Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time
* Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 22:33:00 UTC
* Friday, March 21, 2008 at 06:33:00 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 35.445°N, 81.392°E
Depth 22.9 km (14.2 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region XINJIANG-XIZANG BORDER REGION
Earth Changes
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| ©Hawaiian Volcano Observatory |
| Rocks ejected by the explosion created impact craters when they landed. |
An explosion atop the long-erupting Kilauea volcano rained gravel-size rocks onto a tourist lookout, road and trail before dawn Wednesday, injuring no one but forcing parts of a national park to close.
It was the first explosion in Kilauea's main Halemaumau Crater since 1924, scattering debris over about 75 acres, said Jim Kauahikaua, scientist-in-charge at Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island.
Czech television is reporting that more than 100 cars have been involved in a massive pileup on the country's major highway, which connects Prague with the eastern Czech Republic.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute says an earthquake has struck near an island northeast of Athens overnight. It says the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 and occurred at 1:02 a.m.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Residents warily watched as rivers continued to rise Thursday from heavy storms that dumped as much as a foot of rain in the Midwest and left behind more than a dozen deaths.
Some 3,000 scientific robots that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzling message. These diving instruments suggest that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years. That could mean global warming has taken a breather. Or it could mean scientists aren't quite understanding what their robots are telling them.
Flash Flood Warnings Posted From Texas To Pennsylvania
Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated Wednesday after a foot of rain pushed rivers and creeks out of their banks in the nation's midsection. At least 13 deaths had been linked to the weather, and three people were missing.
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| ©AP/Southeast Missourian, Eisenhauer |
| Fedex driver Jay McMullin helps 78-year-old Odell Bunch into the delivery truck after Bunch's Ford Ranger was swept off Highway 34 by flood waters on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, near Jackson, Mo. |
Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated Wednesday after a foot of rain pushed rivers and creeks out of their banks in the nation's midsection. At least 13 deaths had been linked to the weather, and three people were missing.
Adelaide's 15-day heatwave was a once in 3,000 year occurrence, an atmospheric scientist says.
Adelaide has sweltered through 15 consecutive days above 35 degrees - the longest heatwave recorded in any Australian capital city.
Adelaide has sweltered through 15 consecutive days above 35 degrees - the longest heatwave recorded in any Australian capital city.
Several dozen schools were expected to remain shut this week in the Canadian province of Quebec over fears their roofs may collapse under the weight of near record amounts of snow, officials said on Monday.
The European Union should boost its civil and military capacities to respond to "serious security risks" resulting from catastrophic climate change expected this century, according to a joint report from the EU's two top foreign policy officials.
