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Very strong and shallow earthquake struck Xinjiang – Tibet border in China on February 12, 2014 at 09:19 UTC (17:19 local time). CEIC, the seismological agency of the Chinese government is reporting a Magnitude of 7.3 at a depth of 12 km. The quake lasted
Severe winter storm that started affecting eastern Japan on Saturday, February 8, dropped heavy snow, caused significant transportation problems and power outages. By Monday afternoon, February 10, the storm claimed the lives of 11 people. More than
This view of the twilight sky and Martian horizon taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover includes Earth as the brightest point of light in the night sky. Earth is a little left of center in the image, and our moon is just below Earth.
Researchers used the left eye
Another powerful eruption of Kamchatkan Shiveluch volcano occurred late on February 6 (early morning February 7 in Kamchatka). Tokyo VAAC spoted an ash plume drifting at approximately 9 km (27 000 ft) altitude and more than 300 km northwest of the
A strong earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.5 struck Vanuatu on February 7, 2014 at 08:40 UTC (19:40 local time). According to USGS, the depth of the earthquake was 111.2 km (69.1 miles); EMSC is reporting depth of 115 km.
Epicenter was
An unusually heavy winter storm set up on Monday night over southwestern Kansas peaked over Kansas City on Tuesday, February 4, bringing heavy snow and disrupting traffic. The system moved through the central United States and headed north-east into
New activity was observed at 6 volcanoes in last 7 days, ongoing activity was reported for 9 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world from January 29 – February 4, 2014 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.
New
The thirteenth tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean season formed into a tropical storm named Edilson on February 5. The system formed north of Mauritius and is moving south. According to Goddard, it is threatening several land areas.
A Class I
Tropical Cyclone Edna struck New Caledonia around 00:00 UTC on February 5, 2014. Amber Alert was in affect for the whole southern province, Yellow Alert was in effect for the rest of the country.
At 09:00 UTC today, Tropical Cyclone Edna
ASTER instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite took this false-color image of the sibling African volcanoes, Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo, venting steam and other volcanic gases above the Congolese rainforest on January 29, 2014. Recent lava flows are black or…
