Swarm of earthquakes hit Vanuatu archipelago from the start of February. Magnitude 5.1 occur on Jan 31 at depth of 172.5 km (107.2 miles). Yesterday strong earthquake measuring 7.1 magnitude occurs at depth of 23.1 km (14.4 miles). There were no tsunami warnings
Several strong earthquakes was reported today in Vanuatu, east of Australia. The strongest reported so far was magnitude 6.9 with epicentre 124 km west of Port-Vila and depth of 10.1 km at 13:34 UTC, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. There was no damage reported. The Global
Nuclear reactor near Chicago, Illinois, vented steam with radioactive Tritium on Monday, Jan 30, 2012.A nuclear reactor at a northern Illinois plant, about 95 miles (152 km) northwest of Chicago, shut down at 10:18 am, local time (16:18 UTC), after losing power.
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake has occurred close to Ica, Peru on January 30 at 05:11:00 UTC. Epicenter was located 5 km (9 miles) SE of Ica, 96 km (59 miles) SSE of Chincha Alta, 172 km (106 miles) WNW of Puquio, 280 km (173 miles) SSE of Lima (14.179°S, 75.644°W) at
The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut will take place Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 10:15 a.m. So far more than 1.7 million participants from the region have agreed to take part in the drill in some form. This time of year marks the 200th anniversary of the New Madrid earthquakes
A moderate earthquake has struck off the northern coast of Greece near Heraklion, Crete for the second time in two days. The first earthquake had a magnitude 5.3 on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at depth of 14km, and the second earthquake had about the same magnitude –
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck area of south Aegean sea, north from Crete at Dodocanese archipelago (36.111°N, 25.140°E) at depth of 14.8 km (9.2 miles) according to Department of Geophysics, University of Thessaloniki. European Mediterranean Seismic Center
An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 occurred in the north of Italy, Emilia-Romagna region, near the city of Parma (44.868°N, 10.470°E) on January 25th 2012 at 08:06 UTC (09:06 Italian time). It has been largely felt in Italy and up to southern Switzerland (Lugano). The
Very strong earthquake magnitude 6.3 struck south of Fiji island earlier today at 00:52:06 UTC. The epicenter was 543 km (337 miles) southeast of Ceva-i-Ra, 551 km (342 miles) southwest of Ndoi Island and 756 km (469 miles) south of Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji
Strong earthquake magnitude 6.2 struck offshore BioBio, Chile on January 23 at 16:04:54 UTC. Epicenter was located 50 km (31 miles) north of Concepcion, 80 km (49 miles) southwest of Cauquenes, 90 km (55 miles) northwest of Chillan and 393 km (244 miles) southwest
