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A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.4 hit the Easter Island region at 19:17 UTC on July 12, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.6 at depth of 33 km (20 miles).
A swarm of very low-magnitude hybrid seismic events was registered under Teide volcano, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on July 12, 2022. The most likely origin of this type of swarm is the movement of fluids such as steam, gas or water, inside the hydrothermal system of the volcano.
Western Finland’s Coast Guard reported an unusual sighting of several simultaneous waterspouts off the southwest coast of Finland over the weekend.
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit Vanuatu at 21:10 UTC on July 12, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A powerful winter storm stranded more than 300 vehicles in the Andes mountains near the Argentina-Chile border on July 9, 2022. The Los Libertadores border crossing was later shut down by authorities.
Wheat prices jumped 6.6% worldwide in a single day with a decisive turnaround under the pressure of the resumption of dialogue between the US and China which seems interested in buying foreign wheat and corn, which marked an increase of 4.6%.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) raised the alert level for Tsurumidake and Garandake, Kyushu, Japan on July 8, 2022, from 1 to 2 (restriction on proximity to the crater). The last eruption at this volcano took place in the year 867 (VEI 3).
Some 15 000 people have been airlifted to safety after severe flash floods swept through makeshift camps during an annual Hindu pilgrimage to an icy Himalayan cave in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The cave is located at an altitude of 4.1 km (2.5 miles) and is covered with snow most of the year except for the short summer period when it is open to pilgrims.
A long-duration M2.5 solar flare erupted from AR 3053 at 20:49 UTC on July 8, 2022, producing a partial halo coronal mass ejection (CME).
Comet 2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) – dubbed ‘The Record-Breaker’ – will make its close approach to Earth on July 14, 2022, and then reach perihelion (the closest point to the Sun) on December 19, close to the orbit of Mars. The comet is record-breaking because it was already becoming active when it was discovered in 2017 under the feeble glow of the distant Sun.
