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A major earthquake registered by the USGS as M7.7 hit 68 km (42 miles) NNW of Ende, Indonesia at 21:58 UTC on August 14, 2026. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M7.7 at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles). BMKG reported M7.7 and a tsunami potential following the earthquake.


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Asteroid 2026 PC6 passed Earth at 0.053 lunar distances (0.00014 AU / about 20 400 km / 12 700 miles) from the center of our planet at 00:50 UTC on August 12, 2026, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (NASA/CNEOS). At the nominal distance, the object passed about 14 000 km (8 700 miles) above Earth’s surface, plac...

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A large wildfire reported near Lokva Rogoznica at 20:15 LT (18:15 UTC) on August 13, 2026, spread toward Omiš overnight, reaching residential areas and burning about 900 ha (2 200 acres) by 12:00 LT on August 14, according to the Croatian Firefighting Association (HVZ). At least 1 200 people were evacuated, 40 were treated in hospitals, of which seven with life-threatening injur...

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Tropical Storm Lala is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by August 15, 2026, as it approaches Hawaiʻi, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Hawaiʻi Island, and the governor issued an emergency proclamation on August 13 as state and local authorities prepared for worsening wind, rainfall, and coastal conditions.


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Eight people were confirmed dead after record rainfall caused widespread flooding across Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on August 13 and 14, 2026, according to prefectural and municipal authorities. At 06:00 LT on August 14, 7 359 people were sheltering at 359 sites in 39 municipalities, while emergency and evacuation measures remained in force.


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