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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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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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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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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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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…
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Continuous earthquakes on the Mexican and American borders
At 1441 (local time) on February 19, an earthquake of magnitude greater than 5 Richter shook the border areas of Mexico and the United States. At present, the authoritie…
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For the first time found earthquakes according to ... seasons
The storms often appear seasonally, but no one thinks about earthquakes. Scientists have found in the Himalayas, they also appear in certain cycles and in the winter.
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Earthquakes in Ho Chi Minh City, Vung Tau, Nha Trang, Phu Quy and Binh Thuan
At 22h25 minutes of the night of November 28, a strong tremor rocked the VNU's KTX Zone (Thu Duc District), causing more than 7000 students to panic here.
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Is earthquakes more and more?
Why in the past time, we have many earthquakes? Is earthquake activity increasing? Does that mean a big earthquake will happen?
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Central America: continue earthquakes
A strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the border area between Peru and Ecuador on the evening of November 15 (local time). On the same day, many strong earthquake afte…
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San Francisco fears big earthquakes
About 30 aftershocks in the San Francisco Bay Area in the state of California, many people panicked over the past two days after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake on October 31…