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A very strong but luckily deep earthquake magnitude 7.2 struck off the coast, sparsely populated, Kuril Islands on April 19, 2013 at 03:05 UTC. USGS reports depth of 122 km, EMSC measured 100km. A tsunami was not generated and no tsunami warning was issued. JMA still
A bright fireball streaked across the sky above the Spanish capital Madrid and was seen across the entire country on April 13, 2013. The object struck the atmosphere above the Villamuelas district in the province of Toledo, southwest of Madrid around 21:45 UTC…
A moderate solar flare reaching M3.35 erupted on April 12, 2013. The event started at 19:52, peaked at 20:38 and ended at 20:46 UTC. The source of this event is Region 1718 classified with Beta-Gamma magnetic field.The geomagnetic field has been at quiet levels for
A moderate, yet strongest this year so far, solar flare measuring M6.51 erupted on April 11, 2013 at 07:16 UTC. The source of this event is Active Region 1719 located almost in the center of the disk and with Beta-Gamma magnetic field capable of producing strong solar
On Saturday, April 6, 2013 operator of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station said that up to 120 tons of contaminated water had leaked into nearby soil from the No. 2 spent fuel pool (Kyodo). On Sunday, April 7, it said a further 47 tons may have leaked while
A strong and very shallow earthquake struck southern Iran on April 9, 2013 at 11:52 UTC. Epicenter was located 89 km (55 miles) SE of Bandar Bushehr, Iran and 92 km (57 miles) SSE of Borazjan, Iran at coordinates 28.500°N, 51.591°E. Both USGS and EMSC measured
A very strong earthquake with recorded magnitude of 7.0 struck Papua, Indonesia on April 6, 2013 at 04:42 UTC. Epicenter was located 240 km (149 miles) E (83°) from Enarotali, Irian Jaya, Indonesia and 271 km (169 miles) WSW (246°) from Jayapura, Irian Jaya,
A moderate solar flare measuring M2.2 erupted on April 5, 2013. The event peaked at 17:48 UTC. The source of this solar flare appears to be old Region 1695 located near the northeast limb. This region is just coming into Earth view. Earth side of the Sun was
University of Maryland School of Medicine scientists have identified a peptide, or protein, derived from Pacific cod which appears to inhibit prostate cancer and possibly other cancers from spreading — a process known as metastasis. This is extremely important
Plans were unveiled by Boyan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup Foundation, for an Ocean Cleanup Array, brought on after launching a school project that analyzed the amount and size of the plastic particles in the ocean’s garbage patches.The Ocean Cleanup Array
