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  • Very strong M 6.7 earthquake hit Kermadec Islands

    A very strong, harmless, earthquake M 6.7 hit Kermadec Islands on September 30, 2013 at 05:55 UTC. USGS measured depth at 34.8 km (21.6 miles), EMSC at 40 km (Mw 6.4).

    Epicenter was located off shore, 81 km (50 miles) NE of L'Esperance Rock and 870 km (541

  • Two large fireballs spotted over the skies of Ohio, US

    Two very bright fireballs were spotted and recorded over the skies of Ohio, US, in just two days. They quickly became 2nd and 3rd most reported events of all time on the American Meteor Society (AMS) website.Witnesses from Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and

  • Meteorite minerals hint at Earth extinctions, climate change

    A huge asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may not have been the only cosmic event to cause mass extinctions or change Earth’s climate. Tiny minerals leftover from many smaller meteorites could provide the geological evidence needed to show how rocks falling

  • Another very strong earthquake M 6.8 struck Pakistan

    Another very strong earthquake/aftershock struck Pakistan today. USGS registered earthquake magnitude 6.8 at depth of 14.8 km on September 28, 2013 at 07:34 UTC. This was at 12:34 local time and at almost the same location as massive M 7.7 earthquake that struck on

  • Six years of observing the Earth's magnetosphere

    There is still only a handful of spacecraft to watch for solar and magnetic storms but the number of observatories has been growing over the last six years. Today, these spacecraft have begun to provide the first multipoint measurements to better understand space