Overall Green Earthquake alert in Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge on 18 Apr 2019 14:46 UTC

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M 6.5 in Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge on 18 Apr 2019 14:46 UTC

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Folding Faults And Seismic Risk In The Kunlun Range, Northwest Tibet

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 02:53:00 +0200eurasiareview (en)

In a new article for Geosphere, authors Chuanyong Wu and colleagues report the surface deformation caused by the 2015 6.5 magnitude Pishan earthquake based on their field investigations. They utilized geologic data, seismic reflection profiles, and earthquake relocation results to study the....

Haití, ¿por qué no es importante?

Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:37:00 +0200HoyDigital-DO (es)

La pregunta que sirve de título para este análisis puede parecer tendenciosa, por no decir ociosa. Sin embargo, es la misma interrogante que me hago cuando pienso en todos los problemas que afectan a la nación más pobre del hemisferio occidental. Esta pobreza extrema que acabo de señalar puede ser,....

Tall Order

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 05:55:00 +0200nepalitimes (en)

S uresh Shakya (above) was sitting down for lunch with his family in his house in Itum Bahal four years ago when there was a terrifying, subterranean growl, and his building started shaking. Shakya, 46, knew it was an earthquake, and while he was concerned the house could collapse, he was even more....

Strong 6.5 earthquake off Australian coast: USGS

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 04:25:00 +0200straitstimesSG (en)

HONG KONG (AFP) - A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the southern coast of Australia on Thursday (April 18), the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning. The shallow quake occurred 1,040 kilometres south-west of Geeveston in Australia in....

USGS: Strong 6.5 earthquake off Australian coast

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 19:02:00 +0200themalaymailonline (en)

. HONG KONG, April 18 — A strong 6.5 earthquake hit off the southern coast of Australia today, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning. The shallow quake occurred 1,040 kilometres southwest of Geeveston in Australia in the western....

AFP - Indian-Ocean-quake-Australia

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:47:00 +0200nampa (en)

Strong 6.5 earthquake off Australian coast: USGS Hong Kong, April 18, 2019 (AFP) - A strong 6.5 earthquake hit off the southern coast of Australia on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning.

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