• Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 11th, 2014
Deep Earthquake Ruptured at 8 Kilometers per Second (5 Miles per Second)

Deep Earthquake Ruptured at 8 Kilometers per Second (5 Miles per Second)

The quake struck at on May 24, 2013, at a depth of 640 kilometers (nearly 400 miles)

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 20th, 2013
Largest Deep Earthquake on Record Shouldn't Have Happened, Scientists Say

Largest Deep Earthquake on Record Shouldn't Have Happened, Scientists Say

Laws of physics make the May 24, 2013 shake under the Sea of Okhotsk an impossibility