Environment
Seismic storm hits Italian super volcano
A series of earthquakes struck Italy's Campi Flegrei super volcano on Monday night (May 20), causing minor damage in the town of Pozzuoli, as well as in the city of Napl…
Earthquake Seismic
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Animal world
Toads have the ability to predict earthquakes
Toads can predict earthquakes by sensing the change of chemicals in groundwater immediately after seismic occurrence.
Animal world
Animals have a premonition about earthquakes
Zoo officials in Washington DC said the animals were felt before the 5.8 magnitude quake struck on Tuesday (August 23, 2011).
Environment
Tsunami struck New Zealand after the earthquake
A strong earthquake of 7.8 Richter occurred in northeastern Christchurch - New Zealand and caused a 2m high tsunami.
Environment
Indonesia: A series of aftershocks after an earthquake of 7.8 Richter scale
Indonesia and Australia issued a tsunami warning but withdrew after two hours. Predicting casualties, the damage is not great because the location of the earthquake occu…
Environment
Earthquakes weaken the earth's crust
A series of earthquakes rocked New Zealand in 2010, 2011 that could weaken the earth's crust.
Environment
Strong earthquake off the coast of Mexico
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred on 22h43 GMT on May 1 (Vietnam time 5h5), with the epicenter at a depth of 44km, 90km from Tapichul…
Environment
Why doesn't the earthquake in Mexico cause disaster?
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake that occurred in the afternoon of March 20 in Mexico left only negligible consequences for people in the affected area, especially no dead, du…
Environment
America 'shuddered' by aftershocks
People in some areas of the US east coast were shocked by the aftershock of 4.5 on the Richter morning.
Environment
Earthquakes up to 6.8 on the Richter scale off Vietnam
Earthquakes are caused by faults of the subsoil, where there were many active volcanoes.
Environment
Japan has the risk of picking up earthquakes of 8 Richter scale
According to the seismological experts, Japan has the risk of suffering more earthquakes of magnitude 8 in the future.
Environment
An island, two worlds
The story of the catastrophic environment does not seem new in the 21st century. But the case of the two Haitian nations and ...