earthquake
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Mapping Tech Deployed After Devastating Earthquakes Kills More Than 2,300 in Turkey and Syria
More than 2,300 people have been killed and thousands more injured in Turkey and Syria after a series of earthquakes hammered the region already beset by civil war and a refugee crisis on Monday, according to the Associated Press. Rescue workers and officials said that, as evening fell, hundreds more people remain trapped under the…
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InSight Mars Lander Records Largest Marsquakes Yet
Researchers studying seismic wave data from NASA’s InSight Lander have reported the planet’s largest ‘marsquakes’ yet, at magnitudes of 4.2 and 4.1. According to a NASA release, the larger quake was five times as energetic as the previous record-holder, a magnitude 3.7 event detected in 2019.
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8.2 Earthquake Just 97 km From Alaska Coast Triggers Tsunami Warning
An 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska, roughly 97 km southeast of the town of Chignik, triggering a tsunami warning for large parts of Alaska early Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Tsunami Warning System.
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Australian Cities are Quiet During Lockdown, And Earthquake Scientists are Making the Most of it
Our responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically changed human activity all over the world. People are working from home, schools are closed in many places, travel is restricted, and in some cases only essential shops and businesses are open. Scientists see signs of these changes wherever they look. Carbon dioxide emissions are down, air…