Terrorist Groups Using COVID Pandemic As Opportunity To Step Up Attacks – Analysis

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 01:50:00 +0200eurasiareview (en)

By Mohammed Sinan Siyech. The unpredictable and pervasive nature of COVID-19 has influenced security conflicts across the globe in numerous ways. A few broad trends have come to light. Firstly, terrorist and extremist groups have used the pandemic as an opportunity to step up their attacks across different conflict theatres.

'Inchworm' pattern of Indonesian earthquake rupture powered seismic 'boom'

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:44:00 +0200sciencedaily (en)

In a new study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters , researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated a case of supershear rupture, the 2018 Palu earthquake (moment magnitude: 7.6) in Sulawesi, Indonesia , and its relationship with the complex geometry of the fault system.

"Inchworm" pattern of Indonesian earthquake rupture powered seismic "boom"

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 15:51:00 +0200eurekalert (en)

Credit: University of Tsukuba. Tsukuba, Japan - Earthquakes are often imagined as originating from a single point where the seismic waves are strongest, the hypocenter underground or the epicenter at the Earth's surface, with seismic energy radiating outward in a circular pattern.

MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: World News in Brief: July 27

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:58:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

* Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said his government’s intervention policy after the country’s first domestic transmissions of the coronavirus in March prevented as many as 1.3 million to 3.5 million infections. Speaking during his annual address to the nation, Duterte said the....

“Inchworm” pattern of Indonesian earthquake rupture powered seismic “boom”

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 06:39:00 +0200alphagalileo (en)

University of Tsukuba researchers report “inchworm-like” slip evolution of supershear rupture along the Palu-Koro fault during the 2018 Palu earthquake in Indonesia , showing the effect of complex fault geometry on rupture propagation Tsukuba, Japan – Earthquakes are often imagined as originating....