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A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.5 hit Rat Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at 21:35 UTC on April 2, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth of 19.1 km (11.8 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.5 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). The quake was…
Spring snowfall turned mountains of northwestern Saudi Arabia into white on Sunday, March 31, 2019. Clouds began to form early Sunday over Jabal Al-Lawz in Tabuk Province and by sunset, snow covered all the area, Arab News reports. Authorities sent security patrols,…
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit Mauritius – Reunion region, Indian Ocean at 18:39 UTC on April 1, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth. The quake was initially…
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2019 FV1 flew past Earth at 0.87 LD / 0.00223 AU (333 603 km / 207 291 miles) on March 31, 2019. This is the 15th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and 7th this month. 2019 FV1…
A severe thunderstorm swept through parts of southern Nepal on Sunday night, March 31, 2019, leaving at least 35 people dead and over 600 injured. Search and rescue operations are still in progress and the death toll could rise. The rain was accompanied with strong…
A bright fireball was seen and recorded streaking through the night sky over Florida at 03:52 UTC on March 31, 2019. The event lasted several seconds before the object disintegrated. The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 248 eyewitness reports by 10:00 UTC on…
A relatively large asteroid designated 2019 FC1 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.27 LD / 0.00069 (103 222 km / 64 132 miles) on March 28, 2019. This is the largest known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance so far this year. Asteroid 2019 FC1 belongs to…
2 children were killed and 20 injured after a strong dust devil hit a playground and blew away a trampoline in Yucheng County, China's central Henan Province. The twister touched ground around 15:00 LD, March 31, 2019. All injured have been rushed to a hospital….
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 hit near the coast of Ecuador at 07:04 UTC on March 31, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth of 18.5 km (11.5 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.2 at a depth 40 km (24.8 miles). IGEPN is reporting M6.3 at a…
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit New Britain, Papua New Guinea at 11:20 UTC on March 30, 2019. The agency is reporting a depth of 57.2 km (35.5 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.2 at a depth of 65 km (40.4 miles). The epicenter was…
