A strong and very deep earthquake M 6.9 (JMA) struck Izu Islands, Japan, at 00:18 UTC on September 4, 2013. USGS measured it as M 6.5 at a depth of 407 km, JMA at 400 km. Epicenter was located at sea, 354 km (220 miles) SSW of Hachijo-jima and 635
The Bayou Corne sinkhole, also known as Louisiana sinkhole, was discovered in August 2012 when a Napoleonville salt dome, a naturally-occurring underground salt deposit, suddenly collapsed after months of unexplained seismic activity and
A strong and shallow M 6.1 earthquake struck Haida Gwaii region (Queen Charlotte Sound), Canada, at 20:19 UTC on September 3, 2013. USGS is reporting a shallow depth of 1 km.
Epicenter was located at sea, 191 km (119 miles) WSW of Bella
A phase of increased lava flow activity occurred this morning at Fuego volcano, Guatemala, generating a series of pyroclastic flows that descended mostly on the southwestern side of the volcano. An ash plume rising as a by-product of the pyroclastic flows was…
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea, on September 2, 2013 at 04:30 UTC. USGS measured depth at 49 km.
Epicenter was located 54 km (34mi) WSW of Panguna and 65 km (40mi) SW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea.
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A very strong, but harmless, earthquake M 6.5 struck Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia, on September 1, 2013, at 11:52 UTC. USGS measured depth at 132.1 km (82 miles). There is no tsunami risk.
Epicenter was located off shore, in the hot solid mantle of our
Increased seismicity, characterized by elevated levels of continuous tremor, lava fountaining, and ash emissions as high as 4.5 – 6 km (15,000 to 20,000 feet) above sea level have been occurring at Veniaminof volcano, Alaska, on the morning of August 30th. Latest AVO
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck border area of Shangri-La and Deqen counties in Yunnan Province and Derong County in Sichuan Province, China, on August 31 at 00:04 UTC, claimed lives of 4 people and injured 10 others according to latest
Earthquake sequence that started with M 7.0 on August 30 at 16:25 UTC generated 44 M1+ earthquakes until 07:00 UTC on August 31, according to USGS. In that timeframe, USGS reported 30 M2.5+ earthquakes and 13 M4.5+, with strongest being M6.1 at 06:38 UTC and M5.5 at…
A very strong earthquake with recorded magnitude of 7.0 (USGS) struck south of Atka, Alaska on August 30, 2013 at 16:25 UTC. Preliminary reports placed depth at 34.5 km (21.4 miles). EMSC is also reporting M7.0 earthquake and depth of 40 km.
Epicenter was
