Category Evacuation Alert

MAGNITUDE 6.7 NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR

Subject to change Depth: 80 km Distances: 60 km N of Machala, Ecuador / pop: 198,000 / local time: 12:12:55.1 2023-03-18 20 km SW of Naranjal, Ecuador / pop: 32,000 / local time: 12:12:55.1 2023-03-18

MAGNITUDE 6.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS

Subject to change Depth: 10 km Distances: 61 km SSW of Honiara, Solomon Islands / pop: 56,200 / local time: 13:38:00.0 2022-11-22 22 km SSW of Malango, Solomon Islands / pop: 10,500 / local time: 13:38:00.0 2022-11-22

MAGNITUDE 7.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS

Subject to change Depth: 10 km Distances: 54 km SSW of Honiara, Solomon Islands / pop: 56,200 / local time: 13:03:08.2 2022-11-22 15 km SW of Malango, Solomon Islands / pop: 10,500 / local time: 13:03:08.2 2022-11-22

Super typhoon Nanmadol batters southern Japan, ‘forcing more than 8 million to flee their homes’

As an intense typhoon batters southern Japan with torrential rain and gales, authorities have ordered millions people to evacuate their homes, according to local reports. Public broadcaster NHK said local governments have now ordered more than eight million people in…