• Bright fireball explodes over southern Texas

    A bright fireball exploded over southern Texas, U.S. at around 02:58 UTC on November 20, 2020. The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 50 reports from Texas, U.S., and Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Fireball over southern Texas on November 3, 2020 – heatmap. Credit: AMS…

  • Deep M6.0 earthquake hits Fiji region

    A deep earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit the Fiji region at 00:48 UTC on November 11, 2020. The agency is reporting a depth of 417 km (259 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.0 at a depth of 400 km (248 miles). The epicenter was located 289.7 km (179.6 miles)…

  • Bright meteor over the Mediterranean Sea

    This beautiful meteor spotted from Spain overflew the Mediterranean Sea at about 03:13 UTC on November 8, 2020 (04:13 LT). It was generated by a rock from Comet Encke that hit the atmosphere at about 101 000 km/h. The visual part of the event began at an altitude…

  • Bright fireball over Connecticut and New York, U.S.

    A bright fireball was seen streaking through the night sky over Connecticut and New York, U.S. at 02:22 UTC on November 9, 2020 (19:22 EST, November 8). The American Meteor Society (AMS) received more than 210 reports from 12 states, including Massachusetts,…

  • Low-level seismicity continues at Korovin volcano, Alaska

    Low-level seismicity continues at Korovin Volcano with no other signs of volcanic activity detected in infrasound sensors or partly cloudy satellite views, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) reported at 19:42 UTC on November 1, 2020. The last eruption at this…

  • Bright fireball explodes over Puerto Rico

    A brilliant fireball exploded over the night sky in Puerto Rico around 07:45 UTC (03:45 LT) on Saturday, October 17, 2020. The trajectory suggests that it moved over the Mona channel towards Desecheo, according to the Society of Astronomy of the Caribbean (SAC)….