Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 80 km NNW of Wanaka, New Zealand
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 8 km WNW of Culaman, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 - 126 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 - 58 km N of Namuac, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 130 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
The Australian Government will evacuate its embassy in Kyiv, amid warnings a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent
The US military confirms that US forces are sailing and flying in international waters
US rejects Russian claims a Virginia-class sub entered Russian waters, per Indo-Pacific Command's Capt. Kyle Raines: "There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters. I will not comment on the precise location of our submarines"
2 year agoIndonesia: Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at 16:04 WITA with the height of the ash column observed ± 800 m above the peak (± 2223 m above sea level)
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 245 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
US Secretary of State: We don't know if the Russian president made a decision to invade Ukraine
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 27 km E of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 54 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - Batan Islands region, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 109 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Friday to discuss the "increasingly acute threat of possible further Russian aggression," according to a State Department readout
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 - 73 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 14 km S of Maitum, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 203 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 56 km NNE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 - 52 km E of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 73 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the Quad's cooperation on the region's COVID response was "most critical", with cyber and maritime security, infrastructure, climate action and disaster relief - especially after the recent Tonga volcanic eruption - also in focus
Asked by reporters if confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific was inevitable, Blinken replied "nothing is inevitable". "Having said that, I think we share concerns that in recent years China has been acting more aggressively at home and more aggressively in the region
Foreign ministers of the so-called Quad, the informal grouping of the four countries, vowed to work on humanitarian relief, terrorism, cyber and maritime security and global supply chain challenges
In a meeting among its foreign ministers, US, Australia, Japan and India on Friday pledged to deepen cooperation to ensure the Indo-Pacific region was free from "coercion", a thinly-veiled swipe at China's growing economic and military expansion
2 year agoOn the question to @SecBlinken what changed for the US to issue its new Ukraine security alert & whether they will put @USEmbassyKyiv on ordered departure. He said the US continues "to see very troubling signs of Russian escalation" and "an invasion could begin at any time."
Blinken says Russian invasion of Ukraine could come 'any time', including during Olympics
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 - 47 km E of Wewak, Papua New Guinea
