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Everyone's talking these days about the huge disaster that hit Japan last Friday, the very powerful earthquake followed by a strong tsunami wave seriously affecting the northeastern part of Japan and, consequently, all of the companies who had plants established in the respective region.And that's also the ... |
14 March 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Things are definitely not going well in Japan, as the natural disaster that struck last week has left much of the infrastructure severely impaired, and this extends to Elpida, essentially the only DRAM maker that the country has.For those that need an update, the strong, 8.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan la... |
14 March 2011
05:21 GMT |
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The earthquake and tsunamis in Japan definitely took the world itself by surprise, and not in a good way considering the cost of human lives, but it seems not all those that could have been affected suffered that badly.The natural disaster that struck Japan last week will definitely go down in history as one of the ... |
14 March 2011
04:43 GMT |
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Tsunamis are oftentimes produced when earthquakes strike beneath the sea. They are impressive waves that can leave behind a huge trail of devastation, as evidenced by the recent one that struck Japan. Experts now take a look at how these waves form and behave once they reach land. Their name means harbor wave in Japa... |
14 March 2011
04:33 GMT |
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In the aftermath of the March 11 tremor that devastated Japan, the country is currently trying to come to terms with the consequences that the most powerful earthquake in the nation's history had. Among them is the explosion that affected a nuclear power plant reactor, and is currently endangering another. The F... |
14 March 2011
02:58 GMT |
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Scientists from a NASA lab say that the earthquake which struck Japan on March 11 was powerful enough to shift the entire planetary axis by a small amount. It may have also shortened days, they add.
The tremor, which occurred on Friday, had a magnitude of 8.9, and was widely felt in the country. It affected numer... |
14 March 2011
01:48 GMT |
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Following the devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, the nation's primary space center has gone offline due to damage and security issues. The center also included the control room for the Japanese section of the International Space Station (ISS).Shortly after the geological event to... |
12 March 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Yesterday was the day when one of the most serious natural disasters of our world's recent history struck Japan, and it seems that there will most likely be serious consequences on the electronics market.No doubt end-users will have learned of the catastrophic event that slammed Japan just about a day ago.What ... |
12 March 2011
05:19 GMT |
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Seismologists, geologists and astronomers are beginning to come to terms with the scale of the megathrust earthquake that struck Japan at 05:46 UTC (14:46 Tokyo time) on March 11, 2011. The tremor was found to have shifted Earth's axis, as well as the country's shorelines. Dr. Dave Applegate, an expert with... |
12 March 2011
04:52 GMT |
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Without a doubt, one of the saddest, most terrifying news today is that related to the devastating earthquake that hit Japan earlier, followed by a couple of tsunami waves that literally destroyed everything in their path.I believe many of you have already watched the videos posted online by various news outlets, you... |
11 March 2011
09:18 GMT |
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A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan several hours ago. Along with the aftershocks, some with a magnitude of 7.4, huge earthquakes in their own right, the country has been hit by a waves of tsunamis several meters high.While earthquakes are common in Japan and the country is thoroughly prepared for these kind... |
11 March 2011
06:24 GMT |
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Early reports are showing that a devastating, 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan, right off the coast of its most populous island, Honshu. The event began at 2:46 pm Tokyo time (0546 GMT), and was followed by severe aftershocks and tsunamis. The epicenter of the “mega” tremor was found to be some 80 mi... |
11 March 2011
02:44 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of disaster relief scams popping up following the series of recent earthquakes in New Zealand and advise people to contribute only to well known organizations.On September 4, 2010, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Several aftershocks ha... |
28 February 2011
09:54 GMT |
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A team of geologists from the US and Haiti, that have been studying the January 12 Haiti earthquake, say that other cities like Los Angeles, Istanbul or Kingston also risk being struck by a tsunamis, and the actual catastrophe risk is much higher than expected.The explanation for this statement is pretty logical: all... |
11 October 2010
08:47 GMT |
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Scientists with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that their latest investigations of the border areas between Mexico and the United States show that the planet's crust is still deforming in the area. They say that this is a direct consequence of the 7.2-magnitude earthq... |
6 August 2010
04:31 GMT |
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Analyzing seismic waves information more accurately, might allow scientists to map earthquakes and predict areas at risk. Seismologist David Robinson, of the Australian National University in Canberra and member of Geoscience Australia, said that there is a new method to better map the earthquake faults in the Earth.... |
5 July 2010
11:19 GMT |
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On March 4, as most people around the world that watch the news know, southern Taiwan was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4. Quakes are rather common in this region but, this time around, damages and injuries were quite limited. Still, even though the actual damage is small, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactur... |
