New unrest has been noticed around 7 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 10 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from August 29 – September 4, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a
Strong earthquake M5.3 struck Southern Iran at 01:57:13 UTC on September 6. The location of epicenter was 55km south of Gerash, in Fars province, near Persian Gulf coast (27.178°N, 54.015°E) at depth of 30 km according to EMSC. USGS recorded M5.1 at depth of 39.6
A tropical disturbance associated in part with the remnants of Isaac, is lingering in the Gulf of Mexico along the Florida Panhandle. Very humid air, combined with the disturbance could unleash downpours and caused flash flooding from part of the Louisiana coast to
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a series of detailed interactive maps of more than 500 cities across Europe, unveiling risks of adaptation to climate changes for six decades from now on the basis of likely global warming trends.The recently
Leslie strengthens into the sixth hurricane of the Atlantic season and it’s aiming Bermuda as it moves northward. Leslie is a large tropical cyclone that is forecast to grow in size over the next several days. The wind field of the cyclone, combined with its expected
Massive subduction earthquake measuring M 7.6 struck Costa Rica on September 5, 2012 at 14:42 UTC according to USGS and EMSC. USGS reported preliminary magnitude of 7.9 but later revised it to magnitude 7.6. Epicenter was located 10 km (6 miles) NE of Hojancha,
Monitoring the subtle change in Earth’s gravity and its effects may reveale some details about movements of magma deep inside volcano. After monitoring the gravity at one of the world’s most active volcanoes – Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii, scientists discovered a
Watch a five 5-minute video summary presented at the 2012 UNAVCO science workshop “Bad assumptions or bad luck: Tohoku’s embarrassing lessons for earthquake hazard mapping”.Scientists previously thought the faults off the northeast coast of Japan weren’t capable of
Severe storms swept across northeast Algeria this weekend. There was widespread damage as violent storms swept across the northeast of the country, killing 20 people and injuring 56. The worst conditions appeared in regions of Tebessa, Tlemcen and M’sila. Torrential
Several plumes of dust can be seen blowing off the coast of the African continent, over bodies of water, towards the Arabian Peninsula. The largest dust plume can be observed in the upper left quadrant, blowing northeastward over the Red Sea, off the coast of Sudan,
