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Tropical Cyclone Podul approached the coast of Vietnam on Thursday night and weakened to a tropical depression shortly before making landfall on Friday, November 15, 2013. Podul dumped heavy rains across central regions of Vietnam on Friday and by
After series of foreshocks that struck near South Orkney Islands in last 4 days, a massive and shallow M 7.8 earthquake struck the same area on November 17, 2013 at 09:04 UTC. USGS measured depth at 10 km (6.8 miles), EMSC is reporting M 7.6 at 30
Billions of years ago when the Red Planet was young, it appears to have had a thick atmosphere that was warm enough to support oceans of liquid water – a critical ingredient for life. The animation shows how the surface of Mars might have appeared during this
In last 24 hours solar activity was at moderate levels due to two M1 flares at 04:53 UTC and 07:49 UTC from Region 1900. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed.
There are currently 10 numbered sunspot regions on the
Shallow earthquake swarm is currently ongoing near South Orkney Islands, South Pacific Ocean, approximately 640 km (400 miles) north east of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Current earthquake sequence started with M
Observers around the world are reporting that Comet ISON brightened sharply last night and is now at the threshold of naked-eye visibility. By some reports, ISON surged in brightness by approximately 2 magnitudes over last 24 hours and is now brighter than
A giant steam ring was produced by an explosion this morning at Kliuchevskoi volcano, Kamchatka. The volcano emits a variable but often intense steam plume with some ash. Sporadic small explosions can be seen as well, suggesting that weak strombolian activity…
NASA and Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) of Seattle, Washington, are making a large collection of NASA climate and Earth science satellite data available to research and educational users through the AWS cloud.
The system enhances research and educational
During past seven days 4 volcanoes had new activity, ongoing activity was reported for 8 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world from November 6 – November 12, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.
New
Active Region 1897 unleashed moderate M1.4 solar flare on November 13, 2013 at 15:20 UTC. This region has 'Beta-Gamma' magnetic configuration and is capable of producing strong eruptions on the Sun. It is still rotating into geoeffective position
