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Deadly M5.5 earthquake hits Xinjiang, China

At least 8 people were found dead and many more were injured after a shallow earthquake hit Taxkorgan County of Kashi Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 10, 2017....

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Increasing seismic activity recorded under San Miguel volcano, El Salvador

In a report released on April 18, 2017, the country's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) reported a sudden increase in internal seismic vibration under San Miguel volcano, between 00...

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10,000 homes could be damaged by earthquake-induced landslides in Wellington, NZ

Up to 10,000 houses of Wellington, New Zealand are threatened by damage due to landslides, if a big quake strikes the region, according to QuakeCoRE, New Zealand's centre for earthquake resilience....

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Sixteen new locations listed as major active fault zones in Japan

The total number of major active faults in the country has now increased to 113, as the Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion of the Japanese government added 16 more faults to the list of ac...

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BRACE project aims to build resilience against earthquakes in Bhutan

Led by a group of researchers at the University of Bristol, BRACE project – standing for Building Bhutanese Resilience Against Cataclysmic Events – is an interdisciplinary try to help the Kingdom of B...

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Did Mount Everest shrink after the 2015 Nepal quake?

Scientists in India are planning an expedition to measure again the height of Mount Everest, in order to determine whether the world's highest summit has actually become shorter due to the 7.8M April...

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Avalanche triggered by quakes buries hotel in Italy

Four earthquakes of magnitude above five hit central Italy on Wednesday, triggering a deadly avalanche that swept into Rigopiano Hotel, at the foot of the Gran Sasso mountain. The tremors came righ...

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New Zealand Kaikoura 7.8M Earthquake Reconnaissance Efforts Take Advantage of Drone and 3D Mapping Technology

Geoengineer.org join forces with University of Michigan, GEER reconnaissance team and GNS science geologists and engineers to provide UAV expertise in 3D mapping of landslides and ground-surface fault...

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Oklahoma Oil Hub Damaged by Earthquake

On Sunday evening, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck Cushing, Oklahoma, a major oil hub and one of the nation's largest oil storage terminals. No major injuries were reported. The quake caused sign...

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Reconnaissance Report on 2016 M 5.8 Pawnee, Oklahoma Earthquake announced

The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, just published the reconnaissance report of the 2016 M 5.8 Pawnee, Oklahoma earthq...

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