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Think You’re Safe From an Earthquake? Distance May Not Protect YouEarthquakes can shake areas much farther than expected, defying the simple rule that distance equals less shaking. Old, cold rock in the ea...
- Quake-detecting mobile app captures nearly 400 temblors
New York, Dec 14 (IANS) An earthquake detecting mobile application released by the University of California at Berkeley earlier this year h...
- Moon was born when space rock hit Earth 4.5 bn years ago
Washington, Sep 27 (IANS) The moon was formed by a planetary object hitting the infant Earth some 4.5 billion years ago, say researchers wh...
New smartphone app MyShake can detect earthquakesSince it was first released in English in February this year, more than 170,000 people have downloaded the app from around the world, and o...
Nepal earthquake was less catastrophic than expected: StudyScientists studying the earthquake combined data from the sparse seismic stations within Nepal with global observations and swift fieldwork.
Nearly half of Americans threatened by earthquakesMore than 143 million Americans living in the 48 contiguous states are exposed to potentially damaging ground shaking from earthquakes, res...
Research programme to study earthquake precursors: President Pranab MukherjeeGeologists are working towards setting up a mini-lab eight km underground near the seismically active Koyna region in Maharashtra.
- Chinese firm to construct pylon of new Yamuna bridge
At a height of 154m, the main pylon of the much-delayed Signature Bridge at Wazirabad will be twice the height of the Qutub Minar and could...
US sees signs of more Indian nuke testsUS nuclear pundits feel the Indian establishment -- political, scientific, or both in concert - may be lining up to conduct more nuclear te...