A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 16:41:33 (UTC) on Monday, November 28, 2005, in the Mariana Islands Region, 125 km East of Farallon de Pajaros.
The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 46.2 km.
Location 20.358°N, 146.058°E
A team of scientists returned this month with new and dramatic video and sound recordings of an ongoing volcanic eruption underneath the deceptively calm waters of Rota Island in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Video of billowing ash plumes, molten sulphur droplets, and red lava jetting from a...
The volcano Anatahan still showed signs of activity when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying on the Terra satellite, acquired this image on May 25, 2005. Volcanic tremors occur when magma rises inside the volcano or when the volcano erupts.
In th...