Earth Report – Global Disaster Watch
5.7 Earthquake hits offshore El Salvador.
5.4 Earthquake hits off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.3 Earthquake hits the Talaud Islands, Indonesia.
5.0 Earthquke hits the Gulf of California.
5.0 and 2 x 4.8 Aftershocks hit off the coast of Central America.
4.8 Earthquake hits off the coast of central Chile.
Measels cases continue to be reported in New South Wales, Australia where 78 cases have occurred this year. Communities have been urged to immunise.
Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to make landfall in New Orleans Tuesday night, nearly 7 years to the day after the ill-fated hurricane Katrina.
Typhoon Tembin causes widespread damage in Taiwan.
Typhoon Bolaven moves slowly across South Korea, bringing heavy rains, cancelling flights and closing all schools in Seoul.
Tornado reported near Vero Beach, Florida, USA.
New Activity/Unrest:
Grozny Group, Iturup Island | Sotará, Colombia | Tongariro, North Island (New Zealand) | Tungurahua, Ecuador | White Island, New Zealand.
Ongoing Activity:
Batu Tara, Komba Island (Indonesia) | Cleveland, Chuginadak Island | Etna, Sicily (Italy) | Fuego, Guatemala | Galeras, Colombia | Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) | Kilauea, Hawaii (USA) | Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia | Popocatépetl, México | Sakura-jima, Kyushu | Santa María, Guatemala | Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia).
7.4 Earthquake hits off the coast of El Salvador, Central America. A small tsunami of about 20cm was generated but caused no damage.
6.4 Earthquake hits the north Molucca Sea.
5.5 and 5.3 Earthquakes, part of a swarm of hundreds of smaller earthquakes hits southern California. Numerous buildings sustained damage.
5.4 Earthquake hits off the coast of El Salvador.
5.3 Earthquake hits northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.1 Earthquake hits off the coast of Nicaragua.
5.1 Earthquake hits offshore Antofagasto, Chile.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Andaman Islands off India.
5.0 Earthquake hits the north Molucca Sea.
5.0 Earthquake hits Halmahera, Indonesia.
2 x 4.9 and 4.8 Earthquakes hit southern California.
2 x 4.8; 2 x 4.7 and 3 x 4.6 Aftershocks hit off the coast of El Salvador.
Reports of a foot and mouth disease outbreak in Chibombo, Zambia have been refuted by the Government.
New wildfire in southern Spain. 1 000 residents evacuated.
Wildfires rage unchecked in Alaska.
Tropical Storm Isaac grounds hundreds of flights in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA before moving away from Florida towards the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Typhoon Bolaven heads for South Korea slowly after injuring 4 people in Japan but causing no major damage beyond disrupting transportation and shipping and cutting pose to 75 000 homes.
5.4 Earthquake hits the Pacific-Antarctic ridge.
5.1 Earthquake hots near the east coast of Honshu, Japan.
4.9 Earthquake hits south-west of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Large wildfire near Roundup, Montana, USA.
Wildfires burn across Serbia, thousands of people have been evacuated from numerous villages threatened by the fires.
Tropical Storm Isaac hits Cuba after killing at least four people in Haiti. Isaac is expected to strengthen and hit the Florida Keys as a hurricane. Storm watches are in effect on the Florida, USA coast.
Powerful Typhoon Bolaven is approaching Okinawa Japan with winds of 250 km/h.
Floods in Myanmar [Burma] have submerged more than 250 000 hectares of rice paddys in the Irrawaddy Delta forcing 85 000 people to flee.
Arctic sea ice is set to reach its lowest ever recorded extent as early as this weekend, signalling that man-made global warming is having a major impact on the polar region.
With the melt happening at an unprecedented rate of more than 100,000 sq km a day, and at least a week of further melt expected before ice begins to reform ahead of the northern winter, satellites are expected to confirm the new record – currently set in 2007.
The ice-free season is now far longer. Twenty years ago it was about a month. Now it’s three months. Temperatures last week in the Arctic were 14 degrees C.
5.8 Earthquake hits Hokkaido, Japan.
4.7 Earthquake hits off the coast of Central America.
4.7 Earthquake hits off the coast of central Chile.
The number of cases of swine flu continues to grow in the USA with 289 cases since 2011. The present variant of the disease has the same gene as the H1N1 swine flu virus that was responsible for the 2009 pandemic.
Large wildfires continue to burn in Utah and northern California, USA.
Unprecedented wildfires burn across large parts of Bosnia with 260 fires registered on Friday alone. Temperatures of 40 degrees C and landmines left over from the conflict hamper firefighters.