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6.0 magnitude quake hits off Solomon Islands: USGS
Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)
A quake measuring magnitude 6.0 hit off the Solomon Islands on Friday, but Australian seismologists said there was little risk of a tsunami. The US Geological S...
Pakistan floods kill 371, affect 4.47 million
Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)
Monsoon floods in Pakistan have killed 371 people and affected nearly 4.5 million, the government's disaster relief agency said on Friday. Pakistan has suffered...
Large 2012 earthquake triggered temblors worldwide for nearly a week
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
This year's largest earthquake, a magnitude 8.6 temblor on April 11 centered in the East Indian Ocean off Sumatra, did little damage, but it triggered quakes ar...
Storms deluge historic British city
Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)
Britain's most severe September storms for 30 years flooded homes and businesses in the historic city of York on Thursday and threatened chaos for much of north...
Rare Great Earthquake in April Triggers Large Aftershocks All Over the Globe
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
Large earthquakes can alter seismicity patterns across the globe in very different ways, according to two new studies by U.S. Geological Survey seismologists. B...
Taiwan issues warning against Typhoon Jelawat
Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan on Thursday issued a warning over a strong typhoon approaching the island which could bring torrential rains and trigger landslides, a month after anothe...
Study reveals complex rupture process in surprising 2012 Sumatra quake
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
The massive earthquake that struck under the Indian Ocean southwest of Sumatra on April 11, 2012, came as a surprise to seismologists and left them scrambling t...
Two million flee India floods as aid effort struggles
Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)
Rains hampered a military air operation to help flood victims in northeastern India, where more than two million people have been forced from their homes, offic...
Indian Ocean's 2012 mega-quake broke the records
Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)
An 8.7 earthquake that struck west of Indonesia on April 11 was the biggest of its kind ever recorded and confirms suspicions that a giant tectonic plate is bre...
S. America's Pacific coast eyes tsunami warning system
Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)
Officials from countries along South America's Pacific coast met at a UNESCO-sponsored event in Peru's capital Tuesday to design a tsunami early-warning system....
Military called in to help flood-hit NE India
Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)
Air force helicopters and soldiers in rubber dinghies helped deliver fresh water and food to flood victims in northeast India on Tuesday as the number of displa...
Italian prosecutors demand prison for quake scientists
Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)
Italian prosecutors on Tuesday requested prison sentences of four years each for seven scientists accused of underestimating the risks of an earthquake in L'Aqu...
Hurricane Miriam in the Pacific strengthens to Category 2
Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)
Hurricane Miriam, churning far off the Mexican coast in the Pacific Ocean, strengthened to a Category 2 storm early Monday, US forecasters said. The storm locat...
An Expedition to the Earth's Fiery Heart
Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)
On 22. September, a French-German team sets out from La Reunion to map the upwelling of hot magma that powers one of the oldest and most active regions of volca...
Miriam strengthens to Category Three hurricane
Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)
Hurricane Miriam, churning far off Mexico's Pacific coast, strengthened Monday to a category three storm with winds of 120 miles (195 kilometers) per hour, US f...
Discovering Hot Towers
Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)
Two hours before Hurricane Isaac made landfall, a satellite orbiting hundreds of miles above the storm used a radar instrument to map the storm's inner structur...
Million displaced by floods in India: officials
Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)
Devastating floods have forced more than one million people to flee their homes in northeastern India where authorities have called a health alert, officials sa...
CU mathematicians show how shallow water may help explain tsunami power
Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)
While wave watching is a favorite pastime of beachgoers, few notice what is happening in the shallowest water. A closer look by two University of Colorado Bould...
Powerful Typhoon Sanba pounds S. Korea
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
Typhoon Sanba, packing winds of 137 kilometres (85 miles) per hour, slammed into South Korea Monday, bringing torrential rains across the country and shutting d...
Powerful Typhoon Sanba pounds South Korea
Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)
Typhoon Sanba pummelled South Korea on Monday, uprooting trees, shutting down flights and ferry services and unleashing torrential rains that left at least one ...
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