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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) announces that a significant, magnitude 8.7 earthquake took place off the west coast of northern Sumatra, in Indonesia, at 08:38:38 UTC (04:38 EDT) today.
Officials with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center immediately issued a tsunami warning for several countries, including... |
11 April 2012
05:51 GMT |
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A new study by researchers in the United States indicates that the sudden release of ozone in the atmosphere – detectable as spikes in the usual concentrations – could be used as an indicator that a large earthquake is imminent.
The group explains that rocks fracturing underground tend to release this t... |
23 November 2011
08:09 GMT |
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Researchers at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) say that a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the Rat Islands, in Alaska, in the late hours of Sunday, October 30. The event took place at 10:16:21 pm (local time) at the epicenter.
That is the equivalent of 0716 UTC, on Monday, October 31. According to American... |
1 November 2011
09:47 GMT |
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The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake that struck Japan on March 11 first affected the ionosphere, the highest layer of Earth's atmosphere, a new study found. The findings are very important because they could be used to create better forecasting tools against tremors.
Interestingly, researchers also determined that the... |
10 October 2011
05:01 GMT |
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Geologists have been trying to develop the ultimate earthquake-forecasting tool for decades, and thus far their efforts have led to the creation of several models that could be used for this purpose. Recently, a team of scientists compared 7 of these models, in an attempt to establish which one is the best.
These... |
27 September 2011
14:21 GMT |
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According to experts, there is no correlation between massive earthquakes occurring on one side of the globe and other, potential tremors that may occur on the other side. In other words, events like the one that took place in Japan on March 11 are unlikely to cause similar devastations elsewhere. What scientists fai... |
29 March 2011
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Early in 2010, a massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck Chile. The tectonic event may have in the end triggered a large number of tremors as far away as California, thousands of miles north. The tremors it caused were however of a significantly lower magnitude. The Chile event was so powerful that it moved cities... |
2 February 2011
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One of the most widely-researched methods of disposing of excess carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is to literally sweep it under the rug, inside underground caverns and deposits. However, a new study suggests that this is not necessarily the wisest thing to do. While combating global warming should undoubted... |
15 December 2010
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The United States, and other developed countries affected by active fault lines, would do well to learn a few lessons on how to defend against the effects of earthquakes from New Zealand, a new analysis shows.The document, put together by experts at the Arizona State University (ASU), shows that the country was a lot... |
7 October 2010
04:47 GMT |
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According to new seismologic data published in the latest issue of the top-rated scientific journal Nature, it would appear that the 2009 tsunami which struck Samoa and Tonga was produced by not one or two, but three consecutive earthquakes.As we were also telling you yesterday, it was only recently that experts at t... |
19 August 2010
03:53 GMT |
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The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile on February 27 this year had far-reaching effects that are only now beginning to show their full extent. Immediately after the natural disaster struck, experts discovered that it had shifted Earth's axis, causing the days to shorten by 1.26 microseconds. It was late... |
30 July 2010
09:31 GMT |
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A new series of geological observations have determined that there is a major risk of a huge earthquake striking the Pacific Northwest within the next half-century, researchers say. According to the team that conducted the work, a tremor the magnitude of those that struck Haiti and Chile earlier this year has a 33 pe... |
25 May 2010
05:49 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announce in a new study that Haiti is still not safe from earthquakes over the coming months and years. These conclusions are based on studies of the tectonic plate system that exists in the Caribbean Sea, the team says,... |
21 May 2010
10:57 GMT |
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The US National Science Foundation (NSF) announces that it has just awarded three important Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grants, so that researchers can study the causes and aftermath of the massive, magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile on February 27. The data that the new studies will collect will hopefull... |
4 May 2010
04:51 GMT |
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On February 27, a very powerful earthquake struck Chile, killing at least 700 people, and causing important damages to a host of cities. The tectonic event triggered a modest-sized tsunami, which spread throughout the Pacific Ocean. Tsunami warnings were given in 53 countries, but damages were not very significant wh... |
1 March 2010
02:37 GMT |
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The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12 had multiple effects on the country, as far as its society, economy, and politics went, but also managed to destabilize all the fault lines around the region. This was the conclusion geophysicists analyzing the consequences of the tremor came to. They shared their data w... |
3 February 2010
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As many of you already know, the Earth's atmosphere is in fact a very powerful anti-asteroid shield. Theoretically, tens of meteorites and other similar objects should impact the ground each day, but their vast majority burns up high above the planet, on account of the friction force it generates when it enters ... |
21 January 2010
02:40 GMT |
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The impoverished nation of Haiti was again stricken by a powerful earthquake today, January 20, at 06:03:44 AM epicenter time (11:03:44 UTC). With emergency response teams from around the world already on site in Port-au-Prince, as well as in other areas of the country that were strongly affected by the January 12 de... |
20 January 2010
09:56 GMT |
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As international relief efforts are underway in the severely affected Caribbean nation of Haiti, researchers in the United States are beginning to wonder whether the nation's cities are safe from such a potentially devastating natural disaster. Numerous cities in the US lie on, or very close to, intensely active... |
16 January 2010
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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 |
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A large number of the earthquakes that take place on the San Andreas fault line – one of the most active on the globe – are caused by tidal forces, experts say. These forces are generated by motions in the planet's crust, they explain, which make the tectonic plates on top tremble. The extreme tensio... |
28 December 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Just recently, the city of Istanbul saw the opening and commissioning of the world's largest and safest earthquake-proof building in the world. The structure covers an impressive area, but it's completely isolated from the ground below. It does not rest on the soil, but rather on a few hundred bearings, whi... |
23 November 2009
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Geologists analyzing the large number of small earthquakes that occurs in the central parts of the continental United States say that these events may be nothing more than aftershocks from a few very strong tremors that rattled the region in the 1800s. The New Madrid Earthquakes, between December 1811 and February 18... |
5 November 2009
03:38 GMT |
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The commonly accepted model of our planet states that the thick core is surrounded by a massive layer of magma known as the mantle, on which the tectonic plates that make up the crust float. When these plates meet, in areas known as fault lines, they collide against each other. When these collisions are delayed, tens... |
1 October 2009
02:35 GMT |
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Earthquakes usually take only a few seconds to bring down even the most solid buildings, if their epicenter is close enough to the structures. Knowing precisely what is happening in the first seconds when a tremor hits, as far as the structural integrity of the building goes, is therefore a huge goal for engineers an... |
26 August 2009
08:58 GMT |
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Using advanced equipment aboard the Chikyu (which translates into 'Planet Earth') drilling vessel, Japanese scientists have managed to drill a hole more than one mile deep into the ocean floor in the Nankai Trough earthquake zone, one of the most active in the world today. Located about 36 miles Southeast o... |
31 July 2009
02:24 GMT |
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A series of minor tremors registered in the Yellowstone National Park has scientists worried and pondering on the possibility of a large-scale earthquake. It's not uncommon for small-intensity tremors to come in the prelude of a large shake, and seismic experts are all the more worried – thus far, the mach... |
30 December 2008
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