A massive M 7.1 earthquake hit off the coast of Japan on Saturday, February 13, 2021. Japan is an earthquake-prone country that lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire and has historically experienced great...
Read MoreAccording to a new study, smaller earthquakes have caused the strongest shaking incidents in the vicinity of the epicentral areas. The study was recently published in Seismological Research Letters b...
Read MoreIt is widely known that earthquakes can trigger disastrous landslides but, what about the opposite? Can landslides trigger earthquakes? Earthquakes are triggering factors that can activate slope inst...
Read MoreThe Whitney Portal area closed to the public after being impacted by a co-seismic rockslide. On June 24, 2020, a M 5.8 earthquake hit central California. Its epicenter was located near Lone Pine, Iny...
Read MoreA massive earthquake (M 7.4) struck Mexico resulting in infrastructure damage and casualties. The seismic shock hit at around 10:30 am local time on July 23, 2020. The epicenter of the quake was loca...
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