SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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At least 20 killed by flash floods in southern Afghanistan: UN
Mar 02, 2019 (AFP)
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said widespread flooding indudated Kandahar city and surrounding districts in the provinc...
'Amazing snapshots' plumb volcanic depths
Mar 01, 2019 (SPX)
The University of Queensland-led study analysed crystals in Italy's famous Mount Etna to reveal how quickly magma moves to the surface. Dr Teresa Ubide, from UQ...
Earthquake 7.0 magnitude hits Peru, no reports of injuries
Mar 01, 2019 (AFP)
It hit in the Andes region in a sparsely populated area. The US Geological Survey said the epicenter was at a depth of 257 kilometers (160 miles). The agency sa...
California towns cut off by floods
Feb 28, 2019 (AFP)
The record-breaking floodwaters from the Russian River on Wednesday cut off the wine-country towns of Monte Rio and Guerneville, located in northern California....
Copernicus Sentinel-1 reveals shared plumbing led to Agung awakening
Feb 25, 2019 (ESA)
After lying dormant for more than 50 years, Mount Agung on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali rumbled back to life in November 2017, with smoke and ash causi...
A volcanic binge and its frosty hangover
Feb 25, 2019 (SPX)
At the time, it extended over three continents, which today comprises the Earth's crust in parts of Mexico, North America, and northern Europe. The basaltic eru...
Fears flood water runoff could 'smother' Barrier Reef
Feb 15, 2019 (AFP)
Parts of northern Queensland are still reeling after nearly two weeks of unprecedented rainfall that turned roads into rivers and inundated hundreds of homes wi...
Satellite shows interconnected system that caused Bali volcano to erupt
Feb 15, 2019 (SPX)
Their findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, could have important implications for forecasting future eruptions in the area. Two months prior...
Volcanic growth 'critical' to the formation of Panama
Feb 06, 2019 (SPX)
In a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, scientists from Cardiff University have proposed that the Isthmus was born not solely from tectonic ...
Dark fiber lays groundwork for long-distance earthquake detection and groundwater mapping
Feb 06, 2019 (SPX)
And because of the expense and labor involved, only a few seismic sensors have been installed throughout remote areas of California, making it hard to understan...
Revising the history of big, climate-altering volcanic eruptions
Feb 06, 2019 (SPX)
When volcanic particles reach the stratosphere they stay aloft for a long time, reflecting sunlight and temporarily cooling the planet. By understanding the his...
Deadly Indonesian Quake Was a Rare 'Superfast' Event
Feb 05, 2019 (JPL)
In these events the rupture, or propagating crack, moves along a fault extremely rapidly, causing the up-and-down or side-to-side waves that shake the ground - ...
Two dead in Australia floods as fresh warning issued
Feb 05, 2019 (AFP)
Prime Minister Scott Morrison toured the region where "once-in-a-century" floods have inundated thousands of homes and closed airports and schools, leaving cars...
Military steps in as Australia floods bring crocs to the streets
Feb 04, 2019 (AFP)
The Australian Defence Forces delivered 70,000 sandbags, deployed amphibious cargo vehicles and helped pluck flashlight-wielding residents from their rooftops M...
'Unprecedented' flooding to hit northeast Australia
Feb 03, 2019 (AFP)
Once-in-a-century floods have turned streets into rivers and forced thousands to abandon their homes around the coastal city of Townsville in Queensland state. ...
'Once-in-a-century' floods hit northeast Australia
Feb 03, 2019 (AFP)
Australia's tropical north experiences heavy rains during the monsoon season at this time of the year, but the recent downpour has surged far above normal level...
Floods kill 12 people in Saudi Arabia: civil defence
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
Ten died in the northwestern city of Tabuk and one each in the holy city of Medina and in northern border areas, the agency said in a statement cited by the off...
Ultra-slow earthquake indicates deep crustal movement near Istanbul
Jan 30, 2019 (SPX)
The region south of Istanbul is part of the North Anatolian Fault, separating Eurasia from the Anatolian plate. This geological fault is a large tectonic plate ...
Extratropical volcanoes influence climate more than assumed
Jan 29, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the University of Oslo, the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg together with ...
Indonesia flood, landslide death toll hits 70
Jan 29, 2019 (AFP)
Lashed by heavy rain, rivers swelled and burst their banks, inundating dozens of communities across 12 districts as well as parts of the provincial capital Maka...
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