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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...
Japan lifts advisory a week after 7.7-magnitude quakeJapan has lifted a special advisory warning of major earthquakes following a 7.7-magnitude tremor that struck off its northern coast. While...
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes part of northern JapanA strong earthquake has rattled northern Japan. The tremor measured 6.2 magnitude. It struck Hokkaido island early Monday. Fortunately, no ...
Japan Earthquake: Major 7.4-magnitude quake hits off Japan, tsunami observedEarthquake Today in Japan: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 has shaken northeastern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported t...
7,300 years later: One of Earth’s most explosive volcanoes is quietly reloading - here's where it is and why it mattersScientists say the Kikai volcano near Japan is slowly filling with magma again after thousands of years. The underwater caldera shows steam...
7.4-magnitude quake off Indonesia kills one, tsunami warning liftedA major 7.4-magnitude quake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Thursday, killing at least one person, causing waves of up to 75 c...
Earthquake of magnitude 7.4 jolts Indonesia, tsunami waves likely in Pacific, announce U.S. tsunami warning authoritiesEarthquake today: Indonesia straddles the "Pacific Ring of Fire", a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the earth’s c...
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...
Tsunami: What is the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'?The Pacific Ring of Fire, a seismically active zone encircling the Pacific Ocean, is home to numerous earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and ...
New Baba Vanga's devastating prediction only days away now; Here's what she claims will happenJapan faces rising panic ahead of 5 July after manga artist Ryo Tatsuki’s decades-old prediction of a megaquake and towering tsunami resurf...
Potential Nankai Trough megaquake fatality estimate 300,000, Japan plans to keep it under 60,000, an 80% reductionJapan aims to reduce the projected death toll from a potential Nankai Trough megaquake by 80 per cent and cut structural damage by 50 per c...
Apocalyptic forecast: Japan warns of impending megaquake that could kill 300,000 and unleash 100-foot tsunamis in worst natural disaster yetJapan is bracing for a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough, with experts warning of catastrophic tsunamis reaching over 100 feet. The ...
Tsunami hits Japan after 21 earthquakes above magnitude 4 in 90 minutes, residents told to runJapan faced a magnitude 7.4 earthquake on Monday, triggering a tsunami with waves of 1.2 meters hitting Wajima in Ishikawa. In a span of 90...
6.8-magnitude quake rattles northeast Japan, no tsunami riskA 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast on Saturday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japanese and US authorities...
Is planet Earth on 'quake mode' again? Experts watch closelyExperts find it difficult to draw a quick conclusion as predicting the quakes more accurately in time and space still remains a task for th...
Graphs to assess damage to buildings if earthquake occursThis new damage assessment method can clearly say by looking at a prototype score card what kind of damage a building can undergo in future...
- Jaitapur nuclear plant site not immune to earthquake: Experts
Two geologists have said that a 6-plus earthquake cannot be ruled out & it could occur within the lifetime of the plant.
- 38 Indian cities fall in moderate to high risk seismic zones
Top metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata fall under moderate to high risk seismic zones of the country, the National Disaster Man...
- Kaiga plant at tsunami-proof location
The Kaiga nuclear plant consisting of four reactors comes under seismic zone three which ordinarily means a moderate damage risk zone.
- No rethink on Jaitapur N-plant
The prime minister had assured Parliament on Monday that the country's nuclear power reactors were safe.