Pacific

Quake of magnitude 5.6 hits Solomon Islands

May 28, 2023

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hit the Solomon Islands on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

MCC Deputy Vice-President, Jonathan Brooks meets with Minister Mahat

May 23, 2023

Deputy Vice-President for Europe, Asia, Pacific and Latin America (EAPLA) programme of Millennium Challenge Corporation.

52 years after capture, orca Lolita may return to Pacific

Mar 31, 2023

More than 50 years after the orca known as Lolita was captured for public display, plans are in place to return her from the Miami Seaquarium to her home waters in the Pacific Northwest.

More rain, snow in California from ninth in series of storms

Jan 17, 2023

The ninth atmospheric river in a three-week series of major winter storms was churning through California on Monday

Agatha hits southern Mexico coast as strongest May hurricane

May 31, 2022

Hurricane Agatha, the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific

Why Tonga eruption was so big and what’s next

Jan 19, 2022

People around the world looked on in awe at the spectacular satellite images of an undersea volcano erupting in a giant mushroom cloud in the Pacific.

SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites

Dec 20, 2021

A SpaceX rocket carried 52 Starlink internet satellites into orbit on a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base early Saturday.

Indonesia raises Semeru volcano alert, fearing new eruption

Dec 18, 2021

Indonesian authorities raised the alert level for the highest volcano on Java island, saying Mount Semeru could blow up again after a sudden eruption earlier this month.