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News on plate tectonics
M 7.0 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea: Tsunami warn issued
- Jul, 17, 2020
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Papua New Guinea
A strong earthquake (M 7.0) struck Papua New Guinea and authorities immediately issued an alert about a potential tsunami. The seismic event occurred on July 17, 2020 at 12:50 pm local time. The epic...
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What controls the height of the world's mountains?
A new study comes to answer an interesting question. What determines the height of the earth's mountains? Mountains are formed as a result of plate tectonics, the theory that describes the movement o...
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New study on tectonic plates movements reveals potential regions with less seismic activity
A new study sheds light on regions where earthquake activity is less likely to occur. Researchers from Cardiff University in Wales and Tsukuba University in Japan studied a specific tectonic process...
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New crustal stress map of North America
- Apr, 23, 2020
- Structural Geology Oil & Gas Geo-Energy Earthquake Reconnaissance News On Research / Academia
- United States
A new study presents the first quantitative stress magnitude map that also includes horizontal stress orientations in North America. The findings were recently published in Nature Communications. Th...
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Massive earthquakes possibly associated with tectonic plates reversal
- Apr, 29, 2020
- Structural Geology Geology Highlights Engineering Seismology News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
Researchers have found that there is a possible connection between large seismic shocks and the reversal of tectonic plates. The results of the study have been published in Nature Journal on April 2...
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