This week, 2 volcanoes had new activity, whereas ongoing activity was reported for 16 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from April 10 – April 16, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.New activity/unrest: | Galeras,
The Mount Michael volcano, located in the remote South Sandwich Islands, continued a low-level simmering eruptive pattern in early April, 2013. Strong ocean breezes blown white plumes northeast across the southern Atlantic Ocean, hundreds of kilometers from the
A powerful M 7.8 earthquake hit southeastern Iran area, near the Pakistan border on April 16, 2013. Strong ground motions extended more than 150 miles from the epicenter, and the earthquake was widely felt in the region. Preliminary reports indicate dozens of
Tropical Cyclone Imelda moved into an area of higher wind shear and cooler waters in the Southern Indian Ocean and has lost hurricane status. According to latest upper level analysis of the atmosphere that was conducted by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC),
USGS and EMSC registered shallow M 6.8 struck near coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea on April 16, 2013 at 22:55 UTC. The epicenter was 136 km (84 miles) WNW from Wewak and 870 km (5441 miles) NW from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at coordinates 3.178°S,
A very strong earthquake magnitude 7.8 (USGS) struck Iran-Pakistan border region on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 10:44 UTC. By latest reports USGS calculated depth at 82 km, their initial report measured 15.2 km which placed it as extremely dangerous earthquake because
A new study released in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research suggests that Rangitoto, a monogenetic shield volcano near Auckland, New Zealand, and other volcanoes in the Auckland Field might have been more active during the last few thousand years than
Take a look at a physical map of the world. Thirty degrees on either side of the equator, you will see, distributed with suspicious regularity, a brown band of drylands circling the planet, a sere belt warding off greener climes: the deserts of the world. They are
A very strong earthquake magnitude 6.6 hit Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 01:32 UTC. Epicenter of the earthquake was located 105 km (65 miles) W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea and 113 km (70 miles) WSW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
Strong earthquake M 6.0 struck Vanuatu region on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 22:49 UTC. Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (37 miles) NE of Isangel, Vanuatu and 204 km (126 miles) SE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu at coordinates 19.135°S, 169.637°E. Depth of the
