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  • Moderate M1.0 solar flare erupted from Region 1875

    Beta-Gamma-Delta classified Active Region 1875 delivered short duration M1.0 solar flare on October 22, 2013 at 00:22 UTC. The event started at 00:14 and ended at 00:28 UTC. 

    This region is now almost at the center of the disk, the perfect

  • Cometary collisions as source of life on Earth

    Comets contain elements such as water, ammonia, methanol and carbon dioxide that could have supplied the raw materials, in which upon impact on early Earth would have yielded an abundant supply of energy to produce amino acids and jump start life.

    In a research that

  • Very strong earthquake M 6.5 struck Mexico

    A very strong earthquake M 6.5 (USGS) struck northwest Mexico (Gulf of California) on October 19, 2013 at 17:54 UTC (10:54 local time). Mexican UNAM/SSN reports M 6.3 at depth of 14 km, USGS at 8 km.

    Epicenter was located at sea, 74 km (46 miles) SW

  • Violent eruption of Kamchatkan Kliuchevskoi volcano

    Kamchatkan Kliuchevskoi volcano continues to violently erupt with lava fountains from the summit and lava flows on the flank. Last evening, ash emissions again reached almost 8 – 9 km (30 000 ft) altitude. Current Aviation Color Code is RED – Eruption is

  • Long duration M1.2 solar flare erupted from Region 1861

    A long duration solar flare measuring M1.2 erupted at 15:41 UTC on October 17, 2013. The responsible region is "beta-gamma" classified AR 1861 located near the west limb. If CME was generated it would be directed mostly away from

  • Very strong earthquake M 6.8 struck Bougainville region, P.N.G.

    M 7.1 earthquake struck Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea, on October 16, 2013 at 10:31 UTC. USGS measured depth at 58.3 km (36.2 miles), EMSC at 40 km.

    After preliminary analysis both USGS and EMSC changed the magnitude to 6.8.

    Epicenter was located 65 km