The first studies of the 28 March 2025 magnitude 7.8 Myanmar earthquake suggest that the southern portion of its rupture occurred at supershear velocity, reaching speeds of 5 to 6 kilometers per second.
Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2025
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Plate temperature and water release can explain the occurrence of different types of earthquakes in Guerrera, Mexico. A Kobe University simulation study has also shown that the shape of the Cocos Plate is responsible for ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 31, 2025
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Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change things. On New Year's Day in 2024, a devastating earthquake in the Noto Peninsula upended the region.
Earth Sciences
Feb 5, 2025
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In mountainous areas, earthquakes can sometimes be amplified by the shape of the landscape. Research by the University of Twente shows that further from the epicenter, the shape of the terrain's topography increases the risk ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 2, 2024
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Twelve skeletons have been found in a large, 2,000-year-old tomb directly in front of the Khazneh ("Treasury") in the city of Petra in Jordan. Alongside them, excavators have discovered grave goods made of pottery, bronze, ...
Archaeology
Oct 24, 2024
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The meltdown of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, represents the most severe nuclear power accident of the 21st century so far.
Environment
Mar 8, 2024
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Following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on 8 September, satellite data have been made available through the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" to help emergency response teams on the ground.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 14, 2023
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Fears of another major earthquake have been rekindled in Istanbul since the February 6 disaster that hit Turkey and Syria, but a prominent Turkish seismologist has reassured the risk "hasn't increased".
Environment
Feb 25, 2023
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When a devastating earthquake and aftershocks struck Turkey and Syria this month, Klara Imangalieva—who lives in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan—realized she had to move.
Environment
Feb 22, 2023
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Two days after a devastating earthquake struck, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited one of the worst affected areas and declared that it was "not possible to be prepared for such a disaster."
Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2023
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