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earthquake
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Tsunami warnings are triggering mass evacuations across the Pacific – even though the waves look small. Here’s why
Milad Haghani, The University of Melbourne and Zahra Shahhoseini, Monash University One of the ten largest earthquakes ever…
The first video of Earth’s surface lurching sideways in an earthquake offers new insights into this force of nature
Sai Aung MAIN/AFP via Getty Images Jesse Kearse, Kyoto University During the devastating magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake on…
The skyscraper-sized tsunami that vibrated through the entire planet and no one saw
Dickson Fjord in August 2023. Just a few weeks later, a large chunk of the mountain would slide…
Earthquake Science and the Richter Scale
Due to geological differences, earthquakes of similar magnitudes can have different effects depending on the region. For instance,…
Study Uncovers Earth’s Inner Core Slowing Down, Backtracking
At a Glance Recent research by scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) has unveiled a significant…
How To Prepare For Earthquakes
The work in this facility goes beyond preventing building collapse; they are also working on preventing functional loss,…
What causes earthquakes? A geologist explains where they’re most common and why
A man works his way through the rubble of buildings in Marrakesh, Morocco, after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake…
3 powerful earthquakes strike Afghanistan in one week – here’s how people around the world prepare for disasters
Survivors search through rubble on Oct. 7, 2023, in western Afghanistan, where a series of powerful earthquakes have…
What caused Morocco’s earthquake? A geologist studying the Atlas mountains explains
Jesús Galindo-Zaldivar, Universidad de Granada The epicentre of Morocco’s devastating earthquake on 8 September was in the High…
Intense “Deep” Earthquakes May Be the Key to Revealing Previously-Unknown Details About the Earth’s Mantle
According to a new study published in Nature, a layer of fluid rock could be at the bottom…