NOAA divers conducted research and located seismometers near Farallon de Pajaros and the Northern Mariana Islands.

The entities involved

• NOAA →

  series of satellites

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  • NOAA and USDA are jointly producing drought monitoring data.Mon 04:29
• Farallon de Pajaros →

  uninhabited volcanic island in the Northern Mariana Islands

  Nothing else this week.

• Northern Mariana Islands →

  unincorporated territory of the US located in the Pacific

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