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MAGNITUDE 5.7 – MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA      Subject to change     Depth: 93 km Distances: 933 km SE of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei / pop: 64,409 / local time: 22:30:09.0 2013-10-12 97 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia / pop:…

MAGNITUDE 6.4 – CRETE, GREECE      Subject to change     Depth: 47 km Distances: 271 km S of Athens, Greece / pop: 729,137 / local time: 16:11:54.0 2013-10-12 168 km W of Irákleion, Greece / pop: 137,154 / local…

British Man Among Three Mountaineers Killed In Landslide In Himachal, India   Three mountaineers including a British national have been killed in a landslide here.The tragedy occurred last night in an area beyond Beas Kund when a 10-member mountaineering team…

Dallas County Confirms 10th Human Case Of West Nile Virus, America Dallas County Health and Human Services has reported the 10th human West Nile Virus case in the city the 2013 season. The resident diagnosed with West Nile fever lives…

**RED ALERT ISSUED** India’s National Disaster Management Teams Have Ordered Hundreds Of Thousands To Evacuate Due To The Super Cyclone Phailin Nearly half a million people have been evacuated from India’s impoverished east coast ahead of a massive cyclone expected…

Super Typhoon Pounds China, Philippines; 43 Dead Super typhoon Usagi killed at least 25 persons after it pounded south China’s Guangdong Province with torrential rain and winds that blew cars off the road, crippled power lines and threw transport systems…

White Island Volcano, New Zealand Alert Level Raised A moderate explosive eruption occurred at White Island (Whakāri) at approximately 8:09pm NZDT last night. The eruption lasted about 1 minute based on data from acoustic and seismic sensors, and was confirmed…

MAGNITUDE 6.1 – OFFSHORE SUCRE, VENEZUELA      Subject to change     Depth: 79 km Distances:33km (21mi) N of Gueiria, Venezuela 86km (53mi) WNW of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 100km (62mi) NW of Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago 101km (63mi)…

MAGNITUDE 5.0 – OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA      Subject to change     Depth: 11 km Distances: 3409 km NW of Mexico City, Mexico / pop: 12,294,193 / local time: 18:05:37.0 2013-10-11 385 km NW of Sacramento, United States / pop:…