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Earthquakes in Iran injured more than 40 people and damaged many houses
The magnitude 6 earthquake struck on December 1 in southeastern Iran, injuring at least 42 people and damaging many homes in the area.
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More than 1,000 houses were devastated by Korea's second strongest earthquake
More than 50 people were injured and nearly 1,100 houses were destroyed after a magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook the southeastern Korean port city.
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Why is the sea still calm and still have waves?
Usually we always hear that wind, waves and wind always go together, no wind how can there be waves?
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6.3 earthquake in Chile
AFP quoted the US Geological Survey (USGS) as saying the magnitude of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake was 82km deep.
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Earthquakes occurred near the Korean nuclear test site
A small earthquake occurred in North Hamgyong Province, near North Korea's nuclear test area, but it did not seem to be caused by humans.
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Japan - the land of big landslides
Historically geologically, Japan is an archipelago within the Pacific volcanic belt, so the geological structure is unstable.
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The reason for Mexico's strong earthquake
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake claimed more than 240 lives yesterday arising along the boundary between the Cocos and North American arrays when the southernmost plate of…
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Human activity has caused nearly 1,000 earthquakes
A group of geologists in the UK have established a database of earthquakes caused by human activities.
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Strong earthquakes in Mexico: The death toll has reached more than 100 people
The earthquake of 7.1 Richter magnitude occurred at the beginning of the afternoon - hours after authorities carried out a post-earthquake rescue exercise in the central…
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Earthquake of 7 Richter scale near the Nine Camp Cau tourist area, at least 5 people died
The 7-magnitude strong earthquake rocked Jiuzhaigou County, Sichuan Province at 21h19 (Beijing time), Xinhua quoted information from the China Earthquake Network Center.
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Earthquake causes tsunami in Turkey
According to the European Mediterranean Seismic Center, the earthquake occurred at a depth of about 10km, 12km from Bodrum resort city of Mugla in Turkey.
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Giant oars fish predicting earthquakes in the Philippines?
Before the earthquake in Surigao del Norte province, southern Philippines two days, locals were reported to have discovered the body of a giant paddle fish drifting to t…
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Earthquakes caused many local shakes in Thua Thien Hue
A 3.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in the two provinces of Thua Thien - Hue and Quang Tri, causing confusion among the people.
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'City wall' appeared after the earthquake in New Zealand
The natural city wall of up to 4.5 meters high was formed at the site of the recent 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Kaikoura New Zealand.
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The sky of New Zealand has a magical blue light in the earthquake
Many New Zealanders said last night that they saw a miraculous light in the sky, a phenomenon that happened before, during and after the earthquake and has been known fo…