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Terrifying warnings about imminent earthquakes
Seismologists note that the number of small seismic anomalies continues to increase, causing an earthquake in the United States.
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For the first time, we have evidence that Earth's inner core exists in solid form
For the first time, geologists have confirmed that the Earth's inner core - the innermost part of the Earth's heart - exists in a solid body.
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A million billion tons of diamonds can be filled underground
These diamonds are located in an inaccessible depth, from 145 to 240 km, at the base of the craton, located at the bottom of the tectonic plate and hardly moving since a…
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Earth is slowing down, earthquakes will increase sharply in 2018
The warning comes from the fact that the Earth is going through a period of declining rotation, or rather understandably, that the Earth is slowing down (operating on it…
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1 billion people on Earth will be threatened in 2018 for this reason
US scientists have just forecast that in 2018 continuous strong earthquakes will threaten the lives of more than 1 billion people due to the slower rotation of the Earth.
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The screams caused an earthquake of American football fans
Fans of the Seahawks of America are famous for their deafening screams. Seattle Stadium twice holds the Guinness world record for the most noisy cheering crowd.
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Suspicious terrain - the world's first earthquake detection device?
So far, seismograph by Zhang Xing invention is still a big mystery.
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Explain the mysterious tsunami that hit Greenland
The tsunami was caused by a landslide on the mountain, so large that it created a 4.1-magnitude earthquake and spread to the surrounding areas.
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Detecting strange tectonic plates at a depth of 660km in the South Pacific
For the first time in the history of geology, American scientists discovered the presence of a tectonic plate of Earth's Mantis, in the southern Pacific region.
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Shock with a devastating degree of devastation when asteroids hit Earth
The collision can immediately erase a large city in a split second or create a tsunami, while dust, smoke and ash from burnt forests will make the global atmosphere near…
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Discovered a giant melted carbon reservoir in the United States
Scientists have used the world's largest seismic sensor to probe parts deep beneath the Earth's surface. And they discovered a molten carbon reservoir in the United Stat…
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Can take X-rays of the Earth by storm
By using a network of detectors in Japan, scientists have discovered a rare kind of tremor from deep within the Earth called
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How powerful is the explosion in Tianjin?
The Chinese Seismic Bureau (NEB) pointed out that the first explosion is equivalent to 3 tons of TNT, the second blast has the same power as 21 tons of TNT.
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Why do earthquakes in Nepal have great destructive power?
The intensity and nature of earthquakes and terrain conditions are the factors that make earthquakes in Nepal cause a lot of human and property damage.
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How does an earthquake warning system work?
The earthquake early warning system has been deployed in only a few areas