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A 5.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Kashmar, Iran: Casualties and damage to historical sites

On Tuesday, June 18th, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook Kashmar in Razavi Khorasan province, northeastern Iran. According to scientists, the epicenter of the quake was approximately 5km from Moghan,...

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New study claims that surface hazards, e.g. landslides, can cause earthquakes

A new study conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) argues that landslides can trigger earthquakes if they eventually block lakes. This finding is cruci...

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San Francisco: New regulations for retrofitting concrete buildings are underway

San Francisco city officials are actively engaged in retrofitting concrete buildings susceptible to collapse during seismic events according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) projections...

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A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the border between Mexico and Guatemala: no injuries reported

An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude shook the border region between Mexico and Guatemala early on Sunday 12th of May. The quake struck shortly before 6a.m. near the Mexican border town of Suchiate and its...

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Indonesia: 6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the eastern region

On Tuesday 9th of April at 09.48 GMT, Indonesia's eastern region experienced a 6.6 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter was near Halmahera Island in North Maluku province, at a depth of approximately...

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7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan: it was the most potent incident in a quarter-century

On Wednesday 3rd of April in Taiwan took place the island's most intense earthquake over the last 25 years. This seismic event, measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale, struck the east coast of the island...

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Greece: a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit the western Peloponnese region

On Friday 29th of March morning, the western Peloponnese region in southern Greece experienced a 5.7 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter of the quake was close to the Strofades islands while it was f...

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Balkan: a 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit the border area between Montenegro and Bosnia

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit on Thursday 14th of March 2024 the border area between Montenegro and Bosnia. Its epicenter was 30km from the town of Niksic (western Montenegro) and about 25km from th...

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Iran: 425 earthquakes struck in one month

According to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Tehran, there have been 425 earthquakes recorded across the nation in one month, ending on February 19th. A...

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Novel computing model can detect structural damage with no physical intervention

Researchers from Drexel University in Pennsylvania have developed a system that is believed to efficiently identify and evaluate problematic areas by integrating a novel machine learning approach wit...

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