Natural Disasters
Earthquakes, volcanic activity, severe storms and floods as they happen, drawn from official monitoring feeds, with plain explanations of what the numbers mean on the ground.
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Shallow Depth of Magnitude 5.2 Quake in China Raises Damage Risk
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit 268 kilometers south-southeast of Dunhuang, China, at 23:44 UTC on June 30, the…
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Shallow 10 km depth amplifies impact of magnitude 5.2 quake in western China
Shallow earthquakes shake harder. That is the simple physics behind today’s magnitude 5.2 event in western China, and…
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5.4 Earthquake Strikes Near Kimbe, Papua New Guinea
KIMBE, June 30 — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 90 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea on…
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes 218 km W of Bandon, Oregon
BANDON, Oregon, June 29 — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck approximately 218 kilometers west of this coastal city…
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Shallow 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded in Remote South Sandwich Islands
The shaking came at 00:15 UTC Tuesday. For anyone in the South Sandwich Islands region, it was a…
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U.S. Geological Survey Reports Shallow 5.5 Quake West of Bandon, Oregon
At 11:35 UTC on June 29, the U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 5.5 earthquake 218 kilometers west…
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Shallow depth of 35 km amplified shaking from magnitude 5.1 quake
The shallow depth of Tuesday’s magnitude 5.1 earthquake in the South Sandwich Islands region means one thing for…
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Garbage Swallows Roads in Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti, Ogun in Recurring Regional Crisis
This is not the first time garbage has swallowed roads in Nigeria’s South-West. It happened in Lagos in…
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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes off the coast of Central America
OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA, June 29 — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck off the coast of…
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Cocos Plate subduction triggers magnitude 5.1 earthquake off Central America
The Cocos Plate grinds beneath the Caribbean Plate at a rate of about 7.5 centimeters a year. That…
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Magnitude 5.2 quake hits 107 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines
SARANGANI, Philippines, June 29 — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 107 kilometers south-southwest of Sarangani, Philippines early Monday,…
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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes 35 km SSW of Cordova, Alaska
CORDOVA, Alaska, June 29 — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 35 kilometers south-southwest of Cordova, Alaska early Monday,…
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78 Alaskans Report Shaking from Shallow 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake
Seventy-eight people felt the ground shake. That is the number the U.S. Geological Survey has on record for…
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Seventy-Eight Report Feeling Alaska Earthquake Early Monday
Seventy-eight people felt the ground shake early Monday morning. That number comes from the U.S. Geological Survey. It…
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Magnitude 5 earthquake strikes 65 km W of Foxton Beach, New Zealand
WELLINGTON, June 28 — A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 65 kilometres west of Foxton Beach, New Zealand, at…
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Magnitude 5 earthquake strikes 173 km S of Lembar, Indonesia
LEMBAR, Indonesia, June 28 — A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 173 km south of Lembar, Indonesia on June…
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Deep 81 km quake west of Foxton Beach part of long tectonic history
The Pacific and Australian tectonic plates have been grinding against each other beneath New Zealand for millions of…
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Magnitude 5.0 Shallow Quake Strikes South of Lombok, No Tsunami Warning Issued
Indonesia’s Seismic Machinery Churns On After Shallow 5.0 Quake The seafloor south of Lombok shuddered at 21:43 UTC…
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Alberta Wildfires Cut 344,000 Barrels Daily, Threatening 470,000 More
EDMONTON — The math is brutal. Fires burning through northern Alberta have knocked out 344,000 barrels of daily…
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Wildfires Threaten 470,000 More Barrels of Daily Alberta Oil Capacity
The math is simple, and the math is brutal. 344,000 barrels per day. That is what the wildfires…
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U.S. Geological Survey records magnitude 5.2 quake near Changning, China
CHANGNING — The ground shook here Sunday afternoon. For 11 people, at least, it was enough to report.…
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Deep earthquake depth of 81 kilometers limits shaking and tsunami risk
The depth of Sunday’s magnitude 5 earthquake west of Foxton Beach tells the real story. At 81.184 kilometers…
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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes 45 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
PORT-OLRY, Vanuatu, June 28 — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 45 kilometers northeast of Port-Olry, Vanuatu on Sunday,…
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Deep 160 km Quake Near Port-Olry, Vanuatu, Recorded at 07:05 UTC
Sunday’s magnitude 5.2 earthquake northeast of Port-Olry was not a surprise to anyone who watches the geology of…
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