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  • Very strong earthquake M 6.4 struck Crete, Greece

    A very strong earthquake measuring M 6.4 struck Crete, Greece on October 12, 2013 at 13:11 UTC. USGS measured depth at 36.2 km (22.5 miles), EMSC at 47 km.

    Epicenter was located 30 km (19 miles) W of Platanos and 279 km (173 miles) S of Athens, Greece. There are 152

  • Magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck offshore Sucre, Venezuela

    A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck offshore Sucre, Venezuela / Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on October 12, 2013 at 02:10 UTC. USGS measured depth at 79.4 km (49.3 miles). EMSC is reporting Mb 6.0 at depth of 66 km.

    Epicenter was located 33 km (21 miles) N of

  • Jebel Zubair underwater eruption continues, Red Sea

    Underwater eruption of Jebel Zubair volcano continues with the production of a steam plume of variable size, not always easily identifiable on satellite images. A SO2 plume is also visible on satellite data drifting from the eruption site. 

    This latest

  • Moderate M 1.5 solar flare erupted on northeastern limb

    A long duration solar flare measuring M1.5 at the peak time erupted from region located on Sun's northeastern limb. The event started at 07:01, peaked at 07:25 and ended at 07:45 UTC on Friday, October 11, 2013. CME was generated, but it is not Earth

  • Sungrazer's final approach to the Sun

    SOHO's LASCO C3 coronagraph treated us with another movie of comet's death plunge into the Sun. Like other comets that were recorded during August, today's sungrazer belongs to Kreutz Sungrazer family. Those

  • Moderate M2.8 solar flare erupted from southeastern limb

    New active region, AR1865, located on the southeastern limb of the Sun erupted on October 9, 2013 peaking at 01:48 UTC as moderate M2.8 solar flare. Strong Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was generated but it was not Earth directed. This region

  • Large prominence eruption off the northeast limb

    A large prominence located off the northeast limb erupted early on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. A non-Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was associated with the event.There are currently 6 numbered sunspot regions on the disk.1855 – Beta1856 – Beta1857 – Alpha1860