SHAKE AND BLOW

News About Earthquakes And Cyclonic Storms

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Increase in activity at DRC's Nyamulagira volcano
Apr 11, 2014 (AFP)
A volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen some "strong activity" and could erupt in the next few days, the Volcanic Observatory in Goma said on Fri...
Death toll rises to 23 in Solomons floods
Apr 08, 2014 (AFP)
The death toll from flash floods in the Solomon Islands climbed to 23 on Tuesday, officials said, as aid agencies scrambled to distribute supplies to thousands ...
Strong aftershock rocks Chile
Apr 07, 2014 (AFP)
Northern Chile was rocked Monday by a strong aftershock in the same coastal area hit last week by an 8.2-magnitude quake, authorities said. No damage or casualt...
Disease threatens flood-hit Solomons
Apr 07, 2014 (AFP)
The flood-ravaged Solomon Islands was facing a new threat Monday as the first signs of disease emerged in camps sheltering thousands of displaced residents in t...
Death toll rises to 16 in Solomons floods, 49,000 homeless
Apr 05, 2014 (AFP)
At least 16 people have died in flooding in the Solomon Islands, while 40 are missing and up to 49,000 homeless, an aid official said Saturday as the full exten...
Ecuador's 'throat of fire' belches giant ash column
Apr 05, 2014 (AFP)
A volcano in central Ecuador spewed up a column of hot ash and smoke 10 kilometers (six miles) high on Friday, increasing fears of an eruption. Activity has bee...
NASA Model Provides a 3-D Look at L.A.-area Quake
Apr 04, 2014 (JPL)
On March 28, residents of Greater Los Angeles experienced the largest earthquake to strike the region since 2008. The magnitude 5.1 quake was centered near La H...
Life slowly returns to normal in quake-hit Chile
Apr 04, 2014 (AFP)
Life was gradually returning to normal in northern Chile on Friday, with power restored to a majority of homes that lost electricity during this week's powerful...
New strong quake hits Chile
Apr 03, 2014 (AFP)
A powerful offshore earthquake measuring 7.6 rocked northern Chile late Wednesday, sparking a new tsunami warning and sending thousands of people fleeing for hi...
Minor tsunami hits Japan after Chile quake
Apr 03, 2014 (AFP)
Small tsunami waves hit northern Japan early Thursday following a powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake thousands of kilometres away across the Pacific Ocean in Chi...
Powerful quake hits Chile, sparking tsunami warnings
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
A powerful 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit near Chile's Pacific coast on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings for Chile, Peru and Ecuador, officials said. The quake ...
Chileans survey damage after huge quake kills six
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of Chileans returned to their homes Wednesday after spending the night on hills following a powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake that killed six people a...
Great earthquakes, water under pressure, high risk
Apr 01, 2014 (SPX)
The largest earthquakes occur where oceanic plates move beneath continents. Obviously, water trapped in the boundary between both plates has a dominant influenc...
Evacuations as Peru volcano rumbles to life
Apr 01, 2014 (AFP)
A volcano in Peru that has not blown its top in four decades spewed more ash skyward on Tuesday, after authorities evacuated villagers to avoid Ubinas's wrath. ...
VIMS model now capable of street-level storm-tide predictions
Mar 31, 2014 (SPX)
The water that surged into the intersection of New York City's Canal and Hudson streets during Hurricane Sandy-to choose just one flood-ravaged locale-was ultim...
Shallow quake rattles jittery Los Angeles
Mar 29, 2014 (AFP)
A shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the Los Angeles area Friday causing power cuts, gas leaks and bursting water mains, and stopping rides at Disneyland. ...
Off-rift volcanoes explained
Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)
Rift valleys are large depressions formed by tectonic stretching forces. Volcanoes often occur in rift valleys, within the rift itself or on the rift flanks as ...
Text messages aim to save lives in flood-prone Africa
Mar 25, 2014 (AFP)
Text messaging may be dying out as a means of communication in many parts of the advanced world, but it may yet prove to be a vital life-saver in flood-prone Af...
Ground-improvement methods might protect against earthquakes
Mar 24, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering are developing ground-improvement methods to help increase the resilience of...
Strong quake strikes off Chile
Mar 23, 2014 (AFP)
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile's northwestern coast on Sunday, the latest of at least seven quakes to hit the region in recent days. About 25,000 h...
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