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A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.1 hit off the coast of Pangai, Tonga, at 12:18 UTC on March 30, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
Volcanic unrest continues at Mount Spurr, Alaska, with elevated seismic activity, surface deformation, persistent gas emissions, and visible summit steaming. The current unrest indicates that new magma has intruded into the Earth’s crust beneath the volcano and that the probability of an eruption has increased. The last known eruption at this volcano took place in 1992 (VEI 4).
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2025 FV12 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.26 LD / 0.00079 AU (118 518 km / 73 644 miles) from the center of our planet at 01:31 UTC on March 28, 2025. This was the first of two asteroid flyby’s within 1 lunar distance today.
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.6 hit central Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 17:17 UTC on March 28, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 6.4 km (4 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A major solar flare measuring X1.1 erupted from a region located near the Sun’s east limb at 15:20 UTC on March 28, 2025. The event started at 14:57 and ended at 15:43 UTC.
A powerful earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.7 hit Myanmar at 06:20 UTC (12:50 LT) on March 28, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth, while the Thai Meteorological Department put the magnitude at 8.2. The quake was followed by a strong aftershock measuring M6.7 just 12 minutes later.
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit central Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 00:34 UTC on March 28, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
U.S. weather models, including NCEP and GEFS, project an over 80% chance of a strong atmospheric river making landfall in northern and central California from April 1 to 2, 2025, with additional outlooks from the NWS Climate Prediction Center (CPC) indicating wetter-than-normal conditions and a moderate risk of heavy rain and mountain snow between March 31 and April 4.
New activity/unrest was reported for 3 volcanoes from March 19 to 25, 2025. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 20 volcanoes.
Earth is currently experiencing heightened solar wind conditions and geomagnetic storming due to the passage of a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) ahead of a high-speed stream from a large coronal hole in the southern hemisphere.
