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Satellite Images Show Large Fissure Caused by Powerful California Earthquake
The powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook Southern California Friday, just one day after a 6.4-magnitude tremor struck 122 miles northeast of Los Angeles, caused a fissure within the Little Lake fault zone in the state’s Indian Wells Valley area. Satellite images taken by Earth imaging company Planet Labs Inc. and photos shared by California residents show the visible crack across … Continue reading
Meteor Fireball Which was Seen Streaking across Australian Skies May Have Made Ground Impact
Social media is buzzing with reports of a meteor spotted over the South Coast on Friday night. On the Facebook group Australian Meteor Reports, administrator David Finlay said the meteor was spotted about 9pm on July 5 and believed it had come to ground somewhere in Victoria. “I have reports of sonics from Forest Hill (Melbourne) to Mallacoota Vic. That’s … Continue reading
7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Southern California
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake was reported Friday evening at 8:16 p.m. Pacific time four miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred 31 miles from California City, 62 miles from Barstow, and 64 miles from Rosamond, Calif.. In the past 10 days, there have been 117 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby. The … Continue reading
6.4 Magnitude California Earthquake Brings Scattered Damage
The strongest earthquake to hit Southern California in 20 years left scattered damage Thursday morning and was felt from Las Vegas to Orange County, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake, with an early magnitude of 6.4, was centered near Ridgecrest, a community west of the Mojave Desert and about 150 miles north of Los Angeles. Reports of scattered damage, … Continue reading
Large Streaking Fireball Caught on Camera over South Florida
Was it a meteor, a comet, space junk falling to Earth or something else? Whatever it was, residents across Florida took to social media to show photos and video of a large fireball streaking across the sky early Wednesday morning. From Deerfield Beach to Vero Beach, Scripps Station WPTV in West Palm Beach received calls and emails from people who … Continue reading
Apocalyptic Wildlife Omen: Insects Are Dying Off in Europe, New Study Suggests
Amateur German researchers have been collecting bugs in the industrial area along the Rhine for decades. Their findings, which have been independently verified by other scientists, suggest that the world may witness its worst die-off since the dinosaurs were wiped out. Scholars have confirmed that over 40 percent of insect species could vanish. The Amateur Entomology Society of Krefeld, located … Continue reading
Mysterious Bangs, Flashes over NSW, Australia Was Likely a Meteor
Residents in northern NSW were a little shaken up on Sunday evening when a series of loud bangs was heard coming from the sky. “It sounded like a bomb dropping actually but there was a zooming sound and small sonic boom, I thought it was made by a fast military jet,” one person wrote on Facebook on the strange noises … Continue reading
France Breaks Highest Temperature Record Amid European Heatwave
France has hit its highest recorded temperature – 45.9C (114.6F) – amid a heatwave in Europe that has claimed several lives. The new record was measured in the southern town of Gallargues-le-Montueux. Before this year the previous record was 44.1C during a heatwave in 2003 that killed thousands. 2003 was exceptional in that temperatures remained high all summer long, but … Continue reading
Nuke Sensor Detected Asteroid Explosion in the Atmosphere over the Caribbean
On June 22nd at 21:25 UT, a small asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere and exploded in broad daylight south of Puerto Rico. Airwaves recorded by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization’s infrasound station in Bermuda pegged the blast energy between 3 and 5 kilotons of TNT-a fraction of a WW II atomic bomb. The explosion was clearly visible in images … Continue reading
Exploding Meteor Fireball Sends Shockwaves over Queensland, Australia
Weather monitoring cameras have captured the moment a meteor exploded over Queensland, Australia on Saturday night (June 22) According to the operator of the cameras, the blast at 10 pm sent shockwaves towards the Brisbane area. A second camera showed the blast lighting the sky green above homes in the city of Ipswich. Rumble / Space IF YOU ENJOY THIS … Continue reading