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A new earthquake swarm is currently underway at Yellowstone National Park, USA. According to the earthquake list of University of Utah, a new series of relatively stronger earthquakes started on November 23, 2013. Almost all of them are located
Indonesian Mount Sinabung volcano was dormant before awakening in August 2010. The latest series of eruptions started on September 15, 2013, when at least 3 000 people were evacuated.As of Saturday, November 23, 2013, the activity is on the rise again. 9 strong explosio
After an impulsive M1.1 solar flare at 02:23 UTC today, a second M-class solar flare erupted from AR 1904 located around the west limb. The latest event peaked at 12:27 UTC as M1.0 solar flare. No Earth directed CMEs were observed.
Image credits: NOAA SWPC/NASA
Magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Fiji region at 07:48 UTC on November 23, 2013. USGS measured depth at 377.1 km (234.3 miles), EMSC at 368 km.
Epicenter was located at the sea, 322 km (200 miles) WNW of Neiafu, Tonga, and 438 km (272 miles) E of Lambasa,
ESA’s three-satellite "Swarm" constellation was launched into a near-polar orbit by a Russian Rockot launcher on November 22, 2013. In next four years, Swarm satellites will monitor Earth’s magnetic field, from the depth of our
A new island has emerged off the coast of Tokyo on October 20, 2013, as a result of underwater volcano eruption.
Advisories from the coast guard and the Japan Meteorological Agency said the island is about 200 meters (660 feet) in diameter. The island emerged 1 000
During past seven days 5 volcanoes had new activity, ongoing activity was reported for 11 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world from November 13 – November 19, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.
New
This time-lapse was captured on the morning of November 11, 2013. It is suspected that two CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejections) on November 8th and 10th from two separate X-class solar flares combined to form one cloud of plasma. The interaction of this energy with
On November 20, 1998, the first module for International Space Station (ISS) was successfully launched on a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81 in Kazakhstan to a 400 km (250 miles) high orbit with a designed lifetime of at least 15 years.
Module
An earthquake with registered magnitude of 6.3 (USGS) struck Halmahera, Indonesia, on November 19, 2013, at 13:32 UTC. USGS measured depth at 63.6 km (39.5 miles), EMSC reports M 6.0 at depth of 67 km.
Epicenter was located 110 km (68 miles) NNE of Tobelo, and 232
