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MAGNITUDE 5.2 -TAIWAN Subject to change Depth: 143 km Distances: 8 km E of Taipei, Taiwan / pop: 7,871,900 / local time: 12:45:59.1 2013-10-11 819 km NE of Hong Kong, Hong Kong / pop: 7,012,738 / local time: 12:45:59.1…

MAGNITUDE 5.7 – SOLOMON ISLANDS Subject to change Depth: 91 km Distances: 156 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands / pop: 56,298 / local time: 12:51:22.0 2013-10-11 90 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands / pop: 1,122 / local…

Cambodia Floods Hit Northwestern Prison, 842 Prisoners Evacuated Floods have submerged a prison in northwestern Banteay Meanchey province on Thursday, forcing the authorities to evacuate all 842 prisoners to detention centers in other provinces.“The prison is badly inundated and we…

Increased Activity At Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador The increase of activity continues. The Ecuadorian Instituto Geofísico (IGPEN) reported that seismic and visual activity increased since Sunday. The volcano currently produces mild to moderate strombolian activity, ejecting fresh lava bombs onto the…

Severe Weather Knocks Out Power In NW Albuquerque, Santa Fe Power lines downed by severe weather on Thursday afternoon knocked out power to thousands of PNM customers in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. According to PNM, an outage impacting 1,635 customers…

Typhoon Nari / Bagyong Santi Thur. Evening Update   For all intents and purposes we now have a Typhoon bearing down on the Philippines today. Nari / Bagyong Santi has shown clear signs of Typhoon intensity in its core leading…

27 More Patients Are Inflicted With The Dengue Virus, Pakistan Dengue fever has spread further in the twin cities, Rawalpindi and Islamabad, during the last 24 hours where 27 more cases of dengue have surfaced over the past few days.…

800,000 Could Die From Magnitude 8 Quake In Himalayas Over eight lakh people may die if an earthquake measuring eight on the Richter scale occurs in the seismically active Himalayan states from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, National Disaster…