Earthquake in Alaska: Tsunami warning after enormous 7.8m tremor strikes off coast The shallow quake hit at 6.12am Wednesday and triggered a tsunami warning It hit around 500 miles southwest of Anchorage and 60 miles south of Perryville By Emer Scully For Mailonline Published: 08:10 BST, 22 July 2020 | Updated: 08:17 BST, 22 July … Read more
Powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia The earthquake hit the Java Sea off the Indonesian coast on Tuesday morning The Bureau of Meteorology has said there is no threat of a tsunami No injuries have been reported and the earthquake was felt 800km away in Bali By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:11 … Read more
Powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia The earthquake hit the Java Sea off the Indonesian coast on Tuesday morning The Bureau of Meteorology has said there is no threat of a tsunami No injuries have been reported and the earthquake was felt 800km away in Bali By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:11 … Read more
Japan launches new 223mph bullet train that can ‘escape’ to safety in the event of an earthquake The N700S serves the Tokaido Shinkansen line which connects Tokyo with Osaka and Kobe It became the world’s first high-speed line when the first bullet trains began running on it on October 1, 1964 The train has an … Read more
Central California is rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake and more than TEN aftershocks triggering a rock slide just two days after a 4.6 quake in the same area The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 10.40am and was centered 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) northwest of Ridgecrest in the Owens Valley region It … Read more
Central California is rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake and more than TEN aftershocks triggering a rock slide just two days after a 4.6 quake in the same area The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 10.40am and was centered 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) northwest of Ridgecrest in the Owens Valley region It … Read more
A strong earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday in the southern state of Oaxaca, almost three years after a tremor in the central state of Puebla killed more than 300 people. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake’s magnitude was 7.7, while Mexico’s seismological institute put its strength at 7.5, according to Mexico President Andrés Manuel López … Read more
A strange ‘swarm’ of small earthquakes in California that lasted nearly four years was triggered by fluid spilling into the fault system from underground reservoirs, scientists say. The naturally occurring injection of underground fluid drove the earthquake swarm near Cahuilla in Southern California, which occurred in bursts around the region from early 2016 to late … Read more
Tsunami warning is cancelled after massive 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck north-east of New Zealand on Friday The quake hit at a depth of about 33 kilometres, south of the Kermadec Islands There is no tsunami threat to New Zealand following the massive earthquake However, tsunami waves are … Read more
Earthquake of magnitude 6.8 strikes northern Chile, causing power cuts By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline and Reuters Published: 10:27 BST, 3 June 2020 | Updated: 10:50 BST, 3 June 2020 An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck in northern Chile. The powerful tremor hit the region of Antofagasta around 3.40am, causing several towns to lose power. … Read more