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Flurry of earthquakes hit two states as scientists fear a 'Big One' is coming
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Flurry of earthquakes hit two states as scientists fear a 'Big One' is coming

Daily Mail  

A swarm of earthquakes hit a massive 150-foot-long fault line in the Midwest that scientists fear is overdue for a mega-quake. Though this week's earthquake swarm is not necessarily a sign that the New Madrid fault is about to produce a larger quake, experts have said people living around it should always be prepared for a major seismic event. A …

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Earthquake Today: Magnitude 3.5 quake strikes Chamoli in Uttarakhand
6 months ago

Earthquake Today: Magnitude 3.5 quake strikes Chamoli in Uttarakhand

Live Mint  

An earthquake struck the Chamoli region of Uttarakhand on Sunday night with its epicentre near the town of Joshimath. The quake had a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale and came amid heavy rainfall and landslides in the region. The development also comes two days after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck Leh town in Ladakh. Meanwhile the State Disaster …

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Earthquakes shake area near Japan's Ishikawa region hit by January 1, fatal disaster, but no tsunami
7 months, 1 week ago

Earthquakes shake area near Japan's Ishikawa region hit by January 1, fatal disaster, but no tsunami

India TV News  

Strong earthquakes early on Monday hit Japan's north-central region of Ishikawa that was hit on January 1 by a fatal quake. Most public transportation services were operating normally, said the West Japan Railway Co. No abnormalities were found at two nearby nuclear power plants, stated the Nuclear Regulation Authority after the tremors. One of them, the Shika plant on the …

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Four killed in Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years
9 months, 1 week ago

Four killed in Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years

The Hindu  

Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour on April 3, damaging buildings and highways and leaving seven people dead. In pictures | Taiwan rocked by strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years 1 / 3 Taiwan’s national fire agency said seven people died in the quake, which struck just before 8 a.m. Taiwan’s …

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Malibu earthquake rattles Southern California
11 months ago

Malibu earthquake rattles Southern California

LA Times  

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck near Malibu on Friday and was felt across a wide swath of Southern California. “Nothing quite as strong as that one.” “It wasn’t a rolling, more of a good shaking, back and forth, left to right — a swaying,” he said. Friday’s quake was “the strongest one in like a year,” said Lyubenov, who works …

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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Japan, residents flee some coastal areas
1 year ago

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Japan, residents flee some coastal areas

Al Jazeera  

Officials in Ishikawa prefecture confirm four fatalities, Kyodo news agency reports, as tens of thousands lose power. A powerful earthquake has struck central Japan, killing several people, destroying buildings, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and prompting residents in some coastal areas to flee to higher ground. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 triggered waves …

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An earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 131 people and is the deadliest in 9 years
1 year ago

An earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 131 people and is the deadliest in 9 years

Associated Press  

BEIJING — A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, reducing homes to rubble, leaving residents outside in a below-freezing winter night and killing 131 people in the nation’s deadliest quake in nine years. The magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck just before midnight on Monday, injuring more than 700 people, damaging roads and knocking out …

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 jolts Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand
1 year, 2 months ago

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 jolts Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand

Live Mint  

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand on Monday, but there was no damage to life or property, reported PTI. The quake shook Dharchula, Didihat and Bangapani areas of Pithoragarh district at 4.17 p.m., the disaster management office told the news agency. The quake-struck Nepal received India's first consignment of emergency relief materials …

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A glance at some of Nepal's deadliest earthquakes
1 year, 2 months ago

A glance at some of Nepal's deadliest earthquakes

The Independent  

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How a 6.3 magnitude quake caused another of same intensity
1 year, 2 months ago

How a 6.3 magnitude quake caused another of same intensity

The Hindu  

In what can be termed as unusual, a shallow focus earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck about 40 kms northwest of Herat in Afghanistan at around 11:00 am local time on October 7. Just 30 minutes after the first quake, Herat was struck by another shallow earthquake of the same intensity — 6.3 magnitude. Four days later, on October 11, Herat …

