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A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.3 hit Drake Passage at 01:42 UTC on October 16, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.3 at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles). No tsunami warnings have been issued.
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2025 TP2 will make a close approach to Earth at 20:08 UTC on October 15, 2025, passing at just of 0.25 lunar distances.
A high-level eruption occurred at Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano on Flores Island, Indonesia, at 23:37 WITA (15:37 UTC) on October 14, 2025, producing an ash column rising to 13 700 m (44 500 feet) above sea level. The Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) raised the Aviation Color Code to Red after Himawari-8 satellite imagery confirmed ash extending northwest at approximately 28 km/h (17 mph).
Two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched from Active Region 4246 on October 13, 2025, are heading toward Earth and are expected to impact Earth over the next couple of days, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). Model output indicates arrival around mid to late October 17, though forecasters note a possible earlier impact as both CMEs interact with earlier ejecta from the same region.
A Socata TBM-700 aircraft crashed on Interstate 195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, at around 08:15 LT (12:15 UTC) on October 13, 2025, killing both people aboard and injuring one motorist. The crash occurred amid stormy weather associated with a powerful nor’easter moving along the U.S. East Coast.
ESA is preparing the second targeted atmospheric reentry of its long-running Cluster mission, with the spacecraft Rumba expected to descend into Earth’s atmosphere over a remote region of the South Pacific Ocean on October 22, 2025. The maneuver will follow the first controlled reentry of Salsa in September 2024 and continues ESA’s program to end the 24-year mission through precise, safe disposal of each satellite.
A large landslide struck the Narsoo–Samroli area of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, at around 11:30 LT on October 13, 2025, collapsing a hotel, restaurant, and several nearby commercial buildings along the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway.
A Pacific storm will move into California from the northwest between October 13 and 15, 2025, bringing widespread valley rain and heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada. Snowfall totals along the Sierra crest may reach 30–90 cm (12–36 inches), with hazardous driving conditions expected across Interstate 80 and other major passes. The National Weather Service warns that chain controls and travel delays are likely during the peak of the event.
Severe flooding struck Pagosa Springs, Archuleta County, Colorado, between October 10 and 12, 2025, as the remnants of Tropical Storm Priscilla delivered up to 160 mm (6.3 inches) of rain across the San Juan Mountains. The San Juan River recorded its third-highest crest since 1911, forcing evacuations, damaging about 90 homes, and closing sections of U.S. Highway 160. A local disaster emergency was declared, later expanded by the state, as additional rainfall remained in the forecast.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 struck near Aras-asan, Mindanao, Philippines, at 14:32 UTC (22:32 LT) on October 11, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 59.3 km (36.8 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude at a depth of 59 km (36.7 miles). This earthquake is likely part of the ongoing aftershock sequence following the M7.4 event off eastern Mindanao on October 10, 2025, in which at least 9 people were killed and more than 900 were injured.
