earthquakes
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A Destructive 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Just Rocked Mexico City
On the anniversary of its catastrophic 1985 earthquake, Mexico City has been hit by another powerful seismic event. No reports of casualties have been reported, but videos posted to social media suggest that damage is widespread.
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Why Did Montana Experience A Powerful Earthquake This Week?
Earlier this week, planet Earth rumbled in a place where it usually doesn’t rumble: Montana. But it also rumbled in the Philippines. Come to think of it, it rumbled in Vanuatu and Japan too. The Earth rumbles a lot.
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Enormous Mudslide Devastates New Zealand Marine Reserve
New Zealand’s Kaikoura Canyon — known for its abundant seabed life — is now an undersea wasteland following a series of earthquake-induced mudslides.
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Southern California Town Rings In New Year With ‘Earthquake Swarm’
More than 100 small earthquakes have struck the Southern California-Mexico border since Saturday. But while “quake swarm” sounds like the term Morgan Freeman uses in the disaster movie right before Los Angeles cracks off into the ocean, real scientists say this particular event is nothing to worry about.