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During past seven days 3 volcanoes had new activity, ongoing activity was reported for 12 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world from August 7 – August 13, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS
A strong and shallow earthquake with registered magnitude of 6.6 struck south of Panama / west of Colombia on August 13, 2013 at 15:43 UTC. USGS measured a depth oft 10 km, EMSC registered M6.7 at depth of only 2 km. Epicenter was located at sea 99 km (62 miles) WSW…
Strong and shallow earthquake with registered magnitude of 6.2 (USGS) struck near the coast of northern Peru on August 12, 2013 at 09:49 UTC. USGS measured depth at 16.7 km. EMSC is reporting M 6.1 earthquake and depth of only 2 km.
Epicenter was located 94 km (58
Very deep earthquake with registered magnitude of M6.0 (USGS) / M6.1 (EMSC) struck Kermadec Islands region, New Zealand, on August 12, 2013 at 04:16 UTC. USGS measured depth at 325 km, EMSC at 342 km and GEONET at 469 km.
Epicenter was located offshore, 112 km (70
An earthquake registered as M6.0 (USGS) / M6.1 (EMSC) struck Kepulauan Babar region, Indonesia on August 12, 2013 at 00:53 UTC. USGS measured depth at 92 km, EMSC at 110 km.
Epicenter was located offshore, 189 km (117 miles) WNW of Saumlaki and 362 km (225 miles)
Residents of the Philippines are on high alert as Super Typhoon Utor made a landfall near the Casapsapan Bay, over Isabela-Aurora. Utor's maximum sustained winds reached 130 knots (150mph/241 km/h) at 15:00 UTC on August 11, 2013 and the system
Mount Rokatenda also known as Paluweh volcano erupted on August 10, 2013 spewing hot ash and rocks high into the air. Volcanology centre head Surono said eruption sent fast-moving red-hot ash onto nearby beach killing five people (three adults and two children).
The new burp event at the Bayou Corne sinkhole was captured on video and released by Assumption Parish Police Jury on August 8, 2013.
For more updates please visit Assumption Parish Police Jury blog.
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Between 2000-2013, the MODIS instrument was able to monitor fires across the world.
Agricultural and prescribed fires are shown in dark red. More intense fires are shown in orange and the most intense are shown
Tropical Depression 11W formed in the western North Pacific Ocean on August 8, 2013 and by August 9, 2013 it became tropical storm and was named Utor (Labuyo). Tropical Storm Utor is now tracking toward Luzon, in the Northern Philippines.
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