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Predict earthquakes in China
Ji ShaoCheng of École College, a branch of the University of de Montréal is a member of the team that studied the devastating earthquake in China last May.
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Strong earthquakes shake Central Asia
Last night, a strong earthquake shook the most densely populated Central Asia, including Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. There have been no reports of casualties.
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Mexico: Strong earthquake in Chiapas
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean, the area in front of the southern coast of Mexico on October 16,
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Earthquake in Pakistan
The 6.4-magnitude quake shook Baluchistan province, near the Afghan border, on 29 October, destroying 2,000 houses in a series of villages.
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Sensors protect laptop hard drives from detecting earthquakes
This device senses movements, strong bumps that can scratch the data reader on the hard disk surface and warn of earthquakes.
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Two strong earthquakes shook Asia
Around 9am this morning, two strong earthquakes rocked the Moluccas Islands in northeastern Indonesia and the northern island of Hokkaido.
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New technology helps predict earthquakes
According to a study published in the July 11 issue of the journal Nature, American scientists have found a way to measure seismic wave frequency changes, helping build…
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Sichuan again deadly earthquake
Yesterday afternoon, a magnitude 6 seismic tremor shook Sichuan Province, western China, killing one person and injuring 23 people.
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At 7 degrees in Japan, at least 2 people were killed
Yesterday morning, a 7-magnitude earthquake rocked northern Japan, killing at least two people and injuring dozens. It is known that the earthquake caused landslides and…
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Nearly 10,000 people die from earthquakes in China (*)
The massive earthquake in China last afternoon caused nearly 10,000 people to die, hundreds of people trapped under collapsed buildings while rescue teams have yet to re…
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American earthquake response exercises
'1,800 people died, 50,000 injured and 200 billion dollars lost' is a scenario of an earthquake of 7.8 Richter scale if it happens in Southern California (USA). This sce…
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Difficult to predict before earthquakes
On March 4, Dr. Le Huy Minh, Deputy Director of the Institute of Geophysics, Director of the Earthquake Reporting Center and a tsunami warning exchanged with VietNamNet,…
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Melting ice can cause earthquakes
When the ice sheets melt, they can release the compacted energy and cause terrible earthquakes. The warming of Earth may be the cause of such earthquakes and will contin…
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Strong earthquake in China
The Chinese Seismological Network discovered four strong earthquakes this morning (March 21) in Yu Tian district, west of Xinjiang.
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Serpentine Stone: Potential risk of earthquakes
A relatively soft, dark blue layer of rock called Serpentine covering tectonic plates can play an important role in terrifying earthquakes, according to research by Fren…