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USGS report correlates earthquake triggering to human activity

A newly released report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has for the first time attempted to establish a connection between human activities such as fracking with earthquake occurrence. Even tho...

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ARIA Provides New Look of Earth's Surface from Nepal Quake

It was only a minute the duration of the earthquake of Nepal, but this minute was enough to deform the Earth's surface as we used to know! The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis project (ARIA) ena...

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Videos: landslides triggered during Nepal quake caught live, drone images of destruction and CCTV footage.

Two new videos reveal the devastation caused by the magnitude 7.8 Nepal earthquake, that severely affected the country, are provided below. A short video taken during the earthquake shows massive land...

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Photo gallery: Nepal devastated after the 7.9 quake and powerful aftershocks

With death toll from Saturday's devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake reaching 3,000, Nepal is struggling to deal with the problems caused by the main as well as the strong aftershocks taking place in...

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Earthquake history of Istanbul hidden in seabed soil samples

Although earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) have been very frequent and devastating to the city of Istanbul, recurrence rate has been difficult to evaluate as faults are located offshor...

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Japan 2011 earthquake continues to cause climate changes

According to a new study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, thousands of tons of global-warming and ozone-depleting chemicals were released into the atmosphere, following the Tohoku 2011 eart...

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Scientific prediction says the Big One is more likely than previously assessed

Chances of a large magnitude earthquake in California are higher than previously estimated seven years ago. Scientists came up with the new prediction using a new model based on the latest research an...

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U.S.A.'s pacific northwest; pioneering earthquake warning system in testing

"Earthquake. Earthquake. Shaking to begin in ...15 seconds". The particular message preceded by a siren is going to warn people in a group of trial public and private institutions of an imminent earth...

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A start up company partners with USGS to launch a new application

Earthquake prediction and warning is an evolving technology, which is going to significantly contribute to civil and property protection. The possibility to have an actual early warning earthquake sys...

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New GEER report on the 2014 Iquique, Chile Earthquake

A new GEER report was recently released on the geotechnical aspects of the April 1, 2014 M8.2 Iquique, Chile earthquake and the subsequent M7.6 earthquake on April 3.  The two strong...

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