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Earth’s Inner Core: A Shape-Shifting Mystery Beneath Our Feet

For decades, scientists have believed that Earth’s inner core—a massive iron-nickel sphere—was solid and unchanging. However, groundbreaking research from USC scientists has challenged this assumptio...

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Geotechnical news recap of December 2024 now on YouTube!

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Northern California Shaken: How a 7.0 Quake Tested Preparedness

On December 5, 2024, a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook Northern California, with its epicentre near Petrolia in Humboldt County. Felt as far south as San Francisco and as far east as Reno, th...

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Geo-Mapping the Future: AI-Powered Solutions for Urban Liquefaction Risks

As cities expand, so does the need for robust disaster management, especially in earthquake-prone areas. Liquefaction—a process where saturated soils lose their strength and behave like a liquid unde...

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Strongest earthquake in 25 years rattles Taiwan

Taiwan was hit by a 7.4 moment magnitude earthquake at 7:58 a.m. local time on the morning of Wednesday, April 3, 2024, which makes it the strongest the nation has experienced in the past 25 years....

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“Frost quakes” felt around Chicago during recent cold wave

Chicago recently experienced a cold wave, which started on January 13 and reached temperatures as low as -23 degrees Celsius, triggering cases of a phenomenon known as “frost quake” or cryoseism. A...

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7.0 magnitude earthquake rattles China near border with Kyrgyzstan

Northwest China’s Xinjiang region was rattled by a powerful 7.0 Mw earthquake at 2:09 a.m. local time, on the morning of Tuesday, January 23. Furthermore, the earthquake occurred at a shallow depth o...

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Prof. G. Gazetas' and Prof. E. Garini's preliminary report of the Noto Peninsula New Year's Day earthquake

Professor George Gazetas, from the National Technical University of Athens, along with Professor Evangelia Garini from the Technical University of Crete, created a preliminary report on Japan’s New Y...

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A look into the aftermath of Japan's New Year’s Day earthquake

A powerful earthquake, with a measured moment magnitude of Mw = 7.5, struck Japan on January 1, 2024, causing widespread destruction, mainly on the Noto Peninsula, while a tsunami with a height of mo...

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Several countries provide support as Morocco is struck by 6.8-magnitude earthquake

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco at 11.11 p.m. on Friday, September 8, with an epicenter about 72 kilometers southwest of Marrakech. Furthermore, the shallow earthquake has so far caused at...

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