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Strong earthquakes rocked Greece, Nicaragua
In the afternoon of June 15 (local time), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook the islands of Crete in southern Greece but initial information showed no significant damage.
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Earthquake of 8.2 Richter scale in Russia
A strong earthquake occurred in the Far East Russia on May 24, 2013, forcing authorities to issue tsunami warnings on Sakhalin and Kuril islands while aftershocks reache…
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Taiwan shakes because of 6.7 Richter earthquake
At 13:43 Beijing time (12h 43 minutes in Vietnam) on June 2, in Taiwan's Nantou district (China), an earthquake with magnitude of 6.7 on Richter scale occurred, killing…
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Develop tsunami warning method by GPS
A group of German scientists has successfully developed a faster and more accurate tsunami warning method using GPS, said Nature World News on May 18.
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China: There is a continuous earthquake in Sichuan
According to THX, on the morning of April 25, two strong earthquakes of 4.8 Richter scale and 4.2 Richter scale in Yibin City in Sichuan Province, Southwest China, injur…
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China uses earthquake prediction dogs
A city in China is using dogs to predict earthquakes, according to an official on May 7, after the country's media reported on people's reflection on the nightly barking…
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30 earthquakes shook the island of Japan
About 30 earthquakes, including a 6.2-magnitude Richter attack, attacked a volcanic island south of Tokyo yesterday.
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Strong earthquake in Sichuan, 152 people died
At least 152 people were killed and 3,000 injured in the quake nearly 7 on the Richter scale in Sichuan province, China on the morning of April 20, five years after a de…
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The number of people killed by earthquakes in China increased to more than 200
Chinese media reported that authorities found 203 bodies and about 11,500 people were injured by the earthquake in Sichuan province on April 20.
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Determine the cause of earthquakes in Sichuan
The collision between the two tectonic plates of India and Eurasia may be the cause of the earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, April 20.
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Poisonous open pit earthquake in the United States
Last year's earthquakes were a clear sign of the formation of a giant, gas-filled hole in southeast Louisiana (USA).
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Sichuan inspired more than 3,000 aftershocks
The Center for Chinese Earthquake Monitoring Networks announced on the social network Weibo that, as of 10 April 23, their devices recorded 3,407 aftershocks in Sichuan.
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Earthquake near Iranian nuclear plant, 30 people died
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the city of Bushehr, leaving at least 30 people dead, but the city's nuclear power plant was unharmed.
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Find the culprit causing earthquakes in Iran
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake occurred in Iran that killed dozens of people yesterday. The Iranian Seismological Center said the earthquake occurred at 1622 local time, at…
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Indonesia: People have to evacuate because of volcanic activity
Local officials in the Indonesian province of West Java on March 6 said the Tangkuban Perahu volcano began to operate, leaving about 1,500 people living along the slopes…