• Major flash floods hit SE Australia

    Widespread rain and thunderstorms impacted large parts of southeast Australia on November 12 and 13, 2022, producing major flash floods, stranding residents and damaging homes.

  • M6.1 earthquake hits near the south coast of Honshu, Japan at an intermediate depth

    A strong earthquake, registered by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) as M6.1, hit off the southeast coast of Mie Prefecture, Honshu, Japan at 08:08 UTC on November 14, 2022 (17:08 JST). The agency is reporting a depth of 350 km (217 miles). USGS is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 357 km (222 miles); EMSC M6.1 at a depth of 352 km (218 miles).

  • Very deep M6.1 earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands

    A very deep earthquake, registered by the USGS as M6.1, hit south of the Fiji Islands at 05:04 UTC on November 14, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 627 km (389 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.1 at a depth of 618 km (384 miles).

  • Shallow M6.2 earthquake hits near the coast of Bio-Bio, Chile

    A strong and shallow earthquake, registered by Chile’s National Seismological Center (CSN) as M6.2, hit near the coast of Bio-Bio, Chile at 02:24 UTC on November 13, 2022 (23:25 LT on November 12). The agency is reporting a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles). USGS is reporting M6.2 at a depth of 18 km (11.1 miles), and EMSC M6.3 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).

  • Deep M7.0 earthquake hits Fiji region

    A deep earthquake, registered by the USGS as M7.0, hit Fiji Region at 08:09 UTC on November 12, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 587 km (364 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.

  • Category 1 Hurricane “Nicole” makes landfall just south of Vero Beach, Florida

    Radar imagery from Miami and Melbourne shows the center of Category 1 Hurricane “Nicole” has made landfall on the east coast of the Florida peninsula on North Hutchinson Island just south of Vero Beach at 08:00 UTC on November 10, 2022. Nicole is the latest calendar year hurricane to make landfall on the east coast of Florida on record, breaking the old record set by the Yankee Hurricane on November 4, 1935.