Geophysics… Big earthquake near Japan, no tsunami (20 Apr 2026) 20 Apr 202620 Apr 2026 There was a mangitude 7.4 earthquake off the coast of Japan this morning ET ... The big fear from events in that location is another tsunami like the 2011 Tohoku…
Geophysics… Earthquake in western US, Sinlaku landfall (14 April 2026) 14 Apr 202614 Apr 2026 There was a shallow earthquake in Nevada that has created some dramatic maps but not a lot of damage as it happened in a pretty empty area of the Great…
Geophysics Solar Storm in progress 19 Jan 202619 Jan 2026 There was an X class solar flare yesterday, and the stream of high energy particles has hit the earth. In this animation looking at iron and showing the sun's magnetic…
Geophysics… Sun and Tropics Quiet, the river flows 14 Nov 2025 Although there was a big flare this morning, it was directed away from Earth, so the Earth's magnetic field is returning to normal after the last few days of excitement.…
Geophysics… Beyond the burning skies: What causes Geomagnetic storms (12 Nov 25) 12 Nov 202512 Nov 2025 A mass of energetic particles ejected from the Sun arrived at earth last night, causing auroras visible as far south as North Georgia and reports even in the Savannah/Charleston area.…
Geophysics… Quick Tropics/Solar/Winter update 7 Nov 2025 Lots going on ... first, Typhoon Fung Wong is headed towards The Philippines, and could potentially cause extensive damage to Luzon (including the Manila area) with both high winds and…
Doomwatch!… Blob-o-rama 16 Sep 2025 TL;DR: blobs in the Atlantic are no threat at the moment, the storm likely to spin up in the next 24 hours should stay away from everybody. East Pacific storms…
Geophysics… Mario here and gone, still quiet (other than a M7.5 earthquake). 13 Sep 2025 There are currently no active storms in any of the basins! The depression off the coast of Mexico briefly became Tropical Storm Mario before becoming "Remnants of Mario." It may…
Geophysics… Solar eruptions, our satellite constellation, and redistricting 26 Aug 2025 The sun is still very unsettled, and a new active area is rotating in to view. Although most people think of the GOES satellites as being weather satellites, they are…
Doomwatch!… Typhoons, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, and blogging 30 Jul 2025 Lots going on, and unfortunately this is a perfect example of how not being in a position to do full time natural hazards modeling and monitoring causes things to fall…
