SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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6.0-magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast
May 09, 2018 (AFP)
The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles) some 190 kilometres south of the New Britain town of Rabaul at 5:57 pm local time (0757 GMT), the US Geol...
Volcanic activity pauses at Hawaii crater but more eruptions expected
May 08, 2018 (AFP)
The US Geological Survey said two new fissures broke ground on Monday near Leilani Estates, spewing lava and hazardous fumes. It added that though the eruption ...
Hawaii volcano destroys over two dozen homes, more threatened
May 07, 2018 (AFP)
Evacuation orders remained in place Monday for hundreds of residents of the Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens areas in the eastern part of Hawaii's Big Islan...
Thousands flee after Hawaii quake triggers new volcano eruptions
May 06, 2018 (AFP)
No injuries have been reported but several homes were destroyed or badly damaged by the quake Friday, the biggest to hit the island since 1975, authorities said...
New fissures open up near Hawaiian volcano as danger persists
May 06, 2018 (AFP)
Eight fissures have opened so far, the most recent one late Saturday, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported at 9:40 GMT on Sunday. All are in or near Leilan...
Strong quake jolts eastern Philippines, no damage reported
May 05, 2018 (AFP)
The epicentre of the quake -- which struck at 2:19 pm local time (0619 GMT) -- was about 310 kilometres (190 miles) east of the capital Manila in the Philippine...
Hundreds dead as floods wreak havoc in East Africa
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
In Kenya, which had suffered from three failed rainy seasons, 120 people have died in two months, including eight who were swept off a bridge in a flashflood Th...
Hawaii volcano erupts, spewing lava and forcing thousands to evacuate
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
US Geological Survey authorities of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory unit were both on the ground and headed into the air to assess the eruption, which followed...
Weather forecast model predicts complex patterns of volcanic ash dispersal
May 03, 2018 (SPX)
In 2010, the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajkull caused widespread travel chaos, with the cancellation of more than 100,000 flights and economic l...
Small earthquakes caused by migrating gases in the underground
May 02, 2018 (SPX)
The team led by Louis Geli of the French Research Center Ifremer analyzed seismic data recorded after an earthquake in the Western part of the Maramara Sea on 2...
Mount Fuji eruption could paralyse Tokyo: report
May 01, 2018 (AFP)
The snow-capped peak of the country's highest mountain 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Tokyo is a symbol of Japan -- and is also an active volcano. It last er...
Study suggests ample warning of supervolcano eruptions
May 01, 2018 (SPX)
To help forecast supervolcano eruptions, the study led by the University of Illinois has quantified the often-overlooked effects of tectonic stress on the rocks...
Catching mantle plumes by their magma tails
Apr 30, 2018 (SPX)
The plumes are hypothesized, mushroom-shaped upwellings of hot rock from the deep Earth. They are hypothesized to form within the thermal boundary layer at the ...
After a volcano erupts, bird colonies recover
Apr 26, 2018 (SPX)
As a new study from The Auk: Ornithological Advances shows, the birds were surprisingly adaptable, establishing a new colony on freshly created habitat nearby i...
Nine youths die in Israel flash flooding: rescuers
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
Rescue efforts were ongoing to find a missing girl from a group of youths taking part in a programme to prepare them for military service, according to media re...
Japan court upholds damages over student tsunami deaths: report
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
In 2016, the Sendai district court ruled two local governments should pay a combined 1.43 billion yen ($13.7 million) to 29 plaintiffs -- parents of 23 children...
Two dead as floods hit Israel, West Bank
Apr 25, 2018 (AFP)
In the southern Israeli Negev desert, a 17-year-old Bedouin boy was swept away in a river before being found dead, police said. And east of Bethlehem in the occ...
Oregon scientists decipher the magma bodies under Yellowstone
Apr 22, 2018 (SPX)
Yellowstone, a supervolcano famous for explosive eruptions, large calderas and extensive lava flows, has for years attracted the attention of scientists trying ...
Most Hurricane Harvey deaths happened outside flood zones
Apr 19, 2018 (UPI)
"It was surprising to me that so many fatalities occurred outside the flood zones," Sebastiaan Jonkman, a professor of hydraulic engineering at Delft University...
No-go warning as Japan volcano erupts for first time in 250 years
Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)
"There is a possibility that (Mount Io) will become more active," said Makoto Saito, an official from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), confirming the erup...
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