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MAGNITUDE 5.6 – NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN      Subject to change     Depth: 65 km Distances: 2km (1mi) NNE of Moriya, Japan 6km (4mi) SSE of Mitsukaido, Japan 9km (6mi) NW of Toride, Japan 10km (6mi) N…

Snowstorm Stops Traffic On The Highway Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk, Russia Federal highway between Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur closed on Thursday due to heavy snowfall. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in Khabarovsk region, the movement…

Freezing Rain And Snowfall Causes Havoc In The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa And Tribal Areas, Pakistan At least three persons were killed and many others injured as rain and snowfall continued to play havoc in several areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and…

Heavy Snowfall Disrupts Elections Causing The Army To Be Drafted In, Nepal Normal life in Humla district was affected due to snowfall since last night. The temperature has also dipped to zero degrees Celsius following the snowfall. People have been…

Heavy Snowfall In Himachal Pradesh Traps Hundreds In Their Vehicles, India Temperature in high altitude areas of Himachal fell below freezing point due to fresh snowfall, which also led to the closure of Rohtang Pass in Kullu district and the…

Snowfall Record Has Been Broken In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA Assuming that the Sioux Falls Airport records 4 inches or more of snowfall before midnight (and we are already around 2.6″ as of 4:00 PM), this will mark a…

Record Snowfall In Spokane, USA Spokane International Airport received 1.9 inches of snow Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The total was enough to snap a 66-year-old daily record by the slimmest of margins. Before Tuesday, the most snow…

Unexpected Wintery Blast Brought A Blanket Of Snow To Parts Of Teesdale And Weardale In County Durham, UK It may be Bonfire Night but some people could be forgiven for thinking they had woken up on Christmas morning. Around two…

MAGNITUDE 5.4 – KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION      Subject to change     Depth: 10 km Distances: 834 km S of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga / pop: 22,400 / local time: 03:53:28.0 2013-11-10 1251 km S of Suva, Fiji / pop: 77,366 /…