Recent Natural Disasters 2020: This natural disaster list covers important natural disasters in the world with detail update report.
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Major Natural Disasters Today
- Avalanches in Pakistan
-Avalanches have claimed lives of at least 77 people and injured 94 others in northeast Pakistan.
-The avalanches were triggered by heavy snowfall in the Neelum Valley, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Click for detail report on Neelum valley avalanche
Recent Earthquakes
- Magnitude 2.6 weak earthquake in Czech Republic (@ 11 km depth) with epicenter located 3 km NE of Vratimov.
23:30 UTC (local time: 00:30; 2020-01-16 @ epicenter) - Magnitude 3.8 light earthquake in Indonesia (@ 14 km depth) with epicenter located 20 km NE of Karangasem.
22:13 UTC (local time: 06:13; 2020-01-16 @ epicenter) - Magnitude 3.8 light earthquake in Kosovo (@ 2 km depth) with epicenter located 21 km SW of Leposaviq.
16:32 UTC (local time: 17:32; 2020-01-15 @ epicenter) - Magnitude 5.2 moderate earthquake in Puerto Rico Region (@ 5 km depth) with epicenter located 5 km SW of Guánica.
15:36 UTC (local time: 11:36; 2020-01-15 @ epicenter) - Magnitude 5.0 moderate earthquake in Argentina (@ 47 km depth) with epicenter located 16 km N of San Martín. 14:39 UTC (local time: 11:39; 2020-01-15 @ epicenter)
- Magnitude 4.8 moderate earthquake in Leeward Islands (@ 143 km depth) with epicenter located 25 km N of Basse-Pointe, Martinique. 00:17 UTC (local time: 20:17; 2020-01-14 @ epicenter)
Recent Flash Floods
- No major flash flood recorded today.
Recent Volcanic Activity
- No major volcanic activity recorded today.
Recent Tropical Cyclones
- Tropical Cyclone Tino
-A storm in the Pacific is expected to become a tropical cyclone 'Tino' by Wednesday or Thursday.
-A tropical disturbance is located 1,670 km to the north-west of Fiji or 760 kilometres west-northwest of Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu. The system is expected to intensify into Tropical Cyclone Tino on 15 January 2020. Click for detail report on Cyclone Tino
Natural Disaster News
- FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to supplement Commonwealth and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by earthquakes beginning on Dec. 28, 2019, and continuing.
- All of the remaining Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) in South Dakota are scheduled to permanently close at the end of this week. The deadline for registration is January 31, 2020. The centers in Alexandria, Mitchell and Madison will close Friday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. The center in Plankinton will close Saturday, Jan. 18 at 6 p.m.
Useful information to read this Recent Natural Disasters List January 15, 2020
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.