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A strong earthquake, registered by the USGS as M6.4, hit the New Ireland Region of Papua New Guinea at 22:20 UTC on October 13, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 71 km (44 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.4 at a depth of 80 km (50 miles).
Severe Weather Warnings are in place for northern Tasmania, central and northern Victoria and southern inland New South Wales as widespread heavy rain, flash flooding and damaging winds continue on Thursday, October 13, 2022.
A bright fireball was seen over Washington U.S. at 05:18 UTC on October 13, 2022. The event lasted a couple of seconds.
Increased activity under Bulusan volcano, Philippines prompted PHIVOLCS to raise the Alert Level for the volcano from 0 to 1 on October 13, 2022.
A very bright, slow-moving fireball was spotted over Spain at 04:50 UTC on October 12, 2022. It was as almost as bright as the full moon.
A red glow appeared at the top of Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo on October 11, 2022, after a rapid magmatic supply to its crater. The Alert Level remains at Yellow.
Nigeria is experiencing its worst floods on record this rainy season, with more than 1.4 million people affected and 800 000 displaced. 27 out of the 36 states in the country are experiencing flooding, with Kogi the worst affected.
An M1.5 solar flare erupted from Active Region 3112 at 00:19 UTC on October 13, 2022. AR 3112 is the source of several M-class solar flares over the past couple of days, including an impulsive M3.9 on October 11.
New activity/unrest was reported for 8 volcanoes from October 5 to 11, 2022. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 20 volcanoes.
A new glacial flood started at Grímsvötn, a subglacial volcano under Vatnajökull, Iceland, on October 10, 2022, prompting authorities to raise the Aviation Color Code to Yellow and announce the State of Uncertainty.
