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New Jersey earthquake: Small 2.9 magnitude quake shakes area Friday morning
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhat does earthquake magnitude mean? Magnitude is a measurement of the strength of an earthquake and is officially ...
New Jersey Earthquake: What is cause of recent increase in earthquakes? Is there potential for more?
FOX 29 Philadelphia· 2 days agoWhy the sudden increase in earthquakes across the region? A USGS scientist explains why there's been...
4.1-magnitude quake follows weekend swarm in Southern California, seismologists say
The Sacramento Bee· 7 days agoA 4.1-magnitude earthquake shook the Imperial Valley in California following a swarm of smaller tremors, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. More than ...
Emergency convoy delivers provisions to survivors of devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea
WSYR 9 Syracuse· 2 days agoMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Survivors searched through tons of earth and rubble by hand looking for...
Study finds evidence that subduction zone splay faults compound hazards of great earthquakes
Phys.org· 7 days ago"This is the first study to employ coastal geology to reconstruct the rupture history of the splay...
On This Day, May 21: Clara Barton founds American Red Cross
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn 1960, the first of what would become a series of earthquakes that lasted through early June...
Recent Jishishan earthquake ripple hazard provides a new explanation for the destruction of the...
Nature· 6 days agoThe discovery of the prehistoric disaster site of Lajia in the Guanting Basin of Qinghai Province in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, especially the tragic scene of a mother protecting ...
Untold number of villagers feared dead after massive landslide buries communities in Papua New...
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 2 days agoRescue crews are racing towards Kaokalam, a village more than 200 miles northwest of the capital of...
Solar storm frenzy of May 2024 was strong enough to affect the deep sea
Space via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIn late March, while performing standard quality control checks, ONC scientific data specialist Alex...
On This Day in History - May 21st - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 6 days agoOn May 21, 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.