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Another Massive Earthquake Strikes in Chile

Yesterday evening, on Sunday, January 2, a large earthquake shook the grounds near the city of Temuco, in Chile. The tremor had an intensity of 7.1 degrees of magnitude of the Richter scale.The devastation struck at 3:20 EST (2020 GMT), but thus far no official reports on casualties or material damages have been made...

3 January 2011
05:54 GMT

Massive Quake Strikes Off the Indonesian Coast

Experts announce that a massive earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on October 25, at a depth of about 20.6 kilometers (12.8 miles) below the ocean crust. The magnitude 7.7 tremor occurred at 9:42 pm local time (14:42 UTC) on Monday, and generated a 10-foot (3.3-meter) tsunami that struck Pagai Island. The a...

27 October 2010
03:52 GMT

Transforming Measure for Measure

Length, mass, speed, area and other commonly used measurement units are now at your fingertips. With the help of a simple application you can get the answers you need even for the most complex conversions.It is not seldom that we have to make various transformations among all sorts of units and this starts as early ...

6 September 2010
02:51 GMT

USGS Say Global Earthquake Activity Not Unusual

We're not yet even halfway through the fourth month of the year, and the planet has already experienced a number of devastating natural disasters, which saw hundreds of thousands losing their lives. Starting in January, earthquakes have devastated numerous locations, including Haiti, Chile, Mexico and now China,...

15 April 2010
06:38 GMT

Big Earthquake Strikes Haiti

Tuesday night, at 16:53 local time (2153 GMT), a massive earthquake struck the small, impoverished nation of Haiti, in the worst such event to hit the country in more than 100 years. According to the earliest reports available from the region, it would appear that the quake was massive, causing widespread damage and ...

13 January 2010
10:47 GMT

China May Be Shaken Again Soon

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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