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News on plate tectonics
M 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti: More than 1,900 fatalities
- Aug, 19, 2021
- Earthquake Reconnaissance Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Haiti
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Nearly 2,000 people have been reported dead after a M 7.2 earthquake hit Haiti. The seismic shock struck on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. local time. Its epicenter was located in the southw...
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M 6.0 earthquake struck Indonesia: At least 8 casualties
- Apr, 10, 2021
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Indonesia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A M 6.0 earthquake hit Indonesia on April 10, 2021, resulting in at least 8 fatalities. The seismic shock struck at around 7 am (UTC) about 45 kilometers off the coast of Java, the main island and ec...
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Marsquakes detected by NASA's InSight Mission
- Mar, 07, 2021
- News On Research / Academia Geology Highlights Engineering Seismology Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
NASA's InSight Mars Lander has recently retrieved clear data of two relatively strong quakes that occurred on the Red Planet. The InSight Lander was launched in 2018 and successfully landed on Mars t...
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Mount Etna in Italy erupts again: Stunning footage recorded
- Feb, 16, 2021
- Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Italy
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy has erupted for the second time in less than 2,5 months. Mount Etna is the most active volcano in Europe situated near the city of Catania. It is currently amidst an activ...
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Finding a missing tectonic plate
- Oct, 19, 2020
- Structural Geology News On Research / Academia
- North America
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists from the University of Houston have managed to detect signs of a controversial tectonic plate knows as the Resurrection Plate. The existence of the Resurrection Plate is an issue long deba...
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