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6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu at 00:54 UTC on December 2, 2012 according to USGS and EMSC. Epicenter was located 101 km (62 miles) SSE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu and 108 km (67 miles) NW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu at coordinates 17.012°S, 167.626°E. Recorded
USGS volcano seismologist, Seth Moran, describes how seismology and seismic networks are used to mitigate volcanic hazards. One of the important parts of his job is satisfying the USGS’ mission of mitigating hazards, mitigating the effects of hazards. And so one of
Plosky Tolbachik volcano in Kamchatka, Russia has been showing strong signs of activity this week. The alert was raised from yellow to orange on November 28, 2012. On November 29, 2012 the alert was briefly at red, the highest warning designation, and lowered back to
The solar cycle (or solar magnetic activity cycle) is the periodic change in the sun’s activity (including changes in the levels of solar radiation and ejection of solar material) and appearance (visible in changes in the number of sunspots, flares, and other
In a landmark study published on Thursday, November 29, 2012 in the journal Science, 47 researchers from 26 laboratories report the combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased during the last 20 years. Together, these ice
New data from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft suggest that there’s plenty of ice on Mercury’s polar regions. Given its proximity to the Sun, Mercury would seem to be an unlikely place to find ice. But the tilt of Mercury’s rotational axis is almost zero — less than one
New unrest has been noticed around 10 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 7 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from November 21 – November 27, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.New activity/unrest: | Chirpoi,
Debris flows are hazardous flows of rock, sediment and water that surge down mountain slopes and into adjacent valleys. Hydrologist Richard Iverson describes the nature of debris-flow research and explains how debris flow experiments are conducted at the USGS Debris
Moderate solar flare reaching M1.1 peaked at 21:05 UTC on November 27, 2012. The event originated in Region 1620, and was followed by C7.1 flare two hours later (from the same region).This is second M-class event of the day. Region 1618 already produced M1.6 solar
After some quiet time Region 1618 erupted with another M-class solar flare. This latest event started at 15:52, peaked at 15:57 UTC at M1.6 and ended at 16:03 UTC on November 27, 2012. Region 1618 still has Beta-Gamma-Delta magnetic configuration capable of producing
