More than 150,000 people have been evacuated across the eastern provinces of the Philippines as Typhoon Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, approaches from the Pacific. Authorities have issued warnings for torrential rains, potentially destructive winds, and storm surges reaching up to three metres (nearly 10 feet).

A bout 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, the “most active” underwater volcano sitting beneath the Pacific Ocean is waking up. In just one day, the seafloor crackles nearly 2000 times. Out of the bursting crust,

Hemmed in by rugged mountains, Afghanistan is prone to a range of natural disasters, but its earthquakes cause the most fatalities, killing about 560 people on average each year and causing annual damages estimated at $80 million. Studies indicate at least 355 earthquakes with a magnitude higher than 5.0 have hit Afghanistan since 1990.

The Helena Valley sits atop a variety of different sediments and rocks, making it particularly susceptible to earthquake damage should another major seismic event occur.

On today's date in 1707, a catastrophic 8.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. This quake may have played a role in the last documented eruption of Mount Fuji.