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New quake brings more losses in Turkey and Syria
1 year, 10 months ago

New quake brings more losses in Turkey and Syria

LA Times  

People wait to cross into Syria at a border checkpoint near the town of Antakya in southeastern Turkey on Feb. 21, 2023. The epicenter of the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Monday evening was in the Defne district of Turkey’s Hatay province, one of the worst-hit areas in the Feb. 6 magnitude 7.8 quake that killed nearly 46,000 people in …

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Multiple earthquakes have moved Turkey by few meters, experts explain reason
1 year, 11 months ago

Multiple earthquakes have moved Turkey by few meters, experts explain reason

Live Mint  

The President at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology has claimed that massive earthquake which striked Turkey could have moved the country by few meters, as reported by Italy 24. Turkey is in one of the world's most active earthquake zones as it is situated atop major fault lines that run along the Anatolian, Arabian, and Eurasian plates of …

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Map of Turkey shows affected areas where 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck
1 year, 11 months ago

Map of Turkey shows affected areas where 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck

The Independent  

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What to know about the big quake that hit Turkey and Syria
1 year, 11 months ago

What to know about the big quake that hit Turkey and Syria

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake followed by another strong quake devastated wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, killing thousands of people. “This is not something new to the country.” Turkey was struck by another major earthquake in January 2020 — a magnitude 6.7 that caused significant damage in the eastern part of the country. While …

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5.1 earthquake hits near San Jose, rattling Bay Area
2 years, 2 months ago

5.1 earthquake hits near San Jose, rattling Bay Area

LA Times  

The San Francisco Bay Area was rattled Tuesday by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake centered near San Jose. More aftershocks, likely weaker than the original quake, may arrive throughout the next week, which are “totally normal for an event of this type,” said Annemarie Baltay, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey based in the Bay Area. “There could be 10 …

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6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, 2 dead
2 years, 3 months ago

6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, 2 dead

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Mexico early Thursday, causing at least two deaths, damaging buildings and setting off landslides. The earthquake struck at 1:19 a.m. near the epicenter of a magnitude 7.6 quake that hit three days earlier in the western state of Michoacan. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said via Twitter that it was an …

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USGS: Magnitude-7.5 earthquake strikes northern Peru
3 years, 1 month ago

USGS: Magnitude-7.5 earthquake strikes northern Peru

Associated Press  

LIMA, Peru — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck northern Peru early Sunday, damaging some buildings and blocking several roads with rubble. Part of a 16th century church in La Jalca district in the Amazon region collapsed and three people were lightly injured, Mayor Walter Culqui told Peru’s RPP radio. Falling stones blocked several highways in the …

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Earthquake: 5.5 quake strikes near Ridgecrest and shakes Southern California
4 years, 7 months ago

Earthquake: 5.5 quake strikes near Ridgecrest and shakes Southern California

LA Times  

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake rumbled near Ridgecrest, about 120 miles northeast of Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and shaking was felt across Southern California. The earthquake hit Wednesday at 6:32 p.m. Seismologist Lucy Jones said on Twitter that the earthquake was a large late aftershock from the Ridgecrest earthquakes on July 4 and 5. Caltech seismologist Zachary …

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Puerto Rico earthquake: At least 1 dead, island without power
5 years ago

Puerto Rico earthquake: At least 1 dead, island without power

Al Jazeera  

The 6.4 magnitude earthquake was the most severe in a series of tremors off the US territory over the past 10 days. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake, followed by several aftershocks, has struck off the southern coast of the US territory of Puerto Rico, killing at least one person and injuring eight others while collapsing houses, destroying a popular tourist landmark …

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7.1 magnitude undersea earthquake strikes Southern Philippines
6 years ago

7.1 magnitude undersea earthquake strikes Southern Philippines

ABP News  

Manila: A strong undersea earthquake hit the southern region of Philippines on Saturday. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center withdrew its warning for a potential tsunami that could hit coastal regions of the southern Philippine and Indonesia. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said that the quake was detected at a depth of 49 kilometers and a magnitude of 7.1 …

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