6 March 2010
05:09 GMT |
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Only a month and a half after a devastating earthquake wreaked havoc in Haiti, another, even bigger, earthquake hit the South American country Chile. While the quake was significantly more powerful than the Haiti one, registering at 8.8 degrees on the Richter scale, it caused significantly less destruction and loss ... |
1 March 2010
06:38 GMT |
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Earlier this week, Haiti was struck by a mighty earthquake that inflicted serious and widespread damage on the country's government infrastructure, as well as upon business and public institutions. To assist in the relief efforts, the Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation announced that it would be donating $500,00... |
16 January 2010
04:52 GMT |
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Sprint and T-Mobile have announced their support for the victims of the strong earthquake that hit Haiti and more IT companies are revealing their intention to make donations or otherwise offer assistance to the survivors. Among these corporations is Dell that has announced a corporate cash donation of $500,000 and a... |
16 January 2010
04:22 GMT |
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Mobile phone carrier T-Mobile USA announced on Thursday that it had taken a number of steps into providing relief and help to the victims of the recent earthquake in the Republic of Haiti. According to the company, it plans on helping the restoration of wireless communications in the country, and it also offers supp... |
15 January 2010
07:51 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Sprint announced today that its Sprint Foundation planned making a $50,000 donation to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund to support the victims of the earthquake that recently hit the Republic of Haiti. According to the company, the funds are meant for immediate support, as well as fo... |
15 January 2010
04:27 GMT |
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Apple has set up a way for iTunes customers to help Haiti earthquake victims by making a monetary donation to the American Red Cross. Those eager to make a change for the people affected by the natural disaster can access an iTunes page (located here) and donate from $5.00 to $200.00. The donation will be deducted as... |
15 January 2010
04:02 GMT |
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Microsoft, both as a company and as the sum of its people, is deeply involved in a variety of philanthropic efforts, and the software giant was one of the first organizations to react to the news of the earthquake in Haiti. Akhtar Badshah, senior director, Global Community Affairs, revealed that the Redmond company w... |
14 January 2010
09:45 GMT |
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Cybercriminals wasted no time in trying to exploit the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti two days ago to their own advantage. Security researchers warn of poisoned Web search results, while authorities advise caution when donating money to relief efforts.On January 12, 2010, at 16:53:09 local time, stress ga... |
14 January 2010
08:03 GMT |
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According to a lead Taiwanese inventor, a research team have managed to create perhaps one of the most important inventions in the history of mankind, a small device that is purportedly capable of detecting earthquakes about 30 seconds before they happen. If their claim turns out to be true, then we could soon see di... |
6 April 2009
05:50 GMT |
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According to new scientific studies conducted on the Midwest seismic fault in the United States, the hole in the ground that has prompted concerns of a catastrophic earthquake sometime this century seems to be actually closing rather than becoming more active. The once-active area, known as the New Madrid fault syste... |
26 March 2009
06:29 GMT |
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I Am Alive is a Ubisoft game first seen at the 2008 E3 videogame expo and described as a survival action title that puts the player in the role of a survivor of a catastrophic earthquake. Development duty was later revealed to be handled not by the Ubisoft team working on Assassin's Creed, as initially thought, ... |
12 March 2009
03:45 GMT |
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On the 26th of December, 2003, the city of Bam, in Iran, was completely leveled my a massive 6.6-magnitude earthquake that struck in close proximity of the residential center. More than 26,000 people lost their lives then, as most of the buildings in the area were knocked down, including schools and hospitals. Now, f... |
5 March 2009
03:06 GMT |
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When you think about the way the planet chooses to drive its continents apart from one another, you're surely thinking thundering sound, catastrophic imagery and, generally, a lot of turmoil. Perhaps even scientists thought the same. This is why the recent event, which literally tears the African continent apart... |
11 December 2008
15:51 GMT |
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A new research performed by Caltech experts indicates that the threat of a major earthquake in the region of one of the world's most active faults located in Sumatra is extremely high. The area has been affected many times by such monster-magnitude events, the most recent having taken place in September last yea... |
4 December 2008
14:31 GMT |
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Recently, a large group of experts led by a team from the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego managed to perform peta-scale simulations of the internal structure of the planet, breaking various records and barriers in the process. This is supposed to enable seismology experts to devise seismic models of wa... |
29 November 2008
01:21 GMT |
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A new governmental report warns that numerous Southern and Midwestern states, including Illinois, Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Arkansas, are at significant risk of being severely affected by a potential large-scale earthquake. The states are on top of a high-intensity seismic area,... |
21 November 2008
05:54 GMT |
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The devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck China on May 12 reportedly killed more than 19,000 children and professors, in poorly-built schools across the Sichuan and Gansu provinces. Previous reports by the government attempted to hide the fact that most schools that collapsed had very weak structures, by f... |
21 November 2008
04:30 GMT |
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Indonesia was caught by surprise and largely affected by a massive tsunami wave four years ago, which caused approximately 170,000 people to go missing or to be found dead across the sultanate of the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province, situated on the northern portion of the Sumatra island. As a result, since then, a ... |
11 November 2008
09:24 GMT |
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It appears that two and a half millennia of natural activity were not a problem for the large construction of the Acropolis to withstand, as it successfully faced powerful storms, extreme temperatures, drought, snow and earthquakes. The ruined appearance it has today is rather the work of man than that of nature. Thi... |
6 November 2008
03:38 GMT |
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The fact that earthquakes throw the ground around in all possible directions is old news, especially given the fact that we know some of the largest mountains in the world were formed due to severe seismic activities. However, never in the history of recorded data, has an earthquake, other than Japan's 6.9 Iwate... |
31 October 2008
09:48 GMT |
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A new project with a bold goal has recently emerged: provide several crucial seconds of warning before an earthquake occurs. Following the example of the SETI@home project, the Quake Catcher Network (QCN) also relies on using a wide network of personal computers in order to do the job. The idea was surprisingly inspi... |
31 October 2008
08:15 GMT |
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The Indonesian and Thailand coasts of the Indian Ocean seem to have experienced tragedies like the 2004 enormous tsunami wave that killed in the hundreds of thousands more often than one might believe. Even more than that, this phenomenon could happen regularly, at a rate of 600 years, as the latest studies show. Acc... |
30 October 2008
05:55 GMT |
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Although the birth of an ocean is an extremely rare phenomenon on the largest of historical scales, the geophysics is currently experiencing such an event. Even more dazzling, this occurs in one of the Earth's most inhospitable and arid regions, the Afar Depression in Ethiopia.The African continent is literally ... |
1 October 2008
05:20 GMT |
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On May 12 this year, the 7.9 magnitude Wenchuan earthquake devastated the region along the Longmenshan area close to Chengdu, a city with 11 million inhabitants in the southern center of China. Based on their research, experts in the field claim that it is pretty likely that another major replica is bound to strike a... |
13 September 2008
06:06 GMT |
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Newly discovered geological features, known as 'mud pots', found south of the San Andreas fault and stretching across most of the state of California, US, now confirm a long standing prediction that the famous fault line is indeed much longer than previous evidence seemed to suggest. The finding is detailed... |
30 July 2008
05:42 GMT |
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It will still take a long time before man will be able to predict an earthquake and its force, and science seems to be taking baby steps in this field, albeit when it comes to earthquake predictions any step is a big step. US researchers have recently brought new insight into the dynamics of earthquakes after detecti... |
10 July 2008
06:21 GMT |
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The world is still terrified by the earthquake which shook down China on May 12 and scammers, hackers and phishers still want to take advantage of this. Another scam was detected by security company Sophos under the form of a 419 email which asks readers for their money. The only difference from a traditional 419 sca... |
26 May 2008
10:44 GMT |
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According to a new study, the 9.3 magnitude earthquake that took place in the Indian Ocean in late 2004 and that was said to have unleashed the energy equivalent of 1.3 billion tons of TNT, or 100,000 Hiroshima bombs, killing over 225,000 people in the outcome of the resulted tsunami, could have generated other earth... |
26 May 2008
06:09 GMT |
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The disaster that recently struck China has moved and impressed people all over the world, not to mention the Chinese people. But it appears that there's at least one person who was left untouched by the disaster left behind by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, that hit the Sichuan province. A video on YouTube shows... |
22 May 2008
08:50 GMT |
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Since the 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit China on May 12, hackers, spammers and fraudsters around the world have been attempting to exploit the tragedy in their own unique way: by developing new earthquake-related attacks which could trick vulnerable users and steal their information or get inside their computers. Toda... |
22 May 2008
02:28 GMT |
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It's no wonder that hackers are always out there hunting software vulnerabilities and glitches that would allow them to infiltrate into websites and servers, but when they break into the Red Cross website to steal money going to the Chinese earthquake victims, it's way too immoral. This is exactly what happ... |
20 May 2008
04:11 GMT |
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Following the destructive earthquake which hit China on May 12, the entire web is today commemorating the victims of the tragedy in its very own methods. According to China Daily, China announced three days of national mourning and suspended all entertainment websites from displaying their content on the Internet. Ho... |
19 May 2008
06:28 GMT |
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As we have already informed you, Google has done a good job in providing Google Earth users with information about the latest disasters that struck Asia. Besides the large amount of data meant to inform users about the status of the Myanmar victims, users can also see satellite imagery of China's 7.9 magnitude e... |
19 May 2008
03:56 GMT |
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