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Delhi-NCR experienced an earthquake for the second straight day on Friday evening. The latest quake was of 3.7 magnitude.
The tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator started moving slowly, swaying and twisting. The ...
The seismic activity in Delhi-NCR is caused not only by distant Himalayan tectonics but also by local geological structures.
Delhi sits on a seismic ticking bomb. With rising tectonic stress beneath the Himalayas, experts warn the next megaquake ...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency ( BMKG) reported a 5.3 magnitude earthquake jolting ...
The Cascadia fault off the Pacific Northwest can trigger the rare magnitude-9 megathrust earthquakes and cause tsunamis that ...
Forget Atlantis. Without realizing it, vast numbers of tourists spend their holiday each year on the lost continent of Greater Adria,” declared Douwe van Hinsbergen, professor of global tectonics and ...
While rare, Redding does get earthquakes strong enough for us to feel. Here's why Shasta and Siskiyou counties and the north ...
Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 million in property damage. In the past, this fault has started ...
Santa Rosa City Schools campuses are being transformed this summer, but two campuses must undergo required earthquake studies.
Understanding these fault types is essential for assessing seismic risks, guiding construction practices, and studying the dynamic processes that continually reshape the Earth’s surface.
Unlike thrust faults, where earthquakes originate at either shallow or deeper sources, earthquakes on strike-slip faults are almost always shallower (10-15 km).