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A bright fireball streaked across the twilight sky over Lake Erie at 23:00 UTC (19:00 LT) on October 21, 2024. The event lasted several seconds before the object fragmented and disintegrated, leaving a glowing vapor trail near Ashtabula, Ohio.
The Icelandic Met Office (IMO) is reporting increased geothermal activity in the Geysir Geothermal Area since Saturday, October 19, 2024. The reason for the changes observed remains unclear 3 days after the activity increased.
Tropical Storm “Oscar” formed at 15:00 UTC on October 19, 2024, as the 15th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and intensified into a hurricane just 3 hours later. Oscar is expected to produce a dangerous storm surge on the Turks and Caicos Islands beginning this evening. Hurricane conditions are expected in portions of the southeastern Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and eastern Cuba during the next day or so.
New activity/unrest was reported for 3 volcanoes from October 9 – 15, 2024. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 17 volcanoes.
A gradual increase in volcanic unrest was observed at Spurr volcano in Alaska over the past couple of months, prompting the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) to increase the Volcano Alert Level to Advisory and the Aviation Color Code to Yellow on October 16, 2024. Spurr is located about 120 km (75 miles) west of Anchorage.
A deep earthquake registered by the USGS as M5.9 hit the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan at 18:56 UTC (23:26 LT) on October 16, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 203 km (126 miles).
The farmers’ movement roared back to life in Toulouse on October 16, 2024, with protests calling for government support on fuel subsidies, livestock diseases, and market stability. Jérôme Bayle, a prominent leader of the protest movement in southwestern France, warned that if their demands remain unmet, farmers across Europe could ‘paralyze’ the continent in November, potentially disrupting trade routes and causing widespread economic impact.
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit Turkey at 07:46 UTC (10:46 LT) on October 16, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit off the coast of Costa Rica at 17:43 LT (11:43 LT) on October 12, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 18 km (11.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2024 TH11 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.08 LD / 0.00019 AU (29 838 km / 18 540 miles) from the center of our planet at 09:18 UTC on Thursday, October 10, 2024.
