Recent Natural Disasters List January 26, 2016 — Hpakant jade mine landslide

Major Natural Disasters Today

• Hpakant jade mine landslide in Myanmar
  -At least a dozen people have been missing in Kachin State’s Hpakant jade mining region of Myanmar on Monday.
  -Two piles of mining waste located between Suttaung and Shansu villages collapsed on Monday afternoon. Click for detail report on Hpakant jade mine landslide

Recent Earthquakes

• M 3.6 light earthquake in Oklahoma (@ 3 km depth) with epicenter located 23 km WNW of Medford. Weak tremor will have been felt by the people of Enid, Ponca City and Arkansas City, Kansas.
  06:24 UTC (local time: 00:24; 2016-01-26  @ epicenter)
• M 5.8 strong earthquake in Papua New Guinea (@ 44 km depth) with epicenter located 96 km S of Taron. Weak shaking of MMI III will have been felt by the peole of Kokopo, Namatanai and Rabaul.
  03:10 UTC (local time: 13:10; 2016-01-26 @ epicenter)

Recent Flash Floods

Recent Volcanic Activity

• Akhtarma-Pashali mud volcano in Azerbaijan
  -Akhtarma-Pashali, one of the largest volcanoes in Azerbaijan, erupted Tuesday morning in Hajigabul district.
  -Akhtarma-Pashali volcano erupted at 03:00 am in Udulu settlement. Click for detail report on Azerbaijan volcano eruption

Recent Tropical Cyclones

Natural Disaster News

• The city of Joplin and the St. Bernard Project will offer free classes on disaster planning. It will be a platform to know about making an emergency plan, documents needed after a disaster, how to file an insurance claim, what questions to ask insurance agents to ensure adequate coverage, and things to do to prevent or reduce property damage.

Useful information to read this Recent Natural Disasters List January 26, 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.