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Enrollment open for January 17, 2026 Introduction to Marine Navigation using GPS & Chart Plotting

The Outer Banks U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is now enrolling students for its new one-day seminar, Introduction to Marine Navigation using GPS & Chart Plotting.

Yes, the government can track your location – but usually not by spying on you directly

If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you ...
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5.3-magnitude quake hits off east coast of Kamchatka -- GFZ

BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted off the east coast of Kamchatka at 1641 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with ...
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5.1-magnitude quake hits 109 km north of Yakutat, Alaska -- USGS

BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 109 km north of Yakutat, Alaska, at 1656 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 2 km, ...

Magnitude 4.1 earthquake strikes Nepal; second tremor in a week

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Nepal on Sunday morning, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported. The tremor was recorded at 8:13 AM at a shallow depth of 5 kilometres, making it ...