Earthquake in Alaska: Tsunami warning after enormous 7.8m tremor strikes off coast The shallow quake hit at 6.12am Wednesday and triggered a tsunami warning It hit around 500 miles southwest of Anchorage and 60 miles south of Perryville By Emer Scully For Mailonline Published: 08:10 BST, 22 July 2020 | Updated: 08:11 BST, 22 July … Read more
Powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia The earthquake hit the Java Sea off the Indonesian coast on Tuesday morning The Bureau of Meteorology has said there is no threat of a tsunami No injuries have been reported and the earthquake was felt 800km away in Bali By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:11 … Read more
Japan launches new 223mph bullet train that can ‘escape’ to safety in the event of an earthquake The N700S serves the Tokaido Shinkansen line which connects Tokyo with Osaka and Kobe It became the world’s first high-speed line when the first bullet trains began running on it on October 1, 1964 The train has an … Read more
Central California is rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake and more than TEN aftershocks triggering a rock slide just two days after a 4.6 quake in the same area The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 10.40am and was centered 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) northwest of Ridgecrest in the Owens Valley region It … Read more
Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake hits southern Mexico and triggers tsunami warning as buildings shakes and hundreds flee their homes A 7.5 earthquake hit the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Tuesday morning One person died in the Oaxaca city of La Crucecita Authorities also reported a resident in Oaxaca was injured The tremor eclipsed the September … Read more
A strange ‘swarm’ of small earthquakes in California that lasted nearly four years was triggered by fluid spilling into the fault system from underground reservoirs, scientists say. The naturally occurring injection of underground fluid drove the earthquake swarm near Cahuilla in Southern California, which occurred in bursts around the region from early 2016 to late … Read more
‘You see things moving behind me’: Jacinda Ardern reacts on live TV as New Zealand is rattled by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake A strong earthquake struck New Zealand’s North Island this morning The 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Wellington at 7.53am on Monday The shake was felt across both island’s, there no reports of damage Ms Ardern was … Read more
A series of ‘wobbles’ come before giant earthquakes, a new study discovered, and it could help scientists predict when future disasters are going to happen. Scientists from Ohio State University found that months before Japan’s strongest ever quake in 2011 land masses in the country underwent an enormous ‘wobble’. The 2011 earthquake unleashed a tsunami … Read more
Northern Italy is rattled by a 4.5-magnitude earthquake near the heart of the coronavirus crisis The earthquake struck near Coli in the region of Emilia-Romagna this morning The epicentre was around 30 miles north-east of Genoa and 60 miles from Milan Emilia-Romagna and nearby Lombardy are the worst-affected virus regions Learn more about how to … Read more
Australia’s east coast is rattled by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake By Daily Mail Australia Reporter Published: 08:36 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 08:41 BST, 15 April 2020 A 4.8-magnitude earthquake has struck just off the coast of North Queensland. The tremor hit just off Bowen at 5.11pm. Queenslanders reported feeling the quake hundreds of kilometres … Read more