Teo Blašković founded The Watchers in 2011 and edited it until 2026, covering seismic and volcanic activity, extreme weather, space weather and near-Earth objects. Articles on this page are his archive.
In last 7 days new activity was observed at 5 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 13 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world from February 12 – February 18, 2014 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.
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Earth is currently under the influence of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) and G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storming has been observed. According to SWPC, this is likely the result of what was expected to be a near miss from an event originally observed on
USGS is reporting that the lack of precipitation throughout California for the much of the past three months has only exacerbated the dryness and is causing varying degrees of low levels of streamflow in the northern two-thirds of the state. Low
Extraordinary amounts of rainfall and severe storms that have been battering England and Wales for last two months caused devastating floods and a sharp increase in sinkhole openings. Geologists warn the country should brace for more openings even after the rains
USGS registered a M6.5 earthquake at a depth of 17.5 km east of Lesser Antilles (eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean) on February 18, 2014 at 09:27 UTC. EMSC is reporting Mw 6.5 at a depth of 15 km. The picenter was located 187 km (116…
An asteroid with estimated size of 120 – 270 m will make a relatively close approach to our planet on February 18, 2014. The asteroid, named "2000 EM26", will fly by us at the nominal distance of 0.022 AU (3.21 million km / 8.8 lunar distances) with
According to BNPB, moderate intensity tremors continue at Mount Kelut but the volcano has been showing a decline in the intensity of the eruption. The ash plume rising to about 3000 m in altitude was observed yesterday.
Mount Kelut erupted in the late hours of
After yesterday's major eruption of Indonesian Mount Kelut satellites are tracking major cloud of ash and sulphur dioxide as it spreads in the atmosphere.
The ash has reached high altitudes where commercial aircraft fly and is a significant
Operator of crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex said on Thursday, February 13, that the latest samples of water tested inside the complex contained radioactive cesium at levels never seen before by the embattled utility.
TEPCO, while admitting there may be a
Well preserved fossils found at the Jehol Biota, northeast China, suggest that a volcanic eruption in the Cretaceous Era may have caused the mass death of dinosaurs in that region. The fossil formations were similar to remains uncovered from the Roman city of
