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Tectonic Plates
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Environment
Why do a series of big earthquakes attack Indonesia?
According to experts, the earthquakes occurred at the end of July as a result of the collision between the two Earth's crust plates, the continent of Oceania and the Eur…
Environment
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…
Environment
Earthquake pulls the seabed 2m high in New Zealand
New Zealand scientists claim to have never witnessed this anomalous phenomenon.
Environment
Why does Japan have so many earthquakes?
A 7-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Japan, after less than 2 days a 6.2-magnitude earthquake also occurred in the region.
Environment
The geologic dance makes Spain and Portugal rotate 60 degrees
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.
Environment
An earthquake occurred in Vanuatu, Mexico and China
On August 7, a series of earthquakes shook the islands of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, but there was no tsunami warning.
Environment
China: There is a continuous earthquake in Sichuan
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…
Environment
Determine the cause of earthquakes in Sichuan
The collision between the two tectonic plates of India and Eurasia may be the cause of the earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, April 20.
Environment
Sichuan inspired more than 3,000 aftershocks
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.
Environment
Find the culprit causing earthquakes in Iran
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…
Environment
Lake the giant ghost under the Pacific Ocean
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.
Environment
Venice is both sinking and tilting
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…
Environment
The mystery of the rise of the Himalayas
According to a new hypothesis, the speed of collisions between tectonic plates on the earth is slowing, creating a great repulsive force affecting the altitudes of the H…
Environment
The magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Solomons Islands
A strong 6.6-magnitude quake occurred in the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomons island group today, according to the US Geological Survey. No tsunami warnings were…