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Following a recent study, Dr. Przemysław Bobrowski and his colleagues published new radiocarbon dates on Holocene (11,700 years ago to the present) sites located in the Tsakhiurtyn Hundi (Flint Valley) region of Mongolia. The work has...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas of Turkey on Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the city of 16 million people, though there were no immediate...

Earthquake strikes under Indian Ocean far off Australian coast, but no tsunami warning issued

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers (1,283 miles)...

Turkey-Syria temblors reveal missing piece in earthquake physics

The 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake struck southern Turkey and Syria along the East Anatolian Fault. The magnitude 7.8 quake and its magnitude 7.5 aftershock devastated...

Myanmar earthquake sheds light on building risks far away from fault lines

Earthquakes are among the deadliest of natural global threats to society, responsible for the majority of disaster-related deaths and financial losses in the past...

Earthquake swarm hits US sparking fears massive volcano ‘is moving closer to an eruption’

Multiple small earthquakes have been detected beneath a massive volcano in Alaska this week, as experts warn it may be 'moving closer to an...

Strong earthquake shakes Taiwan

An earthquake shook Taiwan on Wednesday morning, setting off alarms in the capital, but no damage was immediately reported. The Central Weather Administration measured the...

What are the biggest historical earthquakes?

The biggest earthquake ever recorded, of magnitude 9.5, happened in 1960 in Chile, at a subduction zone where the Pacific plate dives under the...

Broken and in the grip of civil war, can Myanmar rebuild after earthquake?

For seven painful days, Hnin has waited for news. Her two daughters, two and seven years old, her husband and their domestic worker, were...

The smell of death still lingers in the town at the epicenter of Myanmar’s earthquake

As the road shook beneath him, Ko Zeyer sped past crumbled buildings, buckled roads and gaping sinkholes toward his hometown of Sagaing, the epicenter...

After an earthquake, how long can trapped victims survive?

For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air. If their injuries aren’t too...

Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found

The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more...

Buildings in Myanmar continue to collapse days after deadly earthquake

Buildings in Myanmar are continuing to collapse five days after a powerful earthquake struck the country, creating perilous conditions for rescuers as they attempt to extricate...

Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700

Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many...

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