This underwater fault near Ecuador has baffled scientists for decades. They just cracked itScientists have identified natural "brakes" within the Gofar transform fault, located deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean. These "barrie...
17 May, 2026, 01.09 AM IST
US stock market jumps sharply today as Dow Jones reclaims 50,000 — Why the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq are all in green after U.S.-China trade summit boostUS stock market jumps sharply today as the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq rally on renewed optimism from the U.S.-China trade summit and boo...
14 May, 2026, 08.29 PM IST
Why is the UAE, OPEC’s third-largest oil producer, leaving OPEC? Will Iraq or Kuwait leave next, and what it means for oil prices and the cartel’s futureWhy is UAE leaving OPEC, will Iraq or Kuwait leave next? Nearly 3.5 million barrels per day are now at stake. The Organization of the Petro...
28 Apr, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
A Slow-Motion Earthquake Just Lasted 30 Years: What Scientists Found Beneath JapanGeophysicists have identified slow-slip events, releasing tectonic stress gradually over months or years without causing damage. Japan's Na...
28 Feb, 2026, 05.02 PM IST
NASA reveals first-ever high-resolution image of a massive Pacific tsunami, and it’s jaw-droppingA powerful earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in late July caused a massive Pacific tsunami, which was spotted in unprecedented de...
03 Dec, 2025, 10.45 PM IST
Seismologists install equipment at T-Mobile Park to measure Mariners playoff game crowdScientists from the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network installed a seismometer at T-Mobile Park ahead of the Mariners' ALDS Game 5 against t...
11 Oct, 2025, 09.50 AM IST
New Baba Vanga, who predicted earthquake and tsunami, has warned of a major disaster in July, and people are cancelling their tripsA Japanese manga artist's July 2025 disaster prediction has triggered a sharp decline in Japan's tourism sector. Travel agencies report sig...
20 May, 2025, 12.16 PM IST
The science behind the powerful earthquake in Myanmar and ThailandA magnitude 7.7 earthquake centered in the Sagaing region near Mandalay, Myanmar caused extensive damage and impacted neighboring Thailand ...
29 Mar, 2025, 02.27 PM IST
What is a meteotsunami? What happened when it hit shores of Lake Michigan?Contrary to meteotsunamis, regular tsunamis are triggered by seismic activities and can get far larger and wreak havoc creating damage and ...
29 Jun, 2024, 07.45 PM IST
Japan braces for tsunami after powerful quakes: Urgent evacuation advisories issuedJapan issues tsunami warning post 7.6 magnitude quakes hitting Ishikawa, causing collapses and power outages. Urgent evacuations advised as...
01 Jan, 2024, 06.08 PM IST
Earthquake-predicting tool driven by AI shows 70% accuracy, new research revealsAn AI-driven tool developed by scientists at The University of Texas was 70% accurate in predicting earthquakes a week in advance during a ...
07 Oct, 2023, 05.04 PM IST
IMF lowers India's growth forecast to 8.2% for FY23The Reserve Bank of India (RBI has said that India will grow at the rate of 7.2 percent in 2022-23, while the second advance estimate of th...
19 Apr, 2022, 09.04 PM IST
Feeling more quakes in NCR recently? It’s just the quiet during lockdownIndia has installed more quake-detection equipment, which can capture small seismic activity that went undetected earlier. Reports of tremo...
05 Jun, 2020, 09.15 AM IST
New way to predict earthquakes foundScientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher, have discovered a way to forecast earthquakes based on slow fault movements caused by movin...
10 Apr, 2016, 07.49 PM IST
Scientists map April 2015 Nepal earthquakeThe study assessed the presence of low frequency and high frequency waves over the three stages of the earthquake.
24 Jul, 2015, 02.52 PM IST
- Animals can predict earthquakes: Study
For the first time scientists have been able to capture and document how the behaviour of wild animals changes prior to an earthquake - a d...
01 Apr, 2015, 05.52 PM IST
- The destructive potential of earthquakes
No matter how accurate seismic forecasting becomes, predicting when, where and how a quake happens remains a matter of luck.
31 Dec, 2011, 03.18 AM IST