The multitude of relentless storms and tornadoes that claimed four lives in Texas on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2015, has now taken the lives of over 11 people. Authorities are finding the deceased as they carefully go through the rubble and chaos left by the storms, which meteorologists say will continue. Several tornadoes, coming on the heels of violent […]
A 7.5 magnitude (M) earthquake occurred Nov. 24, 2015, at 22:53 UTC. The quake rocked the Peruvian and Brazilian border. The epicenter was in the Parque Nacional Alto Purus at a depth of 593 km. The tremor coördinates were 10.360°S 71.000°W. The tremor occurred near the following locations: 175 km WNW of Iberia, Peru; 248 km W of […]
On Nov. 20, a confirmed 5.1-magnitude (M) earthquake erupted in the area of the Santa Cruz Islands at 23:25 UTC. The coordinates of the epicenter are 165.54ºE 11.60ºS, and the earthquake had a depth of 30 km as reported by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The cities near the epicenter included Lata, Solomon Islands; […]
