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Ecuador quake, aftershocks leave two dead, serious damage
Dec 19, 2016 (AFP)
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake followed by more than 20 aftershocks rattled Ecuador's Pacific coast before dawn Monday, causing two deaths and heavy damage to hotel...
Floods kill 24 in Vietnam, more rains expected
Dec 19, 2016 (AFP)
Days of unseasonably torrential rains have killed at least 24 people in central Vietnam, authorities said on Monday, inundating swathes of the region including ...
Underwater volcano's eruption captured in exquisite detail
Dec 19, 2016 (SPX)
The cracking, bulging and shaking from the eruption of a mile-high volcano where two tectonic plates separate has been captured in more detail than ever before....
7.9-magnitude quake hits PNG, tsunami threat over
Dec 17, 2016 (AFP)
A major 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no immediate casualties were reported and an initia...
How soil moisture can help predict power outages caused by hurricance
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
In the days before Hurricane Matthew, researchers used satellite maps of soil moisture to help forecast where the power would go out along the East Coast. At th...
Study models Tsunami Risk for Florida and Cuba
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
While the Caribbean is not thought to be at risk for tsunamis, a new study by researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmosp...
Quake-detection app captured nearly 400 temblors worldwide
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
The University of California, Berkeley's worldwide network of smartphone earthquake detectors has recorded nearly 400 earthquakes since the MyShake app was made...
The sea roils and life returns
Dec 13, 2016 (SPX)
The tsunami of 2011 is well remembered in Japan. Some towns have recovered, while others struggle to return to a life that once was. The same is true for ecosys...
84,000 people displaced by Indonesia earthquake: official
Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)
The number of people left homeless after an earthquake struck western Indonesia has soared to nearly 84,000, leaving authorities struggling to care for the vict...
Cyclone kills 10 in south India's tech hub
Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)
At least 10 people were killed when Cyclone Vardah slammed into the southern Indian tech hub of Chennai, bringing down houses and cutting off the electricity su...
Two die as cyclone hits coastal India
Dec 12, 2016 (AFP)
Two people were killed Monday after Cyclone Vardah pounded India's southeastern coast at speeds of more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) per hour, forcing thousan...
45,000 left homeless after Indonesia quake
Dec 10, 2016 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after a devastating earthquake in Indonesia killed more than 100 people, an official said Saturday, leaving comm...
Second strong quake hits off Solomon Islands: USGS
Dec 09, 2016 (AFP)
A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the Solomon Islands, one day after a major quake, raising the threat of hazardous tsunami waves, officials...
Solomons escape serious damage after powerful 7.7 quake
Dec 08, 2016 (AFP)
A major 7.7-magnitude quake struck Friday off the Solomon Islands triggering severe shaking and a tsunami warning, but there were no reports of any serious dama...
'Everything destroyed': Indonesians face quake destruction
Dec 08, 2016 (AFP)
When the earthquake struck before dawn, Marthonis and his family had no time to run out of their home before it collapsed into ruins around them. Pinned under c...
Rescuers scrabble for survivors as Indonesia quake kills 97
Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)
Rescuers scrabbled through the rubble of shattered homes, shops and mosques in search of survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake struck western Indonesi...
Seismically active Katmandu region in store for larger earthquake
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
An earthquake much more powerful and damaging than last year's 7.8 magnitude quake could rock Katmandu and the Himalayan Frontal Fault, an international team of...
Hulking hurricanes: Seeking greater accuracy in predicting storm strength
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
To better predict tropical cyclone intensity, scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently worked with the National Aeronautics and Space...
14 dead in southern Thai flooding
Dec 06, 2016 (AFP)
Days of torrential rain and flooding have killed at least 14 people in southern Thailand, with authorities declaring much of the region a disaster zone, the gov...
Cyclic change within magma reservoirs affects the explosivity of volcanic eruptions
Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)
A new study published in Geology uses pockets of melts trapped within crystals to understand the conditions occurring beneath volcanoes before explosive eruptio...
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