morning on Sunday 9 May 2021 at 1:57 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.4 earthquake.