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Shallow earthquakes and deeper tremors along southern San Andreas fault
Jan 28, 2016 (SPX)
Seismologists working along California's San Andreas Fault near Cholame and Parkfield now have a better idea of how and where friction changes along the fault t...
Alaska hit by 6.8-magnitude earthquake: USGS
Jan 24, 2016 (AFP)
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Alaska early Sunday, US seismologists said. The US Geological Survey, updating its earlier location for the quake, sa...
Warmer Oceans Could Produce More Powerful Superstorms
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
Hurricane Sandy became the second costliest hurricane to hit the United States when it blew ashore in October 2012, killing 159 people and inflicting $71 billio...
More than 1,200 flee as Indonesia volcano spews ash, gas
Jan 19, 2016 (AFP)
More than 1,200 people have been evacuated from their homes to escape a gurgling volcano in eastern Indonesia spewing clouds of ash and toxic gas into the air. ...
Kobe marks 21 years since killer quake
Jan 17, 2016 (AFP)
Japan on Sunday marked the 21st anniversary of a devastating earthquake in the western city of Kobe that killed more than 6,400 people, as bereaved families loo...
Alex, now a tropical storm, inflicts minor damage in Azores
Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)
Weather officials in the Azores on Friday canceled their storm warnings after Hurricane Alex skirted the eastern Atlantic islands, causing only minor damage bef...
Study: Mild winter followed ancient eruption of Toba volcano
Jan 15, 2016 (UPI)
Some 74,000 years ago, a supervolcano called Toba on the Indonesian island of Sumatra exploded in what scientists believe was the largest, most violent eruption...
Evidence of large volcanic activity in the Caribbean uncovered
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists from the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown large volcanic eruption in the Caribbean Sea. By studying ash laye...
Rare January hurricane forms in the Atlantic: forecasters
Jan 14, 2016 (AFP)
Hurricane Alex formed in the Atlantic near the Azores Thursday, becoming the first in January in nearly 80 years, US forecasters said. The National Hurricane Ce...
Evidence aids tsunami hazard assessments from Alaska to Hawaii
Jan 13, 2016 (SPX)
New data for frequent large tsunamis at a remote island near Dutch Harbor, Alaska provides geological evidence to aid tsunami hazard preparedness efforts around...
UK Environment Agency boss quits after flood response criticism
Jan 11, 2016 (AFP)
The head of the British agency that manages flood risks resigned on Monday after coming under fire for not returning from holiday in Barbados during last month'...
Redirected flood waters lead to unintended consequences
Jan 07, 2016 (SPX)
An intricate system of basins, channels, and levees called the Headwaters Diversion carries water from the eastern Missouri Ozark Plateau to the Mississippi Riv...
Greek dig reveals past glories of Europe's oldest city
Jan 06, 2016 (UPI)
Archaeologists working on the Greek island of Crete have uncovered artifacts and structures that suggest the ancient city of Knossos was bigger and richer than ...
Traces of Icelandic volcanoes in a northeastern German lake
Jan 05, 2016 (SPX)
Traces of volcanic ash originating from islandic volcanoes have been found in the sediments of Laker Tiefer See in the Nossentiner-Schwinzer Heide natural park ...
Frictional heat helps trigger explosive volcanic eruptions
Jan 05, 2016 (SPX)
A new study into magma ascent by geoscientists at the University of Liverpool has found that temperature may be more important than pressure in generating gas b...
Guatemala warily monitors erupting volcano
Jan 04, 2016 (AFP)
Guatemalan authorities Monday warily monitored the eruption of a volcano near its capital that spewed columns of ash up to seven kilometers (four miles) high. F...
US towns at risk as levees fail amid rare winter floods
Jan 04, 2016 (AFP)
Rare winter flooding continued to wreak havoc in the US states of Illinois and Missouri Monday as waterlogged levees strained to hold back frigid river waters t...
Eight dead as strong quake hits northeast India
Jan 04, 2016 (AFP)
At least eight people were killed and scores injured Monday when a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeast India, sending panicked residents fleeing in...
Nine dead as strong quake hits northeast India
Jan 04, 2016 (AFP)
At least nine people were killed and scores injured Monday when a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeast India, sending panicked residents fleeing int...
Volcano in Nicaragua spews gas and lava
Jan 03, 2016 (AFP)
A volcano in Nicaragua that has been dormant for 110 years spewed gas and lava Sunday for the second time in a month. The volcano known as Momotombo in the west...
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