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Current time jumped an hour ahead! What time is it?
Mar 12th
In 1784 Benjamin Franklin suggested the idea of Daylight savings time. New Zealand entomologist George Hudson is also credited by many for Daylight Savings Time.
In the northern hemisphere, DST begins between March and ends in November. In November clocks will have to move back again. The United States Energy Policy Act of 2005 says Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday of November. More >
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Solomon Islands
Jan 9th
On Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Pacific’s Solomons group of Islands. According to officials there was no threat of a widespread tsunami.
The quake hit at a depth of 38 km at about 3:00 pm some 350 km east of Kirakira, the main city of the Solomons’ major island, Makira.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was “no destructive widespread tsunami threat” based on historical data.
“However, earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometres of the More >