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  • 6/24/2026 Near Coast of Honshu, Japan 6.9
    Location: Near Coast of Honshu, Japan, Date: June 24, 2026, Time: 22:30:15 UTC; 5:30:15 PM CDT, Magnitude: 6.9 Mw
  • 6/24/2026 Near Coast of Venezuela 7.5
    Location: Near Coast of Venezuela, Date: June 24, 2026, Time: 22:05:11 UTC; 5:05:11 PM CDT, Magnitude: 7.5 Mw
  • 6/24/2026 Near Coast of Venezuela 7.1
    Location: Near Coast of Venezuela, Date: June 24, 2026, Time: 22:04:32 UTC; 5:05:32 PM CDT, Magnitude: 7.1 Mw
  • 6/7/2026 Mindanao, Philippines 7.8
    Location: Nevada, Date: April 15, 2026, 01:29:12 UTC; 8:29:12 PM CDT (local 4/13), Magnitude: 5.5 Mw
  • Field Museum in Chicago Summer Internships
    The Field Museum in Chicago has summer internships for undergraduates including a geology intern (applications due May 20) and a fossil digitization intern (applications due May 8). https://www.fieldmuseum.org/landing/careers
  • 4/20/2026 Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan 7.4
    Location: Nevada, Date: April 15, 2026, 01:29:12 UTC; 8:29:12 PM CDT (local 4/13), Magnitude: 5.5 Mw
  • 4/14/2026 Nevada 5.5
    Location: Nevada, Date: April 15, 2026, 01:29:12 UTC; 8:29:12 PM CDT (local 4/13), Magnitude: 5.5 Mw
  • 4/1/2026 Molucca Sea 7.4
    Location: Molucca Sea, Date: April 1, 2026, 22:48:12 UTC; 5:48:12 PM CDT, Magnitude: 7.4 Mw
  • 3/30/2026 Vanuatu 7.3
    Location: Vanuatu, Date: March 30, 2026, Time: 08:44:08 UTC; 3:44:08 AM CDT, Magnitude: 7.3 Mw
  • 3/24/2026 Tonga 7.5
    Location: Tonga, Date: March 24, 2026, Time: 04:37:50 UTC; 11:37:50 PM CDT (local 3/23), Magnitude: 7.5 Mw
  • 3/5/2026 Louisiana 4.9
    Location: Louisiana, Date: March 5, 2026, Time: 11:30:08 UTC; 5:30:08 AM CST, Magnitude: 4.9 Mw
  • A Journey into the Namib Desert
    During the austral winters of 2019, 2021, and 2022, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee sedimentology team went deep into one of the oldest and driest deserts on Earth to investigate a well-preserved deep-time landscape generated by glaciers around 300 million years ago.

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