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New activity was observed at 7 volcanoes from January 28 – February 3, 2015. During the same period, ongoing activity was observed at 13 volcanoes.New activity/unrest: Colima, Mexico | Etna, Sicily (Italy) | Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) | Klyuchevskoy, Centr
Thousands of dead starfish have been found dead on the Pensarn beach in Abergele, UK after a period of stormy weather last week. The site was discovered on Sunday, February 1, 2015 by amateur photographer Gordon McGookin who said thousands of starfish and razor clams sp
A new eruption has started after a brief seismic swarm at the massive Piton de la Fournaise volcano, Reunion on February 4, 2015. Toulouse VAAC said the eruption started at 06:50 UTC and is probably characterized with lava flow without ash. Bad weather prevented direct
Northern California is awating heavy rainfall late this week after one of the driest Januaries on record. San Francisco, for instance, received no measurable rain during last month for the first time in its recorded weather history that dates back to the 1850s.Moderate
An impulsive M1.2 solar flare erupted from Region 2277 ('Beta-Gamma') at 02:15 UTC on February 4, 2015. The event started at 02:08 and ended at 02:21 UTC.This event did not produce a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). However, the responsible region is growing, it mai
Water levels in Russian Lake Baikal, world's oldest and deepest body of freshwater, fell to their lowest point in 60 years during January 2015. Authorities in Buryatia and Irkutsk regions declared a state of emergency to allow a solution to be found.During Summer an
Earth is currently under the influence of a high speed solar wind speed, originating in negative polarity southern crown coronal hole, which is causing periods of geomagnetic storming on our planet.Solar wind readings indicated a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) whi
A strong and deep earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.3 hit San Luis, Argentina at 10:49 UTC on February 2, 2015 (07:49 local time). USGS is reporting depth of 172.3 km. EMSC is also reporting M6.3 but at a depth of 157 km.Epicenter was located 87 km (54 miles) NW o
The seismic monitoring network on Mount Etna detected a rapid increase in volcanic tremors at 06:38 UTC on January 31, 2015, but bad weather conditions prevented direct crater observations.Volcanic tremor at Etna. Image credit: INGV-OE.Red glow visible through the cloud
The period of February through March is not known meteor activity, however, the fireball season starts this month and will last until April. The best fireball activity occurs during the early evening hours so watch out for those bright balls of fire.There are only a cou
