Magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck offshore Maule, Chile at 22:37:04 UTC on March 25, 2012 according to USGS. The epicenter was located 32 km (20 miles) NNW (341°) from Talca, Chile (35.198°S, 71.783°W). The recorded depth of epicenter was at 30 km (18.6 miles).
In morning of March 24, a near M-Class flare took place around Sunspot 1445 at around 08:50-09:00 UTC. There was a gap in data on the GOES X-Ray Flux graph, however it was picked up on the EVE Diode X-Ray signal. Comparing it to yesterday’s M1.0, it looks like this
The recent solar activity did more than spark pretty auroras around the poles. Researchers say the solar storms of March 8th through 10th dumped enough energy in Earth’s upper atmosphere to power every residence in New York City for two years. Although the influx of
Several rope tornadoes have been spinning up from serve storms in southern Illinois and Kentucky with a lot of twisting motion in the atmosphere in place. Meanwhile, storms have also produced tornadoes in the Deep South.A line of nasty thunderstorms are stretching
Many types of aerosol particles circulate in the atmosphere, but one of the most damaging to human health is known as PM2.5, a technical term for microscopic bits of matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter (one thirtieththe width of a human hair). These small
On March 24th, 25th and 26th, Venus, Jupiter and crescent Moon will appear side by side again in the western sky at sunset. Best time for observing the sky show is before the sky fades completely black. These bright objects are extra-beautiful when they are framed by
Old Sunspot 1431 is now rotating back into view off the southeast limb and is also producing solar flares. So far this afternoon it produced a minor C6.5 flare, followed by a moderate M1.0 event at 19:40 UTC. Various small sunspots did form including regions 1441, 1442
Unidentified booms, rumbles, shakes and sounds resembling explosions were reported by residents in the City of Clintonville on the evening of Sunday, March 18. Five loud, mysterious booms thundered through the town at approximately two-hour intervals starting at
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck sparsely populated area of South Australia’s Far North at 09:25:16 UTC on March 23, 2012 according to Geoscience, Australia. USGS reported magnitude 5.6 earthquake. The epicenter was located 317 km (196 miles) SSW of Alice Springs,
The Mexican 7.4 magnitude earthquake near Acapulco on March 20, 2012 might have affected the currently dormant San Salvador volcano in 1000 km distance and triggered an earthquake swarm under the volcano.San Salvador volcano is an active stratovolcano immediately
