Teo Blašković founded The Watchers in 2011 and edited it until 2026, covering seismic and volcanic activity, extreme weather, space weather and near-Earth objects. Articles on this page are his archive.
Tropical Storm “Kark” formed in the Bay of Campeche at 21:00 UTC on October 11, 2022, as the 11th named storm of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The system is expected to strengthen today as it moves slowly over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
Data gathered by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigative team over the last two weeks suggest that the spacecraft’s kinetic encounter with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit.
An impulsive M3.9 solar flare erupted from Active Region 3112 Beta at 08:42 UTC. The flare started at 08:36 and ended at 08:46 UTC. It was followed by M1.5 at 10:52 UTC from the same region.
Hurricane “Julia” made landfall over Nicaragua on October 9, 2022, as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale and left at least 28 people dead across Central America before dissipating.
A massive landslide hit the town of Las Tejerías, Venezuela on October 9, 2022, leaving at least 30 people dead and 54 others missing. The town is loaded 87 km (54 miles) SW of Caracas. This is one of Venezuela’s biggest landslides in decades.
Two wildfires broke out near the Rano Raraku volcanic crater in Easter Island, Chile last week, spreading to about 60 ha (150 acres) before they were brought under control. The flames entered the moai quarry where 386 iconic statues are located, causing irreparable damage to about 80 of them.
A strong and shallow earthquake, registered by the USGS as M6.2, hit central Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 16:38 UTC on October 9, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M5.8 at a depth of 33 km (20 miles).
Pyroclastic flows and lava overflow were observed on the Sciara del Fuoco, Stromboli volcano on October 9, 2022.
Hurricane “Julia” made landfall along the coast near Laguna de Perlas in Nicaragua at 07:15 UTC on October 9, 2022, with maximum sustained winds of 140 km/h (85 mph), making it a Category 1 hurricane.
Activity under Bulusan volcano, Philippines increased on October 6, 2022. While the volcano is still on Alert Level 0 (Normal), this is subject to change should current activity persist.
