August 30, 1998

Flash floods and a landslide are responsible for at least 65 deaths in Nepal (Washington Post/AP). "Experts have warned that worse landslides could occur on the lower Himalayas in coming years if villagers and real-estate developers do not stop logging that makes the slopes vulnerable to heavy rain."

*Large earthquakes today rattled the Mariana Islands (mag. 6.2) and the Queen Charlotte Islands (mag. 6.0).

August 29, 1998

The South Sandwich Islands were shaken by a magnitude 5.8 quake.

August 28, 1998

A magnitude 6.2 quake occurred on the Minahassa Peninsula in Indonesia.

August 27, 1998

Three people were killed by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in southern China (Washington Post/AP).

August 23, 1998

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred off the coast of Nicaragua.

*Luzon was shaken by a mag. 5.8 quake.

August 20, 1998

Earthquakes today shook the Bonin Islands (mag. 6.2) and the Rat Islands (mag. 6.0).

August 19, 1998

Torrential rains in a remote area of northern India caused severe landslides that killed almost 200 people (Discovery Online).

August 18, 1998

Wollongong, a city in southern Austrailia, was isolated today by flash floods and mudslides (Discovery Online).

August 17, 1998

Mudslides along the Italian-Austrian border killed 5 people (Discovery Online).

August 16, 1998

A fifteen minute eruption of Popocatepetl volcano occurred today. The volcano created a 5-km collumn of ash, however no damage was reported (Volcano World).

August 13, 1998

"Fish and Wildlife Service personnel reported that the usual white steaming from Chiginagak volcano fumaroles changed for a time to puffs of black ash accompanied by a greenish-yellow gas and steam plume rising about 500 to 1000 ft above the volcano." (Alaska Volcano Observatory)

August 12, 1998

A mag. 5.4 quake shook the central coast of California. No damage was reported (CNN/AP).

*Flooding continues in South Korea where 189 people have been killed and over 100,000 have been left homeless since heavy rains began last week (Washington Post/AP).

August 11, 1998

The crest of the Yangtze River floods in China continues to move downstream. Today the crest passed the city of Jiujiang (Washington Post/AP).

August 10, 1998

The Nicobar Islands, located north of the island of Sumatra, experienced a magnitude 6.0 earthquake.

August 5, 1998

At least 11 people were killed when heavy rains caused flooding and landslides in South Korea (Washington Post/AP).

*A magnitude 5.9 quake occurred on the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge.

August 4, 1998

Northwestern Equador was shaken by magnitude 5.7 and 7.1 quakes today. Three people have been reported killed and hundreds have been left homeless (Washington Post/AP).

*Other earthquakes today struck New Guinea (mag 5.5), west of the Macquarie Islands (mag. 5.5), and

August 2, 1998

Western China was shaken by a mag. 5.6 quake.

August 1, 1998

At least 32 people have been killed after heavy rains caused mudslides in northern Iran (Washington Post/AP)

*Flash floods in South Korea have killed 20 campers and at least 70 more are still missing (Washington Post/AP). Floods occurred after 5-1/2 inches of rain fell in an hour.

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