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Volcano erupts in Japan, no-go warning issued
Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)
"It was confirmed that rocks fell because of the eruption" near Mount Io, part of the Mount Kirishima group of volcanoes, said Makoto Saito, an official of the ...
Dogs probably can't predict earthquakes, scientists say
Apr 17, 2018 (UPI)
Scientists determined the evidence for such a claim is lacking. Your dog probably can't predict an earthquake. Researchers analyzed 729 reports of abnormal anim...
14 killed in days of flooding in Tanzania city
Apr 17, 2018 (AFP)
"The balance sheet has worsened. This morning, we have reached 14 killed," city police chief Lazaro Mambosasa told reporters. The number killed has been slowly ...
Formation of Giant's Causeway, Devils Postpile explained in new study
Apr 12, 2018 (UPI)
At the Giant's Causeway, thousands of basaltic columns form a platform along the coast. The geologic phenomenon has inspired a number of mythologies through his...
Great magma eruptions had 2 sources
Apr 11, 2018 (SPX)
The modern continents were formed when Pangea broke into pieces in the Mesozoic time. The splitting of Africa from Antarctica started with great magma eruptions...
'Footquakes': Messi really does make the Earth tremble
Apr 10, 2018 (AFP)
Don't believe it? Ask Jordi Diaz, a researcher at the Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera in Barcelona. He's got the hard proof. "We put a seismometer insi...
Shaking up megathrust earthquakes with slow slip and fluid drainage
Apr 10, 2018 (SPX)
These processes can take place along the megathrust and other planes of weakness in response to loading, releasing low frequency seismic waves. Researchers at T...
Five injured after quake hits Japan
Apr 09, 2018 (AFP)
The shallow tremor was gauged as magnitude 5.6 by the US Geological Survey and 6.1 by Japan's meteorological agency on the Richter scale. It rocked the west of ...
Chile raises alert over eruption threat at the Chillan volcano
Apr 07, 2018 (AFP)
Surrounded by dense forest and rivers, this volcanic complex, which comprises 17 craters, is located some 550 kilometers (300 miles) south of Santiago in the Bi...
Hundreds take shelter as Fiji braces for another cyclone
Apr 07, 2018 (AFP)
The storm was brewing east of Vanuatu and was expected to strengthen as it neared Fiji early next week. "The concern for the weekend is strong winds, heavy rain...
Human-engineered changes on Mississippi River increased extreme floods
Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)
The new research, led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), also uncovered a clear pattern over the centuries linking flooding on the Mi...
Mantle minerals offer clues to deep Earth's composition
Apr 05, 2018 (SPX)
The biggest challenge of studying the planet's middle, biggest layer - sandwiched between its iron core and thin surface that hosts its living creatures - is th...
Moderately strong quake off southern Philippines
Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)
The quake was recorded shortly before midday (0353 GMT) with the epicentre at 45 kilometres (28 miles) southeast of the town of Tarragona, the USGS added. The P...
Moderate offshore quake hits California
Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries following the magnitude-5.3 quake, which struck at 12:34 pm (1934 GMT), 23 miles east-southeast of Santa R...
Powerful 6.8 quake strikes Bolivia: USGS
Apr 03, 2018 (AFP)
The quake struck in the southeast of the country at a depth of 562 kilometers (348 miles), about 200 kilometers from Tarija, and near the border with Paraguay, ...
Modeling future earthquake and tsunami risk in southeast Japan
Apr 03, 2018 (SPX)
A Nankai-induced tsunami is likely to hit there in the next few decades, says lead author Hannah Baranes at UMass Amherst, and has the potential to displace fou...
Wider coverage of satellite data better detects magma supply to volcanoes
Apr 03, 2018 (SPX)
This shows that volcanoes can be fed magma through nearby underground channels and could help explain how volcanoes can erupt seemingly without warning because ...
At least four dead as Cyclone Josie hits Fiji
Apr 01, 2018 (AFP)
Much of the main tourist town of Nadi was underwater as Josie, with wind gusts up to 100 kilometres per hour (60 mph) caused widespread flooding before moving a...
Super typhoon may flood one third of central Tokyo: survey
Mar 31, 2018 (AFP)
The Tokyo metropolitan government unveiled its first estimate of the Japanese capital's vulnerability to damage from typhoon-related high tidal waves Friday, as...
6.4 quake off eastern Indonesia, tsunami alert lifted
Mar 25, 2018 (AFP)
The quake struck deep at some 171 kilometres (106 miles) below the earth's surface in the Banda Sea, the US Geological Survey said. A tsunami alert was initiall...
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