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Shock images show roads split apart near Grindavik in Iceland as the country braced for a volcanic eruption following a series of earthquakes and evidence of magma spreading underground.
Scientists recorded a seismic event so strange that they named it a USO—unidentified seismic object. It reverberated around the world for a staggering 9 days.
On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 NST (23:58:11 UTC on 2 April), a Mw 7.4 earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 mi) [4] south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 18 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, [5] with three aftershocks above M w 6.0.
An earthquake measuring 6.6 Mw on the moment magnitude scale struck Iburi Subprefecture in southern Hokkaido, Japan, on 6 September 2018 at 3:08 a.m. JST. The earthquake's epicenter was near Tomakomai and occurred at a depth of 35.0 kilometers (21.7 mi). The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) registered a magnitude of 6.7 M j and a maximum intensity of 7 on the shindo scale. [5] Shaking from ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) officially named this earthquake the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (Japanese: 令和6年能登半島地震, Hepburn: Reiwa 6-nen Noto-hantō Jishin). [7] It led to Japan's first major tsunami warning since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, [8] and a tsunami of 6.58 m (22 ft) was measured along the Sea of Japan coast. [9]
For U.S. earthquake scientists, Japan's 'megaquake' warning renewed worries about when and how to warn the public if they find clues that the 'big one' might be coming for the West COast.
The 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake (also known as the 1959 Yellowstone earthquake) [4] occurred in the western United States on August 17 at 11:37 pm (MST) in southwestern Montana. [4][5] The earthquake measured 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale, [1] caused a huge landslide, resulted in over 28 fatalities and left $ 11 million (equivalent to $115 ...
TOKYO — A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory that urged residents to stay away from the coastline. Nine people were injured, most of ...