A very strong and deep earthquake M 6.7 hit off shore Kamchatka (Sea of Okhotsk) on October 1, 2013 at 03:38 UTC. Both USGS and EMSC report same magnitude at depth of about 570 km.
Epicenter was located at sea, 316 km (196 miles) NW of Ozernovskiy and 394 km (245
Typhoon Wutip blew ashore over central Vietnam at around 09:00 UTC on September 30, 2013 forcing thousands of evacuations. Prior to landfall Wutip sank at least two Chinese fishing boats near the Paracel Islands, leaving 75 fishermen missing,
With a series of paroxysms, Mount Etna has reclaimed its status as one of the most active volcanoes on Earth
After a 4 month respite, Sicily’s massive Etna Volcano is again showing signs of life. Beginning on September 3, 2013, the Osservatorio Etneo
A new submarine eruption started on September 28, 2013 NW of the island Jebel Zubair in the Red Sea. The ongoing eruption is SW of the 2011-12 eruption which created a new volcanic island there.
This is occurring along the Zubair Group, a
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
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/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
A new and sudden eruption occurred at 12:50 UTC on September 25, 2013, at Telica volcano, Nicaragua. A moderate ash explosion took place at the summit crater and produced an ash plume about 1 – 1.5 km high. The National System for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation…
A very strong and shallow earthquake M 6.1 struck off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico on September 26, 2013 at 06:46 UTC (00:46 local time). USGS is reporting depth at 10.4 km (6.5 miles).
EMSC is currently reporting Mw 6.1 at a depth of 30 km.
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During past seven days 4 volcanoes had new activity, ongoing activity was reported for 9 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world from September 18 – September 24, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.
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