La Nouvelle-Zélande secouée par un...

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 07:46:00 +0100lematin (fr)

Un séisme de magnitude 6,2 a secoué mardi l'île du nord de la Nouvelle-Zélande, provoquant la suspension des travaux du Parlement. L'épicentre a été localisé à environ 63 km à l'est de la ville de New Plymouth, dans l'ouest de l'île, et à une profondeur de 228 km, a précisé l'Institut américain de veille géologique (USGS).

Un séisme de magnitude 6,2 secoue le nord de la Nouvelle-Zélande

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 07:37:00 +0100challenges (fr)

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Un tremblement de terre de magnitude 6,2 a été enregistré mardi sur l'île du nord de la Nouvelle-Zélande, a rapporté l'institut américain de veille géologique (USGS). L'épicentre a été localisé à 228 km de profondeur, à environ 63 km à l'est de la ville de New Plymouth, dans l'ouest de l'île.

Séisme de magnitude 6,2 en Nouvelle-Zélande

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 07:27:00 +0100lefigaro (fr)

Par Le Figaro.fr avec Reuters; Mis à jour le 30/10/2018 à 06:13; Publié le 30/10/2018 à 06:12. Un tremblement de terre de magnitude 6,2 a été enregistré aujourd'hui sur l'île du nord de la Nouvelle-Zélande, a rapporté l'institut américain de veille géologique (USGS).

Un fort séisme frappe la Nouvelle-Zélande

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 06:05:00 +0100francetvinfo (fr)

Un séisme de 6,2 sur l’échelle de Richter a frappé l’ile du Nord de la Nouvelle-Zélande ce mardi après-midi. La secousse s’est produite vers 13 h 15 heure de Nouméa à 25 km au sud-ouest de Taumarunui, à une profondeur d’environ 230 km. La secousse de 30 secondes a été nettement ressentie dans une....

Final send-off for paraglider who died in India

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 04:46:00 +0100straitstimesSG (en)

SINGAPORE - Family and friends said their last goodbye to paraglider Ng Kok Choong who died in India after a paragliding accident, at his funeral on Sunday (Oct 28). Mr Ng, 53, had also last month when he and another paraglider rescued a woman and a child from the rubble after an earthquake struck Palu, Indonesia.

6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Off Coast of El Salvador

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:32:00 +0100theepochtimes (en)

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador overnight, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ( The quake was centered 57 miles southwest of Acajutla, the USGS said. It hit at a depth of about 15 miles. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador overnight, according to the U.

The journey of a vegan mountaineer

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:41:00 +0100thehindu (en)

Three years ago, Kuntal Joisher’s whole life played out in front of his eyes. The vegan mountaineer was trapped at Mount Everest Camp 2, along with several other mountaineers during an avalanche triggered by an earthquake. “Twenty-one people died at the base camp, and more than 100 were injured,”....

Indonesia: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (23 - 29 Oct 2018)

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:54:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

INDONESIA. Following the 28 September earthquake in Central Sulawesi, and the resulting tsunami, liquefaction and landslides, nearly 2,100 people are known to have died, with over 1,000 still missing. According to the first round of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), more than 211,000 displaced....

Thousands of young people in NI treated for mental health problems

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:10:00 +0100northernirelandnews (en)

Image caption Luke has Asperger's and was diagnosed when he was 13. Ten thousand young people in Northern Ireland were treated for serious mental health problems last year. And children as young as four are experiencing anxiety and behavioural problems. Since 2009, 144 children and young people under the age of 19 have taken their own lives.

5.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Japan

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 06:10:00 +0100business-standard (en)

Islands on Monday. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake occurred at 1:27 pm (Universal Time Coordinated). The temblor originated at a depth of 91.9 km. There are no reports of damage or casualties so far. No tsunami warning has been issued.

Scientists uncover relationship between tremors, water at the Cascadia margin

Sat, 27 Oct 2018 23:29:00 +0200phys (en)

Rice University scientists studied how the density of microseismicity, or small tremors, related to the seismic structure of the Pacific Northwest in the United States. Red lines in the graphic at left correspond to cross-sections from northern Washington (top), central Oregon (middle), and northern California (bottom).

Proceedings, Vol. 2, Pages 1254: Supporting Collaborative Preparation of Emergency Plans

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:11:00 +0200mdpi (en)

Abstract Effective preparedness for reacting in case of a severe emergency requires that many experts with various backgrounds evaluate the possible scenarios and come up with a single, unified plan which considers all opinions. This is a typical collaborative decision-making scenario, characterized....

Mag 6.2 quake strikes off Mariana Islands

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:03:00 +0200yahoo-au (en)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 has struck east of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the United States Geological Survey says. There was no immediate tsunami warning or report of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit on Friday at a depth of 23km about 240km east of the volcanic island of Pagan in the archipelago.

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes east of N. Mariana Islands

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:52:00 +0200yenisafak-en (en)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck east of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said. There was no immediate tsunami warning or report of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit at a depth of 23 km (14 miles) about 242 km (150....

Mexico's 2017 Tehuantepec quake suggests a new worry

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:54:00 +0200terradaily (en)

Last September's magnitude 8.2 Tehuantepec earthquake happened deep, rupturing both mantle and crust, on the landward side of major subduction zone in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's far south coast. Initially, it was believed the earthquake was related to a seismic gap, occurring where the Cocos....

Earthquake of Magnitude 5.6 on Richter Scale Stikes Japan's Hokkaido

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 07:20:00 +0200india (en)

Tokyo: An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit Japan’s Hokkaido, news agency ANI reported. No loss of lives and property has been reported so far. It is a developing story and more details are awaited. Earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit Japan’s Hokkaido: USGS.

Relationship Uncovered Between Tremors, Water At Cascadia Margin

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 06:21:00 +0200eurasiareview (en)

Rice postdoctoral researcher and seismologist Jonathan Delph and Earth scientists Fenglin Niu and Alan Levander make a case for the incursion of fluid related to slippage deep inside the Cascadia margin off the Pacific Northwest’s coast. Their paper, which appears in the American Geophysical Union....

Relationship between tremors, water at the Cascadia margin

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 22:46:00 +0200sciencedaily (en)

Rice postdoctoral researcher and seismologist Jonathan Delph and Earth scientists Fenglin Niu and Alan Levander make a case for the incursion of fluid related to slippage deep inside the Cascadia margin off the Pacific Northwest's coast. Their paper, which appears in the American Geophysical Union....

Rice U. scientists uncover relationship between tremors, water at the Cascadia margin

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 22:34:00 +0200eurekalert (en)

Credit: Jonathan Delph/Rice University. The earthquakes are so small and deep that someone standing in Seattle would never feel them. In fact, until the early 2000s, nobody knew they happened at all. Now, scientists at Rice University have unearthed details about the structure of Earth where these tiny tremors occur.

Guam: Team Rubicon USA Sending Recon Team to Guam in the Wake of Super Typhoon Yutu

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:51:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

DALLAS (Oct. 25, 2018) – Team Rubicon USA, a veteran-led global disaster response organization, is sending a reconnaissance team to Guam to meet with local officials, identify unmet needs across the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) – including in Saipan and Tinian – and determine how....

Mexico's 2017 Tehuantepec quake suggests a new worry

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:27:00 +0200sciencedaily (en)

Initially, it was believed the earthquake was related to a seismic gap, occurring where the Cocos ocean plate is being overridden by a continental plate, in an area that had not had a quake of such magnitude since 1787. Subduction zone megaquakes generally occur near the top of where plates converge.

Mexico's 2017 Tehuantepec quake suggests a new worry

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:52:00 +0200eurekalert (en)

EUGENE, Ore. - Oct. 25, 2018 - Last September's magnitude 8.2 Tehuantepec earthquake happened deep, rupturing both mantle and crust, on the landward side of major subduction zone in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's far south coast. Initially, it was believed the earthquake was related to a seismic....