Magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck sparsely populated area of South Australia’s Far North at 09:25:16 UTC on March 23, 2012 according to Geoscience, Australia. USGS reported magnitude 5.6 earthquake. The epicenter was located 317 km (196 miles) SSW of Alice Springs,
The Mexican 7.4 magnitude earthquake near Acapulco on March 20, 2012 might have affected the currently dormant San Salvador volcano in 1000 km distance and triggered an earthquake swarm under the volcano.San Salvador volcano is an active stratovolcano immediately
This report covers active volcanoes recorded from March 14 – March 20, 2012. New unusual unrest has been noticed around 2 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 12 other volcanoes. Attached at the end is video of lava crater lake of Nyragongo Volcano in
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 9 km east of Kainantu (with population of 8,509 people) at Papua New Guinea, on March 21, 2012 at 22:15:05 UTC (08:15:05 AM by local time) according to USGS and EMSC. The epicenter was located 66 km (41 miles) east-southeast of
A huge, lingering ridge of high pressure over the eastern half of the United States brought summer-like temperatures to North America in March 2012. The warm weather shattered records across the central and eastern United States and much of Canada. The unseasonable
Super sandstorm is whipping up winds and dust across the Arabian Peninsula. On March 20, 2012, a giant dust plume stretched across the Arabian Sea, from the coast of Oman in the west to the coast of India in the east. This extensive plume followed days of dust-storm
Magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck highly populated area of Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico at 18:02:48 UTC on March 20, 2012 according to USGS. The epicenter was located 322 km (200 miles) SSE of Mexico City (16.662°N, 98.188°W). The depth of epicenter was at 20 km
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Papua, Indonesia at 17:56:19 UTC on March 20, 2012 according to USGS. The epicenter was located 46.02 km (28.60 miles) S of Kiveh, 153 km (95 miles) SSW of Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia (3.830°S, 140.220°E). The depth of
A disaster zone has been declared in parts of Townsville after a storm front described as the worst in four decades tore through the north Queensland city.Premier Anna Bligh called for defence force assistance after winds of more than 130km/h wreaked havoc in the
The dust storm that started on March 17 continued its southward movement two days later, drifting off the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula and over the Gulf of Aden. Dust was especially thick over western Yemen and the western part of the Gulf of Aden. Off the
