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Did the first quake trigger the second? Watch Video of the Venezuela earthquake that stunned seismologists — what does this rare double rupture reveal about the hidden dangers beneath northern Venezuela?The Venezuela earthquake became even more extraordinary when two powerful quakes struck within just 39 seconds, leaving scientists searchin...- Deep Beneath Türkiye, Geologists Mapped a Sinking Slab Reshaping the CrustScientists discovered a dense rock mass sinking into Earth's mantle below central Turkiye. This process, called lithospheric dripping, expl...
- 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...
- A Continent in Motion: GPS Shows the East African Rift Is Slowly Splitting ApartAfrica's ground is shifting. Tectonic forces are tearing the continent apart along the East African Rift. Satellites and GPS show this sepa...
- Stronger earthquake may hit Bangladesh, warn experts as 10 killed in 5.7 tremorIn a tragic turn of events, a recent earthquake in Bangladesh has left ten people dead and caused significant structural damage. Specialist...
- Canada faces mega earthquake, Yukon fault sleeping for 12,000 years could trigger one of the most destructive tremblors in country’s historyScientists have discovered that the Tintina fault in Yukon, Canada is active. This fault could cause a big earthquake. The fault has been b...
- The Great Himalayan Earthquake: A matter of 'when' not 'if'A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand, causing over 1,000 deaths and nearly 2,400 injuries. Experts warn that the...
- Micro quakes preventing large-scale event in India but country prepared for any eventuality, say experts"The triple junction on India's western side near the border with Pakistan is continuously releasing stress due to the occurrence of micro-...
- Earthquake footage shows Turkey's buildings collapsing like pancakes. An expert explains whyThe first quake, near Gaziantep close to the Syrian border, measured 7.8 in magnitude and was felt as far away as the UK. The second occurr...
- Big quake coming, warn MHA expertsThey say quakes with higher intensity than the one that struck Manipur on Monday are likely to rock the region in future.
- Predicting earthquakes is very much a work in progressAfter the dust settles on the tragedy, the current Nepal earthquake will provide an opportunity to advance our understanding of earthquake ...
- Another massive quake threatens Haiti, seismologists warnAnother earthquake is threatening to hit Haiti with as much, if not more force than the massive temblor that levelled Port-au-Prince, seism...
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