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Earthquake epicenter map (NSC) February 26, 2019: Nepal Seismological Center has recorded two light earthquakes in last 24 hours in Sindhupalchowk and Dolakha district of Nepal. Magnitude 4.4 earthquake was recorded in Dolakha district at 04:15 pm Tuesday. The epicenter was located near Bhimeshwor Municipality. Five minutes later, magnitude 4.1 earthquake was recorded in Sindhupalchowk district. The epicenter was located near Marming. No damage or injuries have been recorded from these earthquakes. Two weeks earlier, Nepal Seismological Center had recorded magnitude 4.0 earthquake with epicenter in Kirtipur . 

February 25, 2019: A state of emergency has been declared in Tennessee as severe flooding claimed lives of at least three people this month. One man drowned in Knoxville after becoming trapped in his car when he drove onto an inundated roadway. A man died in Hawkins County, northeastern Tennessee, when his pickup truck slid down an embankment during a mudslide. Third fatality occurred in the central part of the state, just west of Nashville. Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) declared a state of emergency Saturday due to rising flood waters.

February 22, 2019: An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 has been recorded in Peru-Ecuador border region, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The earthquake occurred at a greater depth of 287 km. It is the reason the earthquake was felt in wider region of Ecuador. It was followed by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake that occurred less than 25 minutes later in western Ecuador, near the city of Guayaquil. According to the National Risk and Emergency Management Service of Ecuador, six people were injured in Gualaquiza, Macas and Cuenca.

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February 20, 2019: The economic costs of 2018 natural disaster events came to US$225 billion with insurance covering US$90 billion of the overall total, according to “Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight – 2018 Annual Report" published by Aon. The insurance and reinsurance broker said that this makes 2018 the fourth costliest year on record of insured losses. Economic losses from natural catastrophes and severe weather events around the globe cost the economies of the world $225 billion, meaning that the protection gap, or portion of economic losses not covered by insurance, was 60% which Aon says is the lowest level since 2005. The biggest driver for natural catastrophes in 2018 was the tropical cyclone peril following several significant landfalling storms, including Hurricane Michael and Hurricane Florence (United States), Typhoon Jebi and Typhoon Trami (Japan), Typhoon Mangkhut (Asia), and Typhoon Rumbia (China). Each of those storms minimally caused at