Recent Natural Disasters List January 30, 2016 — Tropical Cyclone Stan

Recent Natural Disasters 2016: This natural disaster list covers important natural disasters in the world with detail update report.

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Major Natural Disasters Today

• Avalanche in British Colombia
  -Avalanche disaster near McBride, British Columbia of Canada claimed lives of five people on Friday.
  -Avalanche injured two others and have been sent to hospital in stable condition. Click for detail report BC avalanche
  
• Severe storm in Sydney, Australia
  -A severe storm caused havoc in Sydney and other parts of New South Wales and the ACT.
  -The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) detected very dangerous thunderstorms over Parramatta, Erskine Park, Fairfield, Horsley Park, Leppington and Liverpool by 4:00pm.
  -BoM has warned that Sydney could be hit by another storm on Saturday night.

Recent Earthquakes

• M 4.3 light earthquake in Montana (@ 5 km depth) with epicenter located 24 km E of Lincoln. It will have been well felt by the people of Helena, Great Falls, Butte and Missoula.
  19:31 UTC (local time: 12:31:44.6 2016-01-30 @ epicenter)
• M 4.6 moderate earthquake in Chile (@ 16 km depth) with epicenter located 70km WSW of Valparaiso. Weak tremor will have been felt by the people of Vina del Mar, Cartagena and San Antonio.
  13:28 UTC (local time: 10:28; 2016-01-30 @ epicenter)
• M 7.2 strong earthquake in Russia with epicenter located 91 km N of Yelizovo. Strong jolt will have been felt by the people of Yelizovo, Paratunka, Atlasovo, Vilyuchinsk and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.
  03:25 UTC (local time: 15:25; 2016-01-30 @ epicenter)
  Update
  According to USGS, the earthquake occurred as the result of oblique-normal faulting at a depth of 180 km. The depth and faulting mechanism of this earthquake indicate that it ruptured a fault within the subducting Pacific lithosphere.

Recent Flash Floods

• No major flooding recorded today.

Recent Volcanic Activity

• No major volcanic eruption reported today.

Recent Tropical Cyclones

• Tropical Cyclone Stan in Western Australia
  -Tropical Cyclone Stan, the first cyclone of the season for Australia, is expected to bring potentially damaging wind gusts and heavy rain in Western Australia.
  -A Red Alert has been issued for people between Port Hedland and Wallal, including Pardoo, Eighty Mile and Wallal. People in these regions should immediately move to shelters. Click for detail report on Cyclone Stan

Natural Disaster News

• Severe weather in UAE
  -United Arab Emirates recorded -0.3 degree Celsius temperature on the Jais Mountain at 00.15am.
  -The UAE'S weather office has issued a weather alert, warning of wind speeds reaching highs of 65 km/hr

Useful information to read this Recent Natural Disasters List January 30, 2016

This natural disaster list contains daily list of natural disasters around the world. The page is break down into various parts as Major Natural Disasters Today (real time update report on rolling major natural disaster around the world), Recent Earthquakes (only earthquakes which are felt by people), Recent Volcanic Activity (erupting volcanoes), Recent Flash Floods (ongoing flood information), Recent Tropical Cyclones (active cyclones) and Natural Disaster News (facts and news about natural/environmental disasters and hazards on various topics like Tornado, Tsunami, Wildfire, Drought, Hailstorm, Heat Wave, Hurricane, Epidemic, Famine, Lahar, Limnic Eruption, Mudflow, Solar Flare and other disasters).

The major natural disasters and catastrophes are linked to definite page containing update report on that disaster and also provides early disaster emergency notification if available.

The global natural disaster data and natural calamities statistics are collected from different sources like USGS, EMSC, GDACS, EDIS and others.