Unix Timestamp: 1271203200
Wednesday, April 14. 2010, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Chinese media say 589 people have died after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits China's Qinghai province. Reports suggest there were six quakes in total, and over ten thousand people were injured in the diaster.//www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/14/content_9728383.htm ("China Daily") //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8619593.stm (BBC) //www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/14/china-earthquake-death-toll-yushu ("The Guardian")

Air traffic is closed over Northern Norway as ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano drifts towards Europe. //www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16568ew_0_a_id=360735 (Iceland Review)

Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.ref name=NASInfo

2010 Yushu earthquake

Eruption in glacier volcano Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, enters a new phase, causing local evacuations. //www.earthice.hi.is/page/ies_Eyjafjallajokull_eruption (Morgungblaðið)