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Earthquake near Petrolia, California: Minor tremors felt, USGS reportsA minor earthquake struck near Petrolia, California. This small tremor serves as a reminder of California's constant seismic activity. Scie...
Greenland Landslide: Earth shook for 9 days after melting glacier causes massive landslide, 650-foot mega tsunamiGreenland Landslide: A massive landslide in Greenland in September 2023 triggered a 200-meter-high tsunami, resulting in a mysterious nine-...
Have Taylor Swift's concerts caused earthquake tremors? Here's what research claimsTaylor Swift's concerts are well attended across the world and her songs such "Shake It Off", "You Belong With Me", "Love Story", "Cruel Su...
COVID-19 lockdowns didn't make Earth shake less, but improved quake detection, scientists saySeismic noise is a relatively persistent vibration of the ground that is usually an unwanted component of signals recorded by seismometers,...
Undersea telecom cables can be used as earthquake monitoring networks: StudyThe researchers, including those from the University of California (UC) Berkeley in the US, recorded a 3.5 magnitude earthquake, and seismi...
NASA's InSight completes halfway to Mars.NASA's InSight spacecraft, en route to land on Mars this November, has passed the halfway mark, covering 277 million kilometres since its l...
Heat sensors and CCTV to keep eye on border with smart fenceThe smart fence will be integrated with CCTVs, alarm, heat sensors, loudspeakers and other surveillance and monitoring devices, which would...
Warning system during earthquakes developed for Delhi metroThe Metro authorities had asked the CSIO to detect quakes measuring beyond 3 on the Richter Scale.
New software helps detect illicit nuclear weapon testsWhen North Korea conducted its recent nuclear weapon test, the blast had been detected by a global seismic sensing network operated by the ...
ISR to set up 50 new seismic stations for earthquake analysisThese new seismic stations will have two major components-- Strong Motion Accelerograph (SMA) and another is Broadband Seismometer (BBS), s...
Chinese firm to build early earthquake warning system in NepalChina started to pay attention to early earthquake warnings after the 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake, which killed nearly 70,000 people.
MHA explores 'seismic sensor' technology to check jail tunnellingThe home ministry is exploring installation of seismic sensors at various locations inside jails so that any tunnelling activity can be det...
BSF plans laser walls to stop infiltration from PakistanThe laser wall will ensure that anyone approaching the border or breaking the beam in an unfenced zone sets off an alarm.
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...
BSF to procure unattended ground sensors for borderThe forces' official request for information for these sensors comes in the backdrop of the September terror attacks in Jammu's Kathua area.
Technology to track terrorists: Sensors to check infiltrations soonBSF issued an EoI for sensors last year too. The procurement has got a push now after BSF failed to detect an intrusion in Samba last month.
Your smartphone can detect earthquakesA tiny chip used in smartphones to adjust the orientation of the screen could serve to create a real-time urban seismic network.