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Seismic Devastation in Tibet: Earthquake Claims Hundred's of Lives and Crumbles Infrastructure

A catastrophic earthquake struck the remote Tingri County in Tibet on January 7, 2025, causing widespread destruction and loss of life. With a magnitude of 7.1 and a shallow depth of just 10 kilomete...

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Seismic Shock: Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Unleashes Destruction in Vanuatu

On December 17, 2024, the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu was rocked by a powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake. Centered approximately 30 kilometers west of the capital city, Port Vila, the quake...

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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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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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Powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake rattles the Philippines

A powerful earthquake hit the Philippines today at 8:14 UTC, measuring a 6.7 (Mw) magnitude. The earthquake was initially estimated to have a magnitude of up to 7.2 and was later reviewed by the Uni...

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Second 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits western Afghanistan within a week

A new 6.3 magnitude earthquake this morning came to hit the same region in Afghanistan as the one that suffered widespread destruction on Saturday. Furthermore, the 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Satur...

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