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Another quake rocks Mindanao
Zamboanga :: Philippines | 15 days ago
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Philippines�Another mild quake struck in Mindanao early Tuesday but like the first one, there were no reported damages, the United States Geological Survey reported. The latest tremor recorded at 8:39 a.m. measured at magnitude 5.2 with a depth of 113...
Tags: Philippines, Zamboanga, Sultan Kudarat, Cotabato, Maguindanao, Davao City, Earthquake, Provinces of the Philippines, SOCCSKSARGEN, Mindanao, Disaster Accident, Environment
4.6-magnitude quake shakes California desert
Palm Springs :: CA :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.6 earthquake has shaken a remote area of the Mojave Desert in Southern California...Monday tremor southeast of the community of Trona is the latest of a number of small earthquakes that have occurred around Southern...
Tags: Southern California, Palm Springs, Earthquake, Earthquakes in California, San Bernardino County California, Trona California, Disaster Accident, Environment, Santa Catalina Island California, Alum Rock earthquake, Seismological history of Japan, Channel Islands of California, Los Angeles County California
Taiwan to boost quake warning system with undersea facility
Taipei :: Taiwan | 17 days ago
Credibility Taiwan plans to build its first undersea seismic station, designed to improve the island's early warning system and save valuable seconds when earthquakes strike, officials said on Sunday. The station, which is due to come into service in 2011, would...
Tags: Taiwan, Taipei, Physical oceanography, Submarine earthquake, Earthquake, Central Weather Bureau, Toucheng Yilan, Plate tectonics, Earthquake engineering, Tsunami, Disaster Accident, Environment, Quake, Earthquake prediction, Seismology, Earthquakes
Strong quake hits northern Argentina
Jujuy :: Argentina | 17 days ago
Credibility The tremor followed two substantial quakes in the region on Friday, including one of magnitude 6.5 near the Chile-Peru border and another measuring 5.8 that struck several hundred kilometres to the north of Argentina's Jujuy province. The readings are...
Tags: Argentina, Jujuy, Earthquake, Tarija Bolivia, Andes, Bolivia, Provinces of Argentina, Jujuy Province, San Salvador de Jujuy, Disaster Accident, Environment
Underwater robot probes depths for Istanbul quake clues
İstanbul :: Turkey | 17 days ago
Credibility Submersed into the dark waters of the Marmara Sea off Istanbul, BOB is a sophisticated turning sonar device similar to the kind of equipment used to detect shoals of fish. Working at a depth of around 1,200 metres (3,960 feet), its mission however is...
Tags: در استانبول, به دنبال, دنبال سرنخ, زمين لرزه, مي گردد, پيشگويي زلزله, هايي براي, زيردريايي به, زلزله در, زير دريايي, Turkey, İstanbul, Seismology, Sea of Marmara, North Anatolian Fault, Earthquake, Earthquake engineering, Earthquakes, Environment, Disaster Accident
Quakes felt in Marlborough, Wgtn (Newstalk ZB)
Marlborough :: MA :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility It was at a focal depth of 20 kilometres, and was located 30 kilometres south-east of the town...Last evening an earthquake was felt at 7.14 in the Wellington area. It was located 20 kilometres west of Wellington, at a depth of 40 kilometres, and measured...
Tags: Marlborough, Wellington, Earthquake, Seismological history of Japan, Kent earthquake, Geology, Geophysics, Richter magnitude scale, Environment, Disaster Accident
Moderate earthquake in parts of Maharashtra
Sātāra :: India | 17 days ago
Credibility The epicentre of the tremor was stated to be in the region of Koyna dam in Satara district, about 150 km from here, according to the chiefexecutive engineer of Koyna dam, UV Sidahmal. The quake which occurred at 6.34 pm lasted for 15 seconds and was experienced...
Tags: quake, maharashtra, earthquake, dam, pune, Satara, India, Sātāra, Sangli, Kolhapur, Koyna Dam, Disaster Accident, Environment
Earthquake hit Pune
An earthquake hit Pune at 6.32 PM on 14th November, 2009. The major of this quake was 4.75 on Richter scale and last for 10 seconds. Although it measures small on the scale, the duration of 10 seconds seems to be quite large. So the effect of this 4.75...
Tags: earthquake, hurricane, FYAN, Pune, koyna, quake, epicenter, Dam, nature, earthquake hit, allnews, India, Maharashtra, Disaster Accident, Environment, hit pune, Sangli, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Mumbai, Satara
Alberta scientists probe possible human causes of earthquakes
Calgary :: Canada | 18 days ago
Credibility Could oil and gas exploration — or the burial of climate-changing carbon dioxide deep underground — trigger earthquakes in the normally calm crust of Alberta? Nobody knows for sure but a team of researchers from the University of Calgary plans to find...
Tags: Alberta, Canada, Calgary, Earthquake, Earthquake engineering, Seismology, Carbon capture and storage, Politics, Earthquakes, Chemical engineering, Climate change, Environment, Prediction, Earthquake weather, Earthquake prediction, Disaster Accident
Russia expands in the Far East
Lon :: Burkina Faso | 19 days ago
Credibility Some 4.5 square kilometers of land have been conquered from the sea in the Far East – with a little help from earthquakes and volcanoes. The country should thank two seismic events for getting a bit bigger, reports Boris Levin, head of the Institute...
Tags: Russian Academy of Sciences, square kilometers, Burkina Faso, Lon, Matua Island, Nevelsk, Earthquake, Volcano, Russian Far East, Stratovolcanoes, Sarychev Peak, Plate tectonics, Disaster Accident, Environment
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