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earthquake
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Seismologists can’t predict an impending earthquake, but longer term forecasts and brief warnings after one starts are possible
Seismologists monitor the Earth’s activity, but can’t predict a day, time and place for the next ‘big one.’…
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: how satellites can help rescue efforts
Emilie Bronner, Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES) In disasters like the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and 7.5-magnitude aftershock that…
Turkey-Syria earthquakes: a seismologist explains what has happened
Jenny Jenkins, Durham University An extremely large earthquake has occurred in the southeast of Turkey, near the border…
There May Be a Strange Type of Iron Alloy Sitting Inside Earth’s Core, New Study Suggests
A recent study from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) suggests that there may be something “strange” present…
The Dangers That Lie Beneath the Mississippi
YouTube channel Deep Dive is back, this time with a video that details the hidden dangers that lie…
Scientists Just Detected the Deepest Earthquake Ever Recorded
Seismologists monitor the movements on and under the Earth’s crust on a regular basis as a rule of…
Scientists Just Dug Out the Deepest Ocean Hole Ever
Studying the planet’s surface is an arduous task; oftentimes the scientists responsible for doing so need to take…