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A Sydney reporter led a new study that showed that the continent of Australia is shifting, possibly more than 1.5 meters from the previously published coordinates.
A 7-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Japan, after less than 2 days a 6.2-magnitude earthquake also occurred in the region.
Located close to the junction of four lithosphere segments, in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan was subjected to continuous earthquakes every time these plates rushed tog…
What seemed to be associated with the dancers suddenly happened to a large part of Europe, when the region had a spectacular turnaround 300 years ago.
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck early this morning, damaging many buildings in southern Taiwan, including a collapsed 17-storey apartment building, leaving more than…
Near noon on April 25, large tectonic plates below the Earth's surface moved and created an impact equivalent to 20 atomic bombs, ripping the ground in Katmandu, Nepal.
Analyzing the data of seismic stations, scientists warn there will be huge earthquakes in the near future.
On August 7, a series of earthquakes shook the islands of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, but there was no tsunami warning.
According to THX, on the morning of April 25, two strong earthquakes of 4.8 Richter scale and 4.2 Richter scale in Yibin City in Sichuan Province, Southwest China, injur…
The collision between the two tectonic plates of India and Eurasia may be the cause of the earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, April 20.
The Center for Chinese Earthquake Monitoring Networks announced on the social network Weibo that, as of 10 April 23, their devices recorded 3,407 aftershocks in Sichuan.
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake occurred in Iran that killed dozens of people yesterday. The Iranian Seismological Center said the earthquake occurred at 1622 local time, at…
American scientists say they have found a lake of magma deep in the Pacific shelf, in an effort to trace the formation of the seabed in the future.
The rise in sea level is not the only threat to the famous urban area with the extensive canal system along the Italian coast. The results of a team of experts from the…
Earth began the process of regenerating surface crust about 3 billion years ago, launching terrible clashes between tectonic plates like today. A new shell is continuall…