SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Size matters: if you are a bubble of volcanic gas
Aug 07, 2018 (SPX)
A team of scientists, including a volcanologist and mathematician from the University of Cambridge, discovered the phenomenon through detailed observations of g...
Research finds quakes can systematically trigger other ones on opposite side of Earth
Aug 06, 2018 (SPX)
The findings, published Aug. 2 in Nature Scientific Reports, are an important step toward improved short-term earthquake forecasting and risk assessment. Scient...
Indonesia evacuates tourists after Lombok quake kills 91
Aug 06, 2018 (AFP)
The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake sparked terror among tourists and locals alike, coming just a week after another deadly tremor surged through Lombok and killed ...
More than 2,000 tourists evacuated after Indonesia quake kills 98
Aug 06, 2018 (AFP)
The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake sparked terror among tourists and locals alike, coming just a week after another deadly tremor surged through Lombok and killed ...
In southern Mexico, dancing to forget the earthquakes
Aug 04, 2018 (AFP)
The 8.2-magnitude quake -- the most powerful ever recorded in the country -- killed at least 96 people in the area. Entire families were buried, and the town ha...
Nearly 250 people drown in Poland since April
Aug 03, 2018 (AFP)
"For years now the main cause of drownings has remained the same: people go for a swim after consuming alcohol," national police spokeswoman Marzena Orzynska to...
UH researchers report new understanding of deep earthquakes
Aug 03, 2018 (SPX)
Now a team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a way to analyze seismic wave radiation patterns in deep earthquakes to suggest global dee...
Myanmar endures worst of Mekong monsoon floods
Aug 02, 2018 (AFP)
The swirling inundations have started to recede in some areas in the low-lying southeast but the country is only just entering peak monsoon season and more down...
Fears grow as flooding displaces 150,000 in Myanmar
Aug 02, 2018 (AFP)
A vast area of farmland across four provinces lies under muddy water with rescue teams trying to reach villages by boat to provide food to those who are unable ...
Volcano hikers tell of terror after Indonesia quake
Jul 31, 2018 (AFP)
The shallow 6.4-magnitude quake, which struck early Sunday on Lombok island and was followed by scores of aftershocks, triggered major landslides on Mount Rinja...
Nearly 120,000 displaced in Myanmar floods
Jul 31, 2018 (AFP)
An official told AFP Tuesday over 118,000 people have taken refuge in 285 camps so far, as the toll climbed to 11 dead -- including three solders -- with more d...
IU researchers develop model for predicting landslides caused by earthquakes
Jul 30, 2018 (SPX)
A model developed by researchers at Indiana University can help experts address such risks by estimating the likelihood of landslides that will be caused by ear...
Yellowstone super-volcano has a different history than previously thought
Jul 30, 2018 (SPX)
Scientists have long thought that Yellowstone Caldera, part of the Rocky Mountains and located mostly in Wyoming, is powered by heat from the Earth's core, simi...
Fish in hospital as rains kill 80 in north India
Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)
Patients sat gingerly with their feet up at the Nalanda Medical College hospital in Bihar state when water gushed into the intensive care unit, highlighting the...
At least 10 dead as strong quake jolts Indonesia island Lombok
Jul 29, 2018 (AFP)
The strong tremor, which sent people running in panic from homes and hotels in the early morning, was followed by two strong secondary quakes and more than 60 a...
Strong quake kills 14, injures scores, on Indonesia holiday island
Jul 29, 2018 (AFP)
Five children were among those killed by the shallow 6.4-magnitude early-morning quake, which sent people running outside in panic and triggered landslides on p...
Three killed as powerful quake jolts Indonesia
Jul 29, 2018 (AFP)
The powerful quake, whose epicentre was at a depth of seven kilometres (four miles), hit at 6:47 am local time (2247 GMT Saturday), the United States Geological...
Powerful storm hits disaster-ravaged Japan
Jul 29, 2018 (AFP)
Typhoon Jongdari, with winds of up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) an hour, made landfall at Ise in Mie prefecture at around 1 am (1600 GMT Saturday), according t...
Rainstorms kill 49 in northern India
Jul 28, 2018 (AFP)
Some of the victims died after they were buried by collapsing buildings, while others were drowned, electrocuted or killed in traffic accidents caused by the ra...
Typhoon slams into Japan, approaches disaster-hit regions
Jul 28, 2018 (AFP)
Typhoon Jongdari, packing winds of up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) an hour, made landfall in Ise in Mie prefecture at around 1:00 am (1600 GMT Saturday), accor...
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