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6.9 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Remote Area in Western China – 4 people injured

A magnitude 6.9 overnight earthquake shook a sparsely populated area in western China early Saturday and forced the suspension of high-speed rail service because of tunnel damage, authorities said....

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5.4 magnitude shallow earthquake hits southwestern China

At least 22 people have been injured after a shallow earthquake in southwestern China that also shook the popular tourist city of Lijiang. The quake struck on Sunday afternoon on the border between Y...

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A 6.2 magnitude quake shakes Northern California on Monday

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck offshore in the Cape Mendocino area of Northern California, followed by aftershocks that rattled nerves and caused items to fall from shelves, authorities said Monda...

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Powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern coast

A powerful earthquake of 7.3-magnitude struck off Indonesia's eastern coast on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake hit 112 kilometers (69 miles) north of Maume...

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A 5D platform for earthquake prevention and control

A five-dimensional (5D) smart city earthquake simulation platform was exhibited by its developer, the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), at a press conference in Taipei o...

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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook northern Peru: 75 homes destroyed, no deaths reported

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the remote Amazon region of northern Peru on Sunday and was felt as far as Lima in the center of the country, destroying 75 homes and a 16th-century Catholic church. Fo...

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6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes India-Myanmar border region: no reports of damage

No immediate reports of damage after a shallow and strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 that struck the Myanmar-India border region early on Friday. According to India's National Center for Seismolog...

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Earthquake prediction in the lab using deep learning

Lives and billions of dollars in infrastructure damage every year is the cost of earthquakes in the United States. Earthquakes can occur at any time, and there is no way to predict them, at least now...

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Strengthening of a museum from earthquakes

Following structural works, the strengthening of a museum in the historic Western Australia town of York could become a model for the protection of lives and heritage buildings in other earthquake su...

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Strong earthquake hits Eastern Mediterranean: No casualties reported

A strong earthquake has struck several islands in Greece and other regions in the Eastern Mediterranean, including the southern Antalya region in Turkey as well as cities in Egypt. The temblor was...

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