A shallow earthquake registered as M 5.1 (originally reported as M 5.6) shook Los Angeles on March 29, 2014 at 04:09 UTC (March 28 at 21:09 local time). USGS registered depth at 7.5 km (4.6 miles). The area is still unstable and numerous aftershocks are being
After devastating landslide near the town of Oso, Washington, on March 22, 2014 Snohomish County released the video of a flight over the landslide zone. This massive landslide was likely caused by a combination of above average rainfall and
A new eruptive phase has started at Reventador volcano in Ecuador, IGP reported. Increasing tremor was registered and steady ash emissions were observed on March 25, 2014. At night, incandescent blocks could be seen and heard rolling down from the crater
New activity/unrest was observed at 3 volcanoes from March 19 – 25, 2014. Ongoing activity was observed at 15 volcanoes.
New activity/unrest: | Copahue, Central Chile-Argentina | Fuego, Guatemala | Ubinas, Perú
Ongoing activity: | Aira,
New Japanese island that emerged as a result of underwater volcano eruption on November 21, 2013 and merged with nearby Nishino-shima island on December 25, 2013 continues to grow.
Activity has increased at Guatemalan Fuego volcano over the last couple of days, INSIVUMEH reports. The number of explosions rose to 8 – 14 per hour and the strongest ones produce ash plumes rising more than 1 km above the summit, drifting
Strong and deep earthquake registered as M 6.5 struck south of the Fiji Islands on March 26, 2014 at 03:29 UTC. Such earthquakes are common in this area, but this was the strongest one in last 30 days.
USGS is reporting depth of 493.1 km (306.4 miles),
A major landslide caused by recent heavy rain destroyed six houses and covered a road near the town of Oso on Saturday, about 90 km (55 miles) north of Seatle in the north-western American state of Washington. 43 people have been killed. Authorities said landslide…
Chile is currently enduring a swarm of strong earthquakes off the coast of Tarapaca. This phase started on March 15, 2014 with M 4.7 at depth of 9.6 km, followed by very strong M 6.7 on March 16 which was initially reported as M 7.0.
Since then, and
SERNAGEOMIN raised the alert level of Chilean Copahue volcano to orange on March 20 [still active] after an increase in seismic activity. A pulse of volcanic tremor was detected that could indicate magma moving into the volcano's plumbing system.
On the
