Magnitude 6.3 earthquake has occurred close to Ica, Peru on January 30 at 05:11:00 UTC. Epicenter was located 5 km (9 miles) SE of Ica, 96 km (59 miles) SSE of Chincha Alta, 172 km (106 miles) WNW of Puquio, 280 km (173 miles) SSE of Lima (14.179°S, 75.644°W) at
Residents of Fairbanks, Alaska, are enduring the harshest cold spell in more than a decade. 51 below zero was registered yesterday at the Fairbanks International Airport. Temperatures typically only drop to 16 below zero this time of year. Record low for Fairbanks
The Progress 46 cargo ship successfully docked to the International Space Station’s Pirs Docking Compartment late on January 27 to deliver almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the six crew members living and working on the orbital laboratory. The supply
The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut will take place Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 10:15 a.m. So far more than 1.7 million participants from the region have agreed to take part in the drill in some form. This time of year marks the 200th anniversary of the New Madrid earthquakes
Thousands of snowy owls from the Arctic have been spotted from coast to coast, in Idaho, Montana, Missouri and Massachusetts. Owl experts say the phenomenon is likely linked to lemmings, a rodent that accounts for 90 percent of the diet of snowy owls during
Sunspot 1402 located on the northwest limb, produced a major X1.7 Solar Flare at 18:37 UTC Friday afternoon. Solar activity is now expected to be very low as 1402 rotated onto the western limb and is now out of direct Earth view. All remaining current visible regions
Tropical Cyclone Iggy, which was responsible for producing tornadoes across Indonesia, will brush by Western Australia and produce heavy rain and storm surge. The threat remains for Tropical Cyclone Iggy to bring Western Australia’s northwestern tip hurricane strength
A moderate earthquake has struck off the northern coast of Greece near Heraklion, Crete for the second time in two days. The first earthquake had a magnitude 5.3 on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at depth of 14km, and the second earthquake had about the same magnitude –
Earth-orbiting satellites detected a powerful X1.7 solar flare today, January 27, at 18:37 UTC. The source was departing sunspot 1402 which rotate onto the far side of the sun, so the blast site was not Earth directed. Goddard Space Weather Lab’s analysists say the
Tropical cyclone Funso is the first major cyclone of 2012 and fifth named storm of this year’s cyclone season. Funso reached the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane on January 25, with winds of 120 knots (220 kilometers/140 miles per hour). The storm is weakening
