SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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How much magma is hiding beneath our feet?
Jul 29, 2014 (SPX)
Molten rock (or magma) has a strong influence on our planet and its inhabitants, causing destructive volcanic eruptions and generating some of the giant mineral...
Strong quake hits Mexico, one dead
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico on Tuesday, killing an elderly woman who fell as she fled her home and injuring another woman who evacuated from a hos...
Hurricane Hernan in Pacific weakens to a tropical storm
Jul 28, 2014 (AFP)
Hurricane Hernan in the eastern Pacific off Mexico's northwest coast lost strength overnight and weakened into a tropical storm, US forecasters said early Monda...
Tropical Storm Hernan forms off Mexico's Pacific coast
Jul 27, 2014 (AFP)
Fearing potentially deadly flooding, Mexican disaster officials are closely monitoring the weather after Tropical Storm Hernan formed off the country's Pacific ...
Japan volcanic isle smouldering and growing
Jul 25, 2014 (AFP)
A volcanic island off Japan's southern coast continues to smoulder with lava flowing from its craters into the sea, new aerial images showed Friday. Nishinoshim...
Taiwan battens down for Typhoon Matmo
Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)
Typhoon Matmo pounded Taiwan with fierce winds and downpours Wednesday, leaving nine people injured, shuttering financial markets, and interrupting rail and air...
Is the US National Flood Insurance Program Affordable?
Jul 22, 2014 (SPX)
There is often tension between setting insurance premiums that reflect risk and dealing with equity/affordability issues. The National Flood Insurance Program (...
Catastrophic Debris Avalanches - A Second Volcanic Hazard
Jul 21, 2014 (SPX)
Volcanic hazards aren't limited to eruptions. Debris avalanche landslides can also cause a great deal of damage and loss of life. Stratovolcanoes, with their st...
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits off Japan's northeast coast: USGS
Jul 20, 2014 (AFP)
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northeast coast early Monday morning, the US Geological Survey said. The agency said the quake struck at 02:32am (...
New view of Rainier's volcanic plumbing
Jul 18, 2014 (SPX)
By measuring how fast Earth conducts electricity and seismic waves, a University of Utah researcher and colleagues made a detailed picture of Mount Rainier's de...
Super Typhoon Rammasun hits southern China
Jul 18, 2014 (AFP)
The strongest typhoon to hit southern China in more than 40 years made its second landfall Friday, authorities said, after leaving a trail of destruction and at...
70-foot-long, 52-ton concrete bridge survives series of simulated earthquakes
Jul 18, 2014 (SPX)
A 70-foot-long, 52-ton concrete bridge survived a series of earthquakes in the first multiple-shake-table experiment in the University of Nevada, Reno's new Ear...
Typhoon power woes in Philippines as death toll hits 38
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
Millions of people in the Philippines endured a second sweltering day without power on Thursday after a ferocious typhoon paralysed the capital and tore down fl...
Malaysian jet shot down in Ukraine
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
A Malaysian airliner carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed Thursday in strife-torn east Ukraine, with US officials saying it was shot down ...
Ancient town under water as downpours hit central China
Jul 16, 2014 (AFP)
One of China's renowned ancient towns was under water Wednesday as heavy rain hit the centre of the country, with tens of thousands of people evacuated from the...
Three missing, thousands flee as typhoon hits eastern Philippines
Jul 15, 2014 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people in the Philippines hunkered down in evacuation centres while three people were reported missing Tuesday as a typhoon pounded its eas...
Philippines braces for first major storm of the season
Jul 14, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of people living in coastal areas of the Philippines were preparing on Monday to evacuate as the first major storm of the rainy season barrelled towar...
Satellites reveal possible catastrophic flooding months in advance
Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)
Data from NASA satellites can greatly improve predictions of how likely a river basin is to overflow months before it does, according to new findings by UC Irvi...
Swiss railways and roads blocked after heavy rain
Jul 13, 2014 (AFP)
Heavy rain battering Switzerland triggered landslides and flooding that has halted train and road traffic near the capital Bern, authorities said on Sunday. A l...
Japan braced for more aftershocks of giant 2011 quake
Jul 12, 2014 (AFP)
Seismologists said an earthquake that struck near Japan's shuttered Fukushima nuclear site early Saturday was an aftershock of the tremor that sparked 2011's de...
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