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Strongest earthquake in 25 years rattles Taiwan

Taiwan was hit by a 7.4 moment magnitude earthquake at 7:58 a.m. local time on the morning of Wednesday, April 3, 2024, which makes it the strongest the nation has experienced in the past 25 years....

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Several countries provide support as Morocco is struck by 6.8-magnitude earthquake

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco at 11.11 p.m. on Friday, September 8, with an epicenter about 72 kilometers southwest of Marrakech. Furthermore, the shallow earthquake has so far caused at...

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A 6.3-magnitude aftershock hits southern Turkey two weeks after the major earthquake of magnitude 7.8: 3 people killed and hundreds injured

The earthquakes that rocked both countries on February 6 were followed by tremors of magnitudes 6.4 and 5.8 that occurred on Monday February 20 in the southeast, close to the border with Syria. The t...

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At least 46,000 fatalities as a result of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

Although the number of people who have died as a result of the powerful earthquake in Turkey and Syria has now surpassed 46,000, some survivors were still being pulled from the debris 11 days after t...

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UB earthquake engineers: building collapses in the Turkey-Syria earthquake were not unexpected

A scene, shown in various videos, was taken following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tremors that devastated central Türkiye and northern Syria earlier this week and the pictures are hor...

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More than 20000 fatalities after Turkey-Syria earthquake

At least 20,000 people have now died as a result of the earthquakes that struck southwest Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. This number is expected to rise as rescue workers search through the deb...

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Indonesian landslide due to earthquake: rescuers focus on survivors

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia on Monday killing at least 272, more than a third of them children. On an increasingly urgent search, Indonesian rescuers narrowed their focus to a landslide...

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In the latest GeoStudio version, you’ll notice improvements to speed up your geotechnical 3D workflow. Key features and functionality are implemented to improve your 3D modelling experience and to en...

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Changes in magnetic field along fault lines preceded major earthquakes in California according to a recent case-study

Researchers have tried for decades to determine whether there is a reliable precursor that can act as an early warning before the shaking begins. The technology to predict when an earthquake will str...

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Kefalonia, Greece: Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake hits the island

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit between the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea on Thursday 8 September morning. The earthquake occurred a few minutes after 10:30 local time. There we...

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