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December 21 is Winter Solstice 2013. It is the day when the sun appears directly overhead along the Tropic of Capricorn, at 23.5 degrees south latitude. This Saturday in the Northern Hemisphere, will mark the shortest daylight period and longest…
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit the northern Philippines on Wednesday at 10:46 p.m., local time. According to USGS, the epicenter of the tremor was located at 4 kilometers (km) southwest of San Quintin, Pangasinan. It has a depth of 29…
The USGS website reported a 4.6 magnitude earthquake 38km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines. The quake, which hit today, December 14, 2013, may be the same quake that was felt as far as Cebu island. No casualties or damages have been reported….
Arizona meteor spectacle. A resounding sound over Tucson, Arizona, roused residents Tuesday night and had them looking up to the sky. The largest meteor shower of the year seemed to be giving them a sneak preview, as a meteor streaked…
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the December 7, 2013 Oklahoma earthquake was at 4.5 magnitude. The Saturday quake was centered near Arcadia, about 14 miles northeast of Oklahoma City, and was about 5 miles deep. Oklahoma Department of Emergency…
Should the Indonesia people be afraid of this earthquake prediction? The International Earthquake and Volcano Prediction Center (IEVPC), a non-profit science research organization located in Florida, predicted that a strong 8.0 magnitude earthquake will hit Indonesia between end of 2013…
Did the Comet ISON broken up and evaporated when it circled around the sun? In the recent images from NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory and the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, they showed ISON Comet to have faded away. Many…
In a report from ABS-CBN, a tornado hit Negros Occidental Philippines on Tuesday, destroying 34 houses. The twister specifically hit Brgy. Bantayan in Kabankalan City. Residents said that they felt the ground shook as the twister damaged houses in their…
According to the International Earthquake and Volcano Prediction Center (IEVPC), a non-profit science research organization located in Florida, a possible 8.0 magnitude earthquake may hit the Philippines in 2014. The organization issued in early 2013 a Catastrophic Geophysical Event (CGE)…
According to volcanologists from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), there are three Cebu fault that they uncovered. In his presentation before the Provincial Board (PB) of Cebu, Phivolcs supervising science research specialist Jeffrey Perez identified the possible…