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A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.6 hit Samoa Islands region at 23:37 UTC on July 24, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 314 km (185 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A faint partial halo coronal mass ejection (CME), associated with a filament eruption near N07W12 at approximately 05:00 UTC on July 23, 2025 is forecast to arrive at Earth around midday UTC on July 27.
New activity/unrest was reported for 5 volcanoes from July 16 to 22, 2025. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 21 volcanoes.
A wildfire burning north of Limassol, Cyprus, has scorchA wildfire burning north of Limassol, Cyprus, has scorched over 10 000 ha (24 700 acres) of forest and farmland and has killed two people as of July 24, 2025. The blaze, which ignited around midday on July 23, prompted evacuation of 14 villages and injured at least 14 others amid an intense heatwave and severe drought. Firefighting crews, supported by aircraft from Spain, Jordan and the UK, are continuing to combat flare-ups.ed over 10 000 ha (24 700 acres) of forest and farmland and has killed two people as of July 24, 2025. The blaze, which ignited around midday on July 23, prompted evacuation of 14 villages and injured at least 14 others amid an intense heatwave and severe drought. Firefighting crews, supported by aircraft from Spain, Jordan and the UK, are continuing to combat flare-ups under volatile weather conditions.
A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.3 hit Sulawesi, Indonesia at 20:50 UTC on July 23, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 144 km (89 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
A moderately strong earthquake registered by the EMSC as M5.1 (downgraded from M5.8) hit offshore Crete near Antikythera, Greece at 16:26 local time (13:26 UTC) on July 23, 2025. The agency is reporting a depth of 50 km (31 miles).
Tropical Storm Emong was named by PAGASA on July 23, 2025, as the system intensified over the West Philippine Sea. Further intensification is forecast and landfall is expected over Ilocos Sur, La Union, or Pangasinan late Thursday or early Friday. Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), authority for the basin, has not yet upgraded the system to tropical storm status.
Morris County, New Jersey experienced a sequence of seven shallow earthquakes over an 18-hour period on July 21, 2025, with magnitudes ranging from M0.7 to M2.0 and all events occurring at a depth of approximately 5 km (3 miles).
Swift-water rescue and one fatality were reported during flash flooding in the Kansas City metro area on July 21, 2025. A woman was saved from Indian Creek in Kansas City, Missouri, while another was found deceased in floodwaters on a trail in Overland Park, Kansas.
Strong aftershocks continue shaking eastern Kamchatka following a powerful M7.4 earthquake that struck east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at 06:49 UTC on July 20, 2025. A total of 136 M4+ earthquakes, including six foreshocks and multiple M6+ events, have been recorded since the sequence began.
