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The Strong earthquake rocks Taiwan collapsing buildings and triggering warnings
A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 hit Taiwan on Tuesday morning, killing at least three people and injuring 17, according to reports. The epicentre of the earthquake was in the eastern province of Hualien, near the city of Hualien. Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave a magnitude of 7.2 and the US Geological Survey…
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There have been cases of recovery in water resources around the globe
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has designed a groundwater model to help evaluate aquifer recharge in the southwestern state of Arizona. The model shows that the Tucson-Graham County valley has the third-highest concentration of groundwater in the contiguous United States. It also shows that aquifers in other parts of the state, including Gila Valley and…
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Death Toll goes past 800 after strong earthquakes strike in Morocco
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Atlas Mountains in Morocco on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre of the earthquake was at a depth of 18 kilometres, while Morocco’s seismic agency said it was at 8 kilometres, the USGS added. The earthquake also damaged parts of the old city of Marrakech, a UNESCO World…
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Hilary is nearing California from Mexico with punishing rains
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Southern California on Saturday, marking the first major natural disaster in the region since the 2001 Northridge earthquake. The quake struck just as Tropical Storm Hilary was making landfall in the state. The US Geological Survey said at least two people have died in the earthquake that struck near the…
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A huge chasm was created in the Turkish olive grove by the earthquake
The US Geological Survey has said that many people in Turkey, who lived in structures with un-reinforced brick masonry and lowrise concrete frames, were most likely to be damaged by the earthquake. Seyhun Puskulcu, a seismologist and coordinator of the Turkish Earthquake Foundation, based in Istanbul, said that people in Turkey are well aware of…
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More than 20,000 people have been killed in a major earthquake in Turkey and Syria
The death toll from the earthquake in Syria and Turkey has risen to over 21,000, Turkish Health Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan said. At least 1,200 people have died in Syria’s Hama and Idlib province, the Syrian Health Ministry said on Thursday. The US Geological Survey said that the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Damascus on…
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2 were hurt by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Northern California.
A magnitude-4.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California on Tuesday morning, the US Geological Survey said. It was followed by over two dozen smaller aftershocks, including one with a magnitude of 4.7, the USGS added. Two people were injured in the earthquake and were being treated for injuries, the Humboldt County sheriff’s office…
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The volcano of Hawaii is active.
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano, which has been erupting for over a century, has erupted for the first time in nearly 100 years. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said that the lava was moving at a rate of 21 yards per hour. “The significance of the continuing inflation while the flow field is inactive is not…
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Hawaii’s Mauna loa and Kilauea volcanoes are sending lava with no end in sight.
Lava flows from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano appear to have “appeared to be inactive” after erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The channel below the vent appear drained of lava and no longer feed the main flow front, the USGS added. Over the weekend, the lava…
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Hawaii’s lava continues to come down the mountain with no end in sight.
As the lava flow from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano entered its second week, scientists warned that the flow could come within an hour. “The next 24 hours or so could determine if we’re going to have a repeat of our experience from a year ago,” said US Geological Survey’s Hawaii Volcano Observatory. Mauna Loa began…