5.1 magnitude earthquake rocks AssamAccording to a Shillong's Regional Seismological Centre report, the Earthquake's epicentre was at a place 22 kilometre from Dhing in Nagaon district.

Lincolnshire residents keep calm and carry on after seismic event on Saturday night Lincolnshire residents kept calm and carried on after a 3.9-magnitude earthquake with its epicentre in Grimsby struck on Saturday night. People used the hashtag #HullEarthquak…

An ash explosion rocked the Kilauea volcano Tuesday.

At 3:00 a.m., when everyone was sleeping, a violent earthquake struck 65 miles from Turkey's capital in August 1999. The 7.6-magnitude quake collapsed entire apartment buildings on top of unsuspecting people, killing at least 20,000. Known as the Izmit quake,…

In the new book, The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do About Them), seismologist and disaster expert Lucy Jones tells both the scientific story of disasters, and the human story of the communities they struck.

As Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to spew lava into neighborhoods and eject foreboding plumes of dark ash into the sky, a nearby underwater volcano named Lo‘ihi patiently waits to rise above the surface. Like all Hawaiian volcanoes, dead and alive, Lo‘ihi…

An earthquake struck during the first inning of the San Francisco Giants' game against the Cincinnati Reds. Though not a significant geological event, it was enough to be noticeable on the game broadcast.

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When North Korea detonates nuclear bombs, it brings the devices into tunnels dug deep inside Mount Mantap, a granite peak over 7,000 feet tall. Mantap has now sustained six such detonations, with the last of which — set off on September 3, 2017 — moving the m…

The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan triggered a devastating catastrophe in one of the country’s largest nuclear power plants. The cleanup will take decades, and it’s no job for humans.

For thousands of years, people have claimed that odd behavior by animals could predict an imminent earthquake, but a new study said that there is no strong evidence behind the claim.

Staff members of The Press Democrat, from left, Randi Rossmann, Julie Johnson, Martin Espinoza, JD Morris, Christi Warren and Mary Callahan, celebrate winning the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for the coverage of the October fires in Sonoma Count…

112 years ago today, San Francisco instantly became a hellscape of rubble and ruin, thanks to a magnitude-7.9 earthquake and subsequent fire that killed thousands of people.

Barbara Bush and her husband, former President George Bush, walked the parade route after his inauguration in 1989. Mrs. Bush died on Tuesday at 92.

Highlights of this day in history: The San Francisco earthquake; What becomes known as 'Paul Revere's ride'; A suicide bomb hits the U.S. embassy in Lebanon; Physicist Albert Einstein dies; Wayne Gretzky plays his last NHL game. (April 18)

Monday: Mayor Eric Garcetti’s proposed temporary shelters, antiwar protests in San Francisco, and Beyoncé makes history at Coachella.

An early earthquake warning system is under development to give people on the West Coast crucial seconds notice before the ground beneath them starts shaking. View Entire Post ›

Nissan is using old Leaf batteries in a very meta way: To power streetlights that will make roads safer for vehicles and pedestrians. Called "The Light Reborn," it uses a solar panel that charges up a battery, which can then power the LED at night with no ext…

Insurance market moves into the red for first time in six years as earthquakes also make impact Lloyd’s of London slumped to a £2bn loss last year, its first in six years, as the insurance market was hit by a series of major hurricanes and earthquakes. Hurric…

Highlights in history on this date:1531 - Earthquake in Portugal kills tens of thousands of people and flattens much of Lisbon and other cities.1623 - Dutch...

Colombia used to be Latin America's economic star. Now its list of challenges grows longer because of a refugee crisis from Venezuela. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get "5 Things You Need to Know Today" d…

I investigated in Afghanistan, Haiti and PNG. Too often I heard stories of western governments swooping in and dictating terms Foreign aid has the power to save lives but also to corrupt nations. It’s regularly used as a political football as some argue for m…

Presidents look back on past precedents (and presidents) perhaps more so than people in most other positions. That's why this President's Day, we're taking a look at some of the things President Donald Trump has said about the men who came before him.

USA TODAY Mexico struck by 5.9-magnitude earthquake USA TODAY Southern Mexico was struck by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake early Monday, but it was shorter and less intense than one on Friday in the same area that damaged about 1,000 houses. There no immediate re…

Parts of Wales and England have felt the effects of a minor earthquake today.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the Richter Scale hit #Myanmar today at around 10:01 pm: National Centre for Seismology #TV9News https://t.co/YWDe2e05n5

RT @wcchen: 331 years ago today #Kingston was founded on 22 Jul 1692, shortly after the earthquake that devastated Port Royal ; the origina…

RT @wcchen: 331 years ago today #Kingston was founded on 22 Jul 1692, shortly after the earthquake that devastated Port Royal ; the origina…

RT @wcchen: 331 years ago today #Kingston was founded on 22 Jul 1692, shortly after the earthquake that devastated Port Royal ; the origina…

331 years ago today #Kingston was founded on 22 Jul 1692, shortly after the earthquake that devastated Port Royal ; the original section of the city, situated at the bottom of the Liguanea Plains was laid out to house survivors. Initially they lived in a tented camp on Colonel… https://t.co/YG13cEnujQ https://t.co/5HkZA4X2sE

Driving to the gym while an earthquake is happening was not on my list today

RT @Indsamachar: An earthquake of magnitude 3.3 on the Richter Scale hits Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang today, at 06:56 am @NCS_Earthquake ht…

#Contract update: News that brings #business your way Read Here: https://t.co/p6ayqoKsWJ @wapcosofficials @TribalAffairsIn @nests_emrs @BiginfoI #LatestNews #BusinessNews #today #school #residential #earthquake #SaturdayVibes #tribal https://t.co/AbO9hO4r5i

RT @DSlayer520: Hurricane Fiona-Wind Wildfires-Fire Today-Water What's next... ah earth. God I hope we don't get a big earthquake next.

Tsunami and Earthquake Today Will Happen In India and Alaska July 23,2023? https://t.co/vcAqlE09Vg via @YouTube

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

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RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @geonet: Eagle-eyed visitors to our website will have spotted a slow-slip earthquake (SSE), that our GNSS instruments have located near…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @geonet: Eagle-eyed visitors to our website will have spotted a slow-slip earthquake (SSE), that our GNSS instruments have located near…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @memetsimsek: Today we have witnessed the signings of several strategic agreements and MOUs worth a total of USD 50.7 billion to further…

RT @geonet: Eagle-eyed visitors to our website will have spotted a slow-slip earthquake (SSE), that our GNSS instruments have located near…

RT @Rainmaker1973: A rarely seen video filmed by the Japanese coast guard shows the massive tsunami waves swelling in the sea off the coast…

RT @Rainmaker1973: A rarely seen video filmed by the Japanese coast guard shows the massive tsunami waves swelling in the sea off the coast…

RT @CPPGeophysics: Map of M7.4 Alaska shallow thrust earthquake today (approximate location with green star) in tectonic context using a fi…

RT @pandit_iyer: As per planetary position, I predicted regarding strong earthquake, in India Today earthquakein meghalaya. Astrologicalin…

RT @alextopol: COMPARING BUILDING MATERIALS FROM DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS It is no wonder that the buildings of the old world today still wi…

RT @CPPGeophysics: Map of M7.4 Alaska shallow thrust earthquake today (approximate location with green star) in tectonic context using a fi…

RT @FamTickets: Evidence that we delivered our games in time to one of our new customers on today #Djokovic #earthquake #KingTheLand #Wimb…

RT @CPPGeophysics: Today's M7.2 Alaska earthquake (sequence in blue) occurred within the aftershock zone (pinkish-purple) of the 2020 M7.8…

RT @alextopol: COMPARING BUILDING MATERIALS FROM DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS It is no wonder that the buildings of the old world today still wi…

So a fucking volcano erupted on an Aleutian island 2 days ago and they had a 7.2 earthquake today?! My family hasn't posted on Facebook in 24 hours. When there's a tsunami watch/warning they have to evacuate the old folks home and literally carry them all up into the mountains

RT @CPPGeophysics: Map of M7.4 Alaska shallow thrust earthquake today (approximate location with green star) in tectonic context using a fi…

Evidence that we delivered our games in time to one of our new customers on today #Djokovic #earthquake #KingTheLand #Wimbeldon https://t.co/iP0BRsVTeM

Latest Earthquake Data - Volcano Discovery: Earthquakes - https://t.co/gerk74aQ0G #earthquakes #worldwide NOTE: Add ~ 4 points to all earthquakes to reflect true magnitude levels.