4.4 about 8 miles south of me. Very light shaking motion. Moments ago. (4:13.10 UT) 14 km SSW of Westley, CA

Our Kiwi cousins across the gutter got shaking again.

New Zealand hit by magnitude-6 earthquake, no serious damage reported.

The ring grew a pimple.

World’s newest island forms near Japan after volcanic eruption.

A brand new island has burst from the Pacific Ocean after a powerful volcanic eruption that brought it to life.

The world’s newest island, which hasn’t been named, formed off the coast of Japan as a result of an undersea volcanic eruption on October 30, according to the country’s meteorological agency.

Its incredible rise from the ocean was documented in real-time in pictures and video....

Cheers.

Earthquake in the Philippines.

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake shakes southern Philippines, killing one.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Papua New Guinea's tallest volcano Mount Ulawun erupted:
https://apnews.com/article/papua-new-guinea-volcano-eruption-ulawun-8a7d6d1ba15713398b0b9c57af9e7415 wrote:

One of the South Pacific nation’s most active volcanoes, Mount Ulawun erupted on Monday, spewing ash as high as 15 kilometers (50,000 feet).

Papua New Guinea’s Geohazards Management Division said while the eruption had been downgraded since Monday from the maximum alert level, there were no signs that it was ending.

The division said heavy coatings of black ash were causing leaves to droop in palm oil plantations near the volcano and were accumulating on roofs.

A bit more shaking is going on.

Alaska Earthquake Strikes Off Coast as Tremors Detected.

An earthquake measuring a 5.6 magnitude rocked several islands near Alaska on Monday night.

The tremors were felt across the Fox Islands and the Aleutian Islands at 9:13 p.m.

The United States Geological Survey(USGS), a government agency, shared the details on its website giving the time of the earthquake in Coordinated Universal Time as "6:13 a.m. UTC